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What is your favorite element on the periodic table and why?

Yeah, I know this is kind of a niche question but I love the elements... so much that I am writing a novel about them but we are not here to talk about my book. We are here to talk about the elements.

My favorite element is oxygen. I know what you are thinking, [i]Oh my god, how boring. This guy picks the most common element in the universe.[/i] Actually, the most common element in the universe is hydrogen but whatever. There are a lot of subtle, little-known facts about oxygen which makes it so awesome.

Like when you liquidize oxygen it becomes magnetic and is the color of the sky. Or the fact that there are two different forms of oxygen which make up our atmosphere. O2 which is what we breathe (along with a plethora of other gases) and O3 which is what helps protects us from dangerous solar flares from our sun. So, you can thank oxygen for keeping us alive in more than one way.

Also... oxygen is highly reactive. I relate oxygen to that kid in school who is quiet and minds their own business then when some jerk pokes them with a little fire they explode and everyone is like, "wow, I didn't know oxygen was like that."

Haha... so anyway, what is your favorite element and why?
abe182 · 46-50, M
Sodium. Because it's explosive.
Hikurai · 41-45, M
@abe182 and it tastes good on just about anything... except ice cream.
@abe182 yea I like all the explosive ones too.😀
DaughterOfTheDust · 22-25, F
Mercury. It’s beautiful and magical in liquid form. It can both heal and poison. Plus, it’s also the name of a planet.
DaughterOfTheDust · 22-25, F
@Hikurai That’s true! I remember it now from Greek/Roman mythology. I’m a Libra 😇 thanks
Hikurai · 41-45, M
@DaughterOfTheDust then Venus / Aphrodite is your goddess. I get along GREAT with Libras.
unknownpoetx · 36-40, M
@DaughterOfTheDust heal with mercury. lol. good luck with that.
I like silicon. It is used as a substrate for semiconductors and used for its covalent bonding for stability.
@Hikurai
Engineering definitely has its challenges. I have a graduate degree but not anything solidly based on math/Calculus.
Hikurai · 41-45, M
@SomeLikeItHot Well, I actually have a degree in English... kinda fell into engineering.
@Hikurai
Mine is Voc/Tech Ed and 12 hours of grad in CS.
even helium is more common then oxygen. I guess I was also going to go with oxygen or helium but now im going with Unununium its also called Roentgenium Roentgenium is named for scientist Wilhelm Conrad Röentgen, who discovered X-rays.
it was discovered by Peter Armbruster and Gottfried Münzenber in late 1994.
I was born in 1994
Hikurai · 41-45, M
@Girlyfriendcollecting Yes, helium is more common than oxygen but hydrogen is more common than helium. Roentgen was an amazing physicist along with Marie Curie who discovered Radium and Polonium.
@Hikurai 😀😊yea there are so many really good scientists.I wrote a paper on michel faraday on his electromagnetism and electrochemistry. I used to really like him. Are there any living really well known scientists? I know the ones like Stephen Hawking (who died this year) and science channel ones but I mean someone who has a well known discovery that everyone uses? I found this site https://superscholar.org/features/20-most-influential-scientists-alive-today/
Hikurai · 41-45, M
@Girlyfriendcollecting yes Faraday is quite awesome along with James Maxwell Clerk, Volta, Arthur Collins... all electrical geniuses and ultimately my heroes.
crystalized pure carbon...


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Hikurai · 41-45, M
@Soossie haha pressurized carbons are a girl's best friend. I like diamonds for the metaphorical meaning. After overcoming stress we should all emerge as diamonds, stronger than before. Thanks reminding me of that.
Smiles.... you are welcome.. @Hikurai
SW-User
This was definitely a hard one. I've been asked so many times, but I usually tell them I don't have favourites. If I had to choose one, it would be Iridium. Corrosion resistant, has a high melting point. That's how I like my humans, haha. Although, it's not the first thing you'd feel like handling or working with.
Hikurai · 41-45, M
@SW-User Oh no... Iridium is highly dangerous to humans. Electrons flying everywhere! :)
Sunnykel76 · 46-50, F
Ag...Cuz I like white metals.
Hikurai · 41-45, M
@Sunnykel76 ah yes silver, a super good conductor, a fave of mine as well. But as far as white metals, what about Sn, or Al (more grayish I guess)?
reflectingmonkey · 51-55, M
hydrogen, essential to make water and a major component of the sun so life being impossible without water , both the water that supports life and the sun that nourishes it are made up of a majority of hydrogen. and its the fuel of the future being the cleanest.
Hikurai · 41-45, M
@reflectingmonkey Yes hydrogen is amazing and probably my second favorite element. It is the most common element in the universe and truly a bringer of life in so many ways.
Hikurai · 41-45, M
@DarlingSelah because it's FABULOUS!
carbon. nothing beats sp3 hybridization and delocalized pi-orbitals in aromatic rings. or graphene and fullerenes.
Hikurai · 41-45, M
@CopperCicada Plus, it is the building blocks of all life on Earth. Whats not to like about it?
TexChik · F
I always liked the halogens ....very reactive ! 7 electrons (my favorite number) 😉
Hikurai · 41-45, M
@TexChik 7 is your favorite number? 3 is mine ;)
tiggerandariel13 · 41-45, MVIP
chlorine they use chlorine for swimming pools and liquid bleach
Hikurai · 41-45, M
@tiggerandariel13 and it kills mildew and algae on the side of your house like you wouldn't believe!
SW-User
Was always partial to Lead.

'cause I like to say pib.
Hikurai · 41-45, M
@SW-User Haha, right on. I also hear lead makes a great snack... at least that's what my parents told me.
abe182 · 46-50, M
Helium. Because nothing can contain it.
Hikurai · 41-45, M
@abe182 Yes... second most common element in the universe and the death bringer of a star :(
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Hikurai · 41-45, M
@Jeremazing Curie, Roentgen, and Oppenheimer would be proud
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Goralski · 51-55, M
Hikurai · 41-45, M
@Goralski H8O?
Goralski · 51-55, M
@Hikurai no...ice cubes
Hikurai · 41-45, M
@Goralski Haha okay I get it now
unknownpoetx · 36-40, M
Hikurai · 41-45, M
@reflectingmonkey I can usually spot the trolls from a mile away... this isn't my first rodeo. I blocked him, so he shouldn't be an issue anymore. I don't take kindly to people threatening me.
reflectingmonkey · 51-55, M
@Hikurai all he does is troll, must be such a sad existence.
Hikurai · 41-45, M
@reflectingmonkey I agree... but the best weapon against trolls is to ignore them.
MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
AU. It only increases in value
Hikurai · 41-45, M
@MrBrownstone So silver and gold walk into a bar. The bartender says, "Ey' you, get out!" so gold walks out.
Hikurai · 41-45, M
@questionWeaver Same same... semiconductors lead the way!
Hikurai · 41-45, M
What I don't get an achievement for making my first block? That's lame.

 
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