Favorite (Chemical) Element?

[Kitteη χ]

So I noticed a poll here asking about people's favorite elements (as in earth, water, fire, etc.), and I'm sure I wasn't the only one whose expectations were a bit different from what we got. So here's another poll, asking the same question but more scientifically.

[Lichley]

My favourite is phosphorus. It’s really interactive and interesting, as well as being part of some of my favourite compounds. Plus I’m reading a book on it right now.

Gallium is a close second due to its ability to melt in your hand. I also like Yttrium because my teacher was one of the first to work with it, promethium due to its use in fighter jets, Iridium due to its iridescent properties, Mendelevium because of its name, and Moscovium because it’s interesting  

 

 

Can you tell I like Chemistry?

[RoseGoesToYale]

Molybdenum, because that name is wicked cool!

[Lord Jade Cross]

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[DuskFire]

I like Aether personally. Call me old fashioned if you will.

[Gizamaluke]

Beryllium based lifeforms would explode if they entered our atmousphere. That's why that's muh fave.

[iff]

Ytterbium but

[CaptainMarvel]

I liked tennessine when it was just called ununseptium, but I guess my favorite is xenon because I think the noble gases are cool and also it has an X which is a cool letter

[Dreamer23]

How are we counting isotopes? Do I vote Hydrogen if I'd like to vote Tritium? (That might be misleading in the overall numbers though, as Hydrogen's way less interesting 😕 )

[Kitteη χ]

41 minutes ago, Dreamer23 said:

How are we counting isotopes? Do I vote Hydrogen if I'd like to vote Tritium? (That might be misleading in the overall numbers though, as Hydrogen's way less interesting 😕 )

A vote for hydrogen would include all of its isotopes. It's up to you whether or not you think tritium is good enough to make up for regular hydrogen being less interesting.

[Dreamer23]

3 minutes ago, Kraken X said:

A vote for hydrogen would include all of its isotopes. It's up to you whether or not you think tritium is good enough to make up for regular hydrogen being less interesting.

Haha, alright, fair enough!

Given that'll also net me Deuterium, I guess I'll run with it

Fusion reactor here I come!

[Dr. Beat]

 

[Fluffy Femme Guy]

Carbon

[Ortac]

I think it has to be oxygen. We would all be dead without it! 

[Guest Deus Ex Infinity]

I like Tungsten. It's light but very rubost and therefore hard to destroy.
 

[ColeHW34]

Uranium for the win!

[Smol Fox]

Neon, because uh, yeah it glowy and bismuth cause the structure is gorgeous! (For real look it up)

[Salmiakki]

Lol, I didn't know people had favorite chemical elements 

[Guest Jetsun Milarepa]

I love Strontium because of a place called Strontian....

[AroaceScriptette]

I chose lithium but only because of the nirvana song 😂

[Skycaptain]

As an Ace, logic would suggest a Noble gas, but logic is boring, so Titanium, because you can make fun things from it

[Homer]

I don't have a favourite element.

[Yep, me]

Hydrogen for life, it’s a excellent building block.

[Grumpy Alien]

I have zero opinions on the periodic table 

[J. van Deijck]

radium, hands down.

[Tintinfan]

One of my favourite is the element W otherwise known as Tungsten.

 

Most because of the utter lack of link between sign and name.

[Ytterbium]

Ytterbium, duh.

[Revan-Embry]

Tungsten or atomic symbol W due to its many uses in manufacturing for various things and it's incredible near indestructibility.  

[Augie279]

Am I seriously the only person who put gallium? Come on. It's literally a metal that melts in your hands.

[Karst]

As a geologist, I have a deep respect for silicon.  It makes up most of the Earth's crust.  Virtually every rock contains it.