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The density of osmium is slightly greater than that of iridium; the two are so similar (22.587 versus 22.562 g/cm 3 at 20 °C) that each was at one time considered to be the densest element. Only in the 1990s were measurements made accurately enough (by means of X-ray crystallography ) to be certain that osmium is the denser of the two.
Osmium is the densest known element at standard conditions for ... pound per cubic foot (1 g/cm 3 ≈ 62.427961 ... Density of liquid water at 1 atm pressure Temp. ...
— "Values ranging from 21.3 to 21.5 gm/cm 3 at 20 °C have been reported for the density of annealed platinum; the best value being about 21.45 gm/cm 3 at 20 °C." 21.46 g/cm 3 — Rose, T. Kirke. The Precious Metals, Comprising Gold, Silver and Platinum .
So a ball made of a less dense material like (perhaps)_Osmium - which is still quite a bit denser than gold. Osmium is 22 times denser than water - so an osmium sphere would have about 4.7 times less surface area than a water balloon of the same mass. Since the drag force is proportional to the area, you'd have 4.7 times less drag force.
Note A at Iridium says "At room temperature and standard atmospheric pressure, iridium has been calculated to have a density of 22.65 g/cm3 (0.818 lb/cu in), 0.04 g/cm3 (0.0014 lb/cu in) higher than osmium measured the same way.
An average 70 kg human body is about 0.01% heavy metals (~7 g, equivalent to the weight of two dried peas, with iron at 4 g, zinc at 2.5 g, and lead at 0.12 g comprising the three main constituents), 2% light metals (~1.4 kg, the weight of a bottle of wine) and nearly 98% nonmetals (mostly water).
This is an extended version of the energy density table from the main Energy density page: Energy densities table ... Water 220.64 bar, 373.8 °C [citation needed ...
This small radius and high weight cause it to be expected to have an extremely high density of around 46 g·cm −3, over twice that of osmium, currently the most dense element known, at 22.61 g·cm −3; element 164 should be the second most dense element in the first 172 elements in the periodic table, with only its neighbor unhextrium ...