World Record Holder Amazing Facts of Chemistry!
PROF WAQAR HUSSAIN
World science is leaping ahead with kangaroo’s stride; each coming day brings new amazing and astonishing discoveries and inventions. Here are a few new things of worth knowing.
Ø World’s most Finely divided powder:
Monoatomic powder of solid helium is the world’s smallest grain powder.
Ø World’s most powerful Magnet:
World’s most powerful magnet is made of Neodymium Iron Boride.
Ø World’s highest recorded temperature:
World’s highest temperature was recorded in the centre of thermonuclear fusion in USA. It raised up to 40,000,0000 oC.
Ø World’s lowest recorded temperature:
World’s lowest temperature was attained by nuclear demagnetization device in USA. It was extremely cold with temperature of 28×10-11 Kelvin.
Ø World’s highest pressure:
World highest pressure was created up to 7000000000000 Pascal (7000 giga) in USA.
Ø World’s hottest flame!
Oxy-acetylene flame has temperature of 30000C;
Oxy-hydrogen flame has temperature of 40000C
Whereas, the world’s hottest flame was obtained by burning carbon sub nitride ( C4N2 )having temperature of 50000C.
Ø World’s Quickest diamond formed!
World’s quickest diamond was prepared by heating coal at temperature of 20000C in presence of nickel catalyst at pressure of 100000 atmospheres.
Ø World’s most odorous compound!
Ethyl mercaptan (C2H5SH) and
Butyl seleno mercaptan (C4H9SeH)--- are the world’s most odorous compounds.
Ø World’s strongest acid!
HF.SbF5 Fluoro antimonic acid is the world’s strongest acid. It is 1000000000000000000 (1018) times stronger than sulphuric acid (H2SO4).
Ø Most poisonous compound!
TCDD ( Tetrachloro dibenzo dioxin) is the world’s most poisonous compound.
It is 1, 50,000 times more poisonous than cyanide.
Ø World’s bitterest Thing!
Denatonium benzoate is the word’s bitterest compound. If one tastes it, its bitterest will last till the end of one’s life.
Ø World’s sweetest Thing!
Saccharine is 550 times sweeter than sugar; Talin is 600 times sweeter than sugar. But neotame is the world’s sweetest thing; it is 8000 times sweeter than sugar.
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