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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...

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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)?

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.

Girlyfriendcollecting · F

@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.

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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.

SomeLikeItHot ·

I like silicon. It is used as a substrate for semiconductors and used for its covalent bonding for stability.

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SomeLikeItHot ·

@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.

SomeLikeItHot ·

@Hikurai
Mine is Voc/Tech Ed and 12 hours of grad in CS.

Girlyfriendcollecting · F

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.

Girlyfriendcollecting · F

@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.

Soossie

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.

Soossie

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! :)

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.

DarlingSelah ·

✨Glitter✨

Hikurai · 41-45, M

@DarlingSelah because it's FABULOUS!

CopperCicada · M

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

H20 cubed

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

gallium

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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.

questionWeaver

Silicon

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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