The Periodic Table (Chemical Elements)

[Crispee]

Manganese, it makes me think of Japan.

Neon, because it glows.

Oxygen, because it has multipurpose properties such as helping us breathe, sustaining fire, combining with Hydrogen to make water or various Alkalines.

 

[PioneerMetal]

Deuterium, because it's the reason we're all alive, barely anyone has heard of it and it doesn't even get it's own space on the bloody table, which is harsh considering the staggering space between hydrogen and helium used for bugger all

 

[Boneasse]

Four way toss up between Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Hydrogen. Mainly because those four comprise my favorite compound: C[sub]7[/sub]H[sub]5[/sub]N[sub]3[/sub]O[sub]6[/sub]

EDIT:

Also, I have to post this. The opportunity is too good to pass on.

Bear in mind this was made awhile ago.

Tom Lehrer is/was a musical genius! That's the first thing that pops into my head when someone mentions the periodic table!

Yes, yes he most certainly is! I love that song.

Does "75% intellectual people" mean that each person is 75% intellectual, or that 75% of people are intellectual?

Anyhoo, I'm going for antimony, because I like the name.

Though it was meant as a joke, I was talking about the latter option

 

[cuzant]

Fluorine. The most reactive element, toxic gas, forms very strong acids (corrodes glass, quite easily) and its compounds have a habit of spontaneous combustion.

Eh? Hydroflouric acid is the weakest of that group. It goes HF < HCl < HBr < HI (It says Hi, I like that acid) < HAt (This one is theoretical based on trends, At is too unstable to actually test it.)

Doh my chemistry knowledge has forsaken me and i've mixed up the way group 7 works. I still like Fluorine though, and i'm pretty sure you can call it the most reactive ( was trying not to clog up thread with technical terms, i guess i don't have to worry after your post ).

This is what happens when exam boards put Philosophy and Chemistry on the same day.

 

[Doomdiver]

Bismuth (Bi). Because it makes pretty awesome crystals.

Spoiler

 

[Boneasse]

Bismuth (Bi). Because it makes pretty awesome crystals.

Spoiler

Oooooh, shiny!

 

[thenumberthirteen]

Deuterium, because it's the reason we're all alive, barely anyone has heard of it and it doesn't even get it's own space on the bloody table, which is harsh considering the staggering space between hydrogen and helium used for bugger all

deuterium is an isotope of Hydrogen. The periodic table is based non the number of protons not neutrons.

OT: Water (Chemical symbol H20). Without it we wouldn't have Cola, Bikinis, or my Avatar. Unfortunately it is almost impossible to describe.

 

[firedfns13]

Cs. Reacts the most with water

 

[tsb247]

Deuterium, because it's the reason we're all alive, barely anyone has heard of it and it doesn't even get it's own space on the bloody table, which is harsh considering the staggering space between hydrogen and helium used for bugger all

That's because it's not an element in and of itself. It's a hydrogen isotope. The two most common hydrogen isotopes are deuterium and tritium.

 

[xXGeckoXx]

Since, from what I have observed and concluded in my forum browsing on The Escapist thus far, has made me convinced that this site is filled with... 75% intellectual people (maybe that's a bit exaggerated, but that was totally not a random number), I want to ask you a question.

What's your favourite chemical element, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_element]and why?

The thread is fairly unusual, I admit, and you have probably never, ever, thought about this until now. So give your brain a spin and find out. Have fun.

Oh, and just to get the party started; C (Carbon), number 6 in the periodic table, is mine. Why, I hear you ask? Well I won't go into detail (I'd never stop rambling), but I'll write some keywords for you to google if you feel like it:
1) Organic chemistry
2) Foundation of life (you might have to rephrase this to get a suitable search-result, I just thought it sounded cool)
3) Allotropes

yttrim

I once wrote an essay on the extraction of yttrium just because I wanted to title it:

The extraction of yttrium

The only element that speaks Yiddish

 

[dragonslayer32]

it has to be yttrium. it is one of the metals used to make the colour red in tvs.

 

[hannan4mitch]

Favorite 3 elements
1. Lawrencium, because Lawrence is my middle name
2. Osmium, densest metal on earth (also very good for dealing with supernatural entities, because it's so dense)
3. Francium (and the rest of the alkaline metals) because most of them explode in contact with water (however, Francium can spontaneously combust, even explode, IN AIR if its humid enough).

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Nyobium--because research on it is paying for my tuition.

Other than that, the Germanium/Silicon system used in Solar Panels, because that shit is just amazing.

 

[Voodoomancer]

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

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

 

[Necator15]

Favorite 3 elements
3. Francium (and the rest of the alkaline metals) because most of them explode in contact with water (however, Francium can spontaneously combust, even explode, IN AIR if its humid enough).

AND even if it is entirely isolated it'll radioactively decompose in about 22 minutes

 

[Woodsey]

None.

I despise Chemistry; how anyone in their right-mind can bear to revise it is beyond me.

 

[Hurr Durr Derp]

Titanium.

Also:
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Tom Lehrer is a God.

 

[Red Rum]

I have a team of periodic robotic villains in my DeviantArt collection: http://red-rum-18.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d23enn0

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Thorium. Had a web dev project that was a periodic table, and I made it so when you put the mouse of Thorium is switches to a picture of Thor.