Need some help here!

[1pLUs44]

K, I'm working on a project for chemistry, everything's going fine, until I hit a snag...

I have to report on an Element, Iridium. It talks about it's "Normal Phase" anyone know what that means??

[Golfer]

That's a solid question.  Hopefully you'll find an answer.

[1pLUs44]

 

I've checked all the websites listed, and then googled it (and got tons of advertisements for random crap) and even went to wikipedia....

[Golfer]

Steer clear of the useless gas on the internet.  There are times you'll feel like you're knee high in liquid wading through the bogus information that can be found on some websites.  Keep your eyes peeled though because often times the answer you're looking for is right in front of your face.

Best of luck to ya!

[MoeRon]

Steer clear of the useless gas on the internet.  There are times you'll feel like you're knee high in liquid wading through the bogus information that can be found on some websites.  Keep your eyes peeled though because often times the answer you're looking for is right in front of your face.

Best of luck to ya!

That is some solid advice.       

[caldera]

    that's funny.

[1pLUs44]

 

[hubsonfire]

Iridium's normal phase is the phase it's normally in. Duh.

[1pLUs44]

If only I knew the phase it was normally in

[Golfer]

If only I knew the phase it was normally in

Golfer-fucious say that "half of ninety who does not open his eyes will not see answer before him."

[hubsonfire]

Repeat after me- "Would you like fries with that?"

[Golfer]

What's the fun in just telling him the answer, hub?  The boy has to learn.  For some the key to learning to swim sank to the bottom of the pool.

The key in our example has a normal phase of Solid and is more dense than water.

[1pLUs44]

You should get off the internet and read your textbooks. Then again, if you don't even know the states of matter, you're not going to pass the class anyway.

You seriously don't know about the states (phases) of matter? Solid, liquid, gas, plasma? (yeah, there are some others, but they weren't teaching that when I took HS chem, and you probably don't need to know what a supercritical fluid is.)
The normal phase of iridium is solid.

Out of curiousity, I googled "normal phase iridium". Here's the first return.
Repeat after me- "Would you like fries with that?"

Well, the problem was, I never knew what it's "normal phase" actually meant. From what I haven't learned yet, it could be it's color, smell... shoot.

But thanks sir!

Everything else is pretty much easy. (and I've learned some cool facts about Iridium too)

[AKHog]

dood get off the bbs and wiki and open up your text book!

[hubsonfire]

The problem is that you apparently haven't ever opened a textbook.