World Record Holder Amazing Facts of Chemistry!

    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.