What's your favorite element?

[Roganwilson]

I was in Chemistry the other day, and was trying to figure out what my favorite element was. So I put the same question to you, fellow escapists. What is your favorite element, and why?

To start, mine is magnesium because it burns a very bright white.

 

[TheLastCylon]

Hydrogen. Simple, easy to remember symbol, and a small amount of particles.

 

[Darth Brownie]

The Brownium

 

[Sassafrass]

You stole my one, you git...

And for the exact same reason. I like shiny white things.

 

[Explosm]

Neon, RAVE PARTIEZ FTW !

 

[Baron Von Evil Satan]

sodium. It explodes in water, I mean come on man.

 

[0p3rati0n]

Imagination! It's untested, dangerous yet helpful, and science will never be able to explain it

 

[ZeroMachine]

I'm quite partial to Phazon. Hurrdurr!

I don't know, I've never been big on chemisty. I always found radiation to be an interesting subject and actually fairly terrifying, so I guess just put me down for all the really sickly ones.

 

[TheGreatCoolEnergy]

Oxygen. Hasn't failed me yet

 

[IAmWright777]

Beryllium.... it is the building block for my birthstone ha ha, sounds dumb I know

 

[Aqualung]

Earth, Wind, and Fire.

Hur hur.

 

[Klagermeister]

Francium, because it's so ironic.
Francium has the lowest electronegativity of all elements, so it's weaker in covalent bonds.
Get it? The French element is weak? LAAAAWL.

 

[sms_117b]

Radium, I love the fact it technically doesn't exist due to it's micro-second half life.

Then the lazy named man made elements, ununoctium and whatnot

 

[Superior Mind]

Wht do you get if you combine four elements?

A stovetop!

Hurr!

 

[Roganwilson]

Another good one is hydrogen, for the reason that you can see it as the whore of the atomic world. I mean, it'll bond with anything.

 

[Azraellod]

Fluorine.

It's reactivity is wonderful. It might not be really explosive, but if I remember correctly from my chemistry classes (which i'm pretty confident that i do), it can react without having to touch the object it's reacting with.

i don't think my teacher explained why this works, which is annoying me now. i'll have to look that up...

Edit: i haven't found out why, but here is a video of this happening.

Spoiler

 

[Deleted]

Francium, try to guess why.

 

[WrathofthePenguin]

Pb: Lead
Deadly yet life saving, don't ingest it but it could save you from fallout

 

[chris11246]

sodium. It explodes in water, I mean come on man.

That applies to all alkali metals.

mine is Mercury because its the only liquid metal at room temp

 

[Souplex]

Helium. Tungsten and Hydrogen are tied for second.