The Periodic Table (Chemical Elements)

[Ranorak]

Mo
Molybdenum

Why?
Because it's number 42.

 

[BorutaDevil]

I like mercury. not exactly a very origional one, but i love liquid metal so much i think it is so cool looking. that and mercury could kill you

 

[Hashime]

Tungsten, because it is known as Wolfram in some countries. It is also used in the coolest alloys, and has the chemical symbol W.

 

[w@rew0lf]

Cs - Caesium

Out of all the Alkali Metals it is the best water-reactive exploder.

 

[w@rew0lf]

Sodium because it explodes in water.

Caesium and Potassium both do it better. Sodium is better known for it because imo of MacGyver.

 

[Slaanax]

Einsteinium because its named after one of the coolest guys that ever lived on the planet.

 

[kahlzun]

Antimony. We share initials, and it has a cool name.

 

[Voodoomancer]

Spoiler: snip

Hydrogen or something... because it makes up the SUN!

Also, these elements:
http://topatoco.com/graphics/periodic_big.jpg

Where's Mass Effect? There's actually a whole science behind the title (plus it's a wicked good series). Or is it there and I'm just really blind?

Spoiler: more snip

If I remember right, it goes something along the lines of using 'dark energy' to propel objects to go FTL and/or exposing it to the right elements will cause it to expand so much it'll create a new universe (and probably kill us in the process). Shit, I need to look all that junk up again. Or just watch Sci vs Fi: Mass Effect, they had a dude explain it there.

Uh, anyway I guess gold [Au79 196.966569(4)] because I like the latin name for it (aurum meaning "shining dawn") and oxygen [O8 15.9994(3)] becuase I enjoy that little thing called breathing.

It's not there, but note that those are all movies/TV shows, hence no mention of Mass Effect. And it's not about how scientific the movie/show is, anyway.

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Anyway, francium!​

 

[nick n stuff]

K potassium. how they got potassium as K confuses me and it's in bananas so it's cool.

The K is for kalium. Its the latin name for potassium. It is similar to gold, silver, sodium, and mercury to name a few.

Personally I like oxygen since I like breathing.

bored of potassium now.

 

[Danny Ocean]

Iridium [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/view/Irridium], of course!

 

[iamdan002_v1legacy]

Magnesium. I dont think i need to say why.

 

[Lizardon]

Francium - it's just so destructive!

 

[krseyffert]

Probably gonna have to be Fe, Iron.

 

[Spencer Petersen]

Francium
Its incredibly radioactive and reacts extremely powerfully with water
Its an alkali metal on the lowest row and probably the most reactive metal in the table

 

[Boneasse]

Mo
Molybdenum

Why?
Because it's number 42.

Oh, I see what you did there!

 

[spartan231490]

francium(think thats how it's spelled). Most common isotope has a half-life of 28 minutes, some isotopes have half-lives of less than a minute.

 

[spartan231490]

Francium
Its incredibly radioactive and reacts extremely powerfully with water
Its an alkali metal on the lowest row and probably the most reactive metal in the table

Exactly why it's my fav. although, radium is almost as good, and it doesnt half-life away before you can use it, so thats close.

 

[Lukeje]

Francium
Its an alkali metal on the lowest row and probably the most reactive metal in the table

No, it isn't. It's predicted to be less reactive than Caesium. It's so damn heavy that relativistic effects come into play.

Copper. The abbreviations are CU. How genius is that?!

Even better are the abbreviations of the compounds you can make using it (hint: look up `Copper NanoTubes').

I'd say Potassium (K) because it burns lilac (well, purple, but counted as lilac) in fire.

My favourite compound, however would be Sodium Dichromate (Na2Cr2O7). I dunno why, it's just awesome.

Why not potassium dichromate then?

 

[Lukeje]

Sorry, double post.