What two elements are named after women?
Curium [Cm] and Meitnerium [Mt]. A few mythical women are also represented on the periodic table.
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What bounces, spins and is shaped like a soccer ball (a.k.a. football), but made of just 60 carbon atoms?
They are called "buckyballs". Their real name is a bit long.
What material actually shrinks as you heat it from -271 to 777 Celsius (-456 to 1430 F)?
This incredible shrinking material is called cubic zirconium tungstate (alpha-ZrW2O8).
