• Question: what is the most explosive element in the world?

    Asked by Angel to Olivia, Leonie, Joe, James, Anna on 16 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Joe Spencer

      Joe Spencer answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Angel,
      good questions, depends what you do with the element, Hydrogen by it’s self is very explosive, and if performed correctly Uranium can be very explosive, but I believe one of the most reactive is Francium (it’s in the same block of elements as sodium and caseium)
      It’s so reactive that it doesn’t really occur very much on earth naturally and we have to synthesise it in labs

    • Photo: James Pope

      James Pope answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Hi Angel,

      Agree with Joe, think he has covered what you asked.

    • Photo: Olivia Lynes

      Olivia Lynes answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Definitely Francium, that block of elements are very explosive in water (and fun to watch) but less than 25g exists on the whole earth so we’ll never get to see that.

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