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Guys, what is your element of choice? My favorite element is gallium

>> No.7912160

>>7912154
>favourite element
Carbon

My favourite compound is potassium permanganate because muh oxidising agents.

>> No.7912162
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7912162

My favorite element is gallium

>> No.7912163

Hassium, the densest known element.

Density of 41 g/cm^3. For reference, lead is 11 g/cm^3.

>> No.7912186

>>7912163
Hassium is that dense? Woah. It doesn't really matter since you cant hold it

>> No.7912237
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7912237

>>7912163
>he doesn't know unhexnilium

>> No.7912242

Hydrogen because it has the most uses out of any element out there.

>> No.7912246

>>7912242
put your hydrogen deep in my carbon, senpai

>> No.7912249

Manganese

crazy oxidation states

>> No.7912257

ITT:NEEEEEEEERRRRRRDDDDS

>> No.7912258

>>7912237
I said "known element". Key word known. And if you have a source in which physicists have worked out the theoretical density of unhexnilium, tell me.

>>7912186
I collect the fundamental elements. I have a sample of almost every non-radioactive element. My favorite sample is my ounce of osmium, the densest non-radioactive element, 23 g/cm^3. Always surprising to hold in one's hand.

>> No.7912261

Carbon, but I'm also partial to fluorine and strontium.

>> No.7912279

>>7912261
fluorine is pretty neat. Strontium's isotopes seem dickish.

>> No.7912284

>>7912261
>>7912279
Carbon + Flourine masterrace. Teflon magnetic stirbars are magic, and Flourine proves that noble gases can form compounds. (XeF2 is a good example). Flourine's electronegativity is also unbeatable, other elements just can't compete.

>> No.7912287

>>7912284
fluorine isn't a noble gas you fucking retard

>> No.7912289

>>7912287
Nice bait, I'll bite. Flourine proves that noble gases can form compounds because it's able to bond with Xenon.

>> No.7912292

>>7912289
fluorine isn't a noble gas you fucking retard

>> No.7912293

>>7912287
There are also some other noble gas compounds that contain flourine. Which is expected because it's the most electronegative halogen. And under forced conditions, it's possible.

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>>7912284
>fluorine best electronegativity
>forgetting neon

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>>7912298
>Comparing best halogen to a meme element

>> No.7912307

>>7912302
astatine is best halogen because it can possibly be the first nigga element besides carbon. And neon only forms an unstable hydride. And how is it a meme?

>> No.7912318

>>7912307
Astatine is a landwhale halogen, gross!
Neon is a meme because it's part of the meme group, group 18.

>> No.7912320

>>7912318
how is group 18 a meme?

>> No.7912322
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7912322

>>7912154
Iron

Forged in the fires of Mount Meme

>> No.7912330

>>7912320
Because group 18 is [unfortunately] well known for the "noble gasses can't form compounds" meme. Noble gas notation isn't bad though. :^)

>> No.7912332

>>7912330
oh yeh. Also, plottwist! I am OP

>> No.7912333

>>7912322
Iron probably is the most atomically interesting element because 26 is the key atomic number past which fusion requires more energy than it releases.

>> No.7912338

>>7912333
Trips don't lie. I mean three 3's!? that is just amazen

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7912343

>Uranium
This is why

>> No.7912345

>>7912330
If we could compress nuclei to make them temporarily stable, holding ununoctium would be possible

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7912359

>>7912345
Actually I take back what I said...noble gases aren't memes. The synthesized elements temporarily named after latin numbers are the biggest meme elements, sorry.

>> No.7912383

>>7912154
Nitrogen

>> No.7912395

>>7912154
Helium.
Cause you know.

>> No.7912406

I prefer bismuth myself.

>>7912154

That's a good one.

>> No.7912415
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7912415

tantalum
i believe it's one of the least abundant naturally-occurring elements in the universe, but about half of my sources say uranium and the other half say tantalum
does /sci/ know which it is?

>> No.7912473

>>7912415
tantalum

>> No.7912476

>>7912415
uranium

>> No.7912566

Gold

>> No.7912576

Iron, perhaps the most useful of the elements.

>> No.7912612 [DELETED] 

>>7912415
The rarest naturally occurring element is Astatine.

The rarest non-radioactive element is Osmium, which is also the densest non-radioactive element.

>> No.7912615

>>7912415
The rarest naturally occurring element is Astatine.

The rarest naturally occurring element is Osmium, which is also the densest naturally occurring element.

>> No.7912627

>>7912576
You mean hydrogen.

>> No.7912658

>>7912258
Where does one obtain these things? Can a random citizen obtain them from companies like Fischer or Sigma-Aldrich without having a good reason? Specifically, where did yu get the Os?

>> No.7912675

>>7912658
http://www.elementsales.com/ for most of them.

On ebay you can also find samples. Google "ebay sample of [element name]" and you will find something for just about any non-radioactive element.

>> No.7912686

>>7912154
>Neutronium
I like it because it reminds me of my life: there's nothing positive in it.

>> No.7912687
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7912687

Iron. It's the most stable (highest binding energy) element there is. It will always be there for me.

>> No.7912703

>>7912406
Only one individual in this thread has actual taste?

Fun Fact: The magical element in the X-COM series, Elerium-115, was once thought (by people who didn't understand chemistry) to actually have the properties described in the game. Generating huge amounts of energy in the form of exotic particles, etc. Some dongus thought that something with the chemical properties of Bismuth, which element 115 would have, but a larger nucleus would result in... sorcery, I guess?

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7912708

Feelium

>> No.7912714
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7912714

tungsten
it's super cool

>> No.7912720

>>7912675
>$34 for 2 g of Hg
I'm buying ten.

>> No.7912744

>>7912714

imagine using one of those as a weapon

>> No.7912748

>>7912720
Do a google search. You can get a freaking pound for less than that.

http://www.sciencecompany.com/-P16860.aspx?gclid=CjwKEAiAx--2BRDO6q2T84_a52YSJABWAbfrptqLJ1kbRz5aEvYZZ6vn4Onjy8Ik_vUwqYunEZwX7RoCyoDw_wcB

>> No.7912749

Silicon. It's what my brain is made of.

>> No.7912753

Indium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UYXQ9pvxuA

>> No.7913683

>>7912749
AI plz

>> No.7913686

Potassium masterrace

>> No.7913688

Praseodymium

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7913715

>>7912154
Feynmanium. Best and last element.

>feyngold

>> No.7913716

>>7912249
Dude right?

I also like molybdenum. Crazy metal in crazy enzymes

>> No.7913719

Neutronium. Can't wait till I get my hands on some.

>> No.7913722

>>7913719
I forgot to say, yes, I am indeed a redditor.

>> No.7913744

Why does noone here recognize based Osmium?

>> No.7913746

Memeium

>> No.7913767
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7913767

>ununpentium

It created the Nazi zombies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bty4-TgBV9I

>> No.7913829

Who based carbon based lifeform here?

>honourable mention for MOTHERFUCKUNG BISMUTH

>> No.7913843

>>7913829
I'm carbon-based.

>> No.7913977

>>7912154
Because, like your dick, it becomes soft on touch?

>> No.7913982

>>7913767
pls it's called Elerium, element 115

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7914016

>>7912154
Cesium!

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7914102

>>7912154
Rutherfordium because it's hilarious using it as a word in Hangman.

Pic related, I win almost every time

>> No.7914111

Ahh Iridium. It tickles me

>> No.7914131

>>7914102
You're no fun

>> No.7914281

>>7914102
Ten different letters four of which are vowels. Are you playing with retards? The longer a word is the worse it is when playing hangman.

Short words with unusual letters are the way to go. For Rutherfordium you will get a big part of the word just by checking all the vowels wich everyone does anyways. R, T, H and M are also very common and in most cases by that point your opponent will have figured it out anyways since there arent exactly many words similar to it.

>> No.7914424

>>7913744
Because you didn't read the thread.

>> No.7915476
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7915476

My favorite element is god of thunder.

>> No.7915511

>>7912154
I would just die without Carbon.

>> No.7915516

Fire, air is a close second.

>> No.7915543

I hate these fucking threads. The same people that post here are the idiots that would like space pictures on I Fucking Love Science

>> No.7915551

Bismuth because it can resist magnetic fields and is in the same column as Bob Lazar's element for antimatter and gravity manipulation.

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7915627

Tellurium
smell of garlic fart

>> No.7915678

>>7912154
Mine is Cesium

I'm saving up to buy a sample of it

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7915997

Titanium

>> No.7916134

>>7912257
HEY BUDDY GET A LOAD OF THE NERD!

>> No.7916156

>>7912160
KMnO4 truly is a god amongst men for oxidation. I am a fan of HIO4, LiAlH4, and H2CrO4 for organic

>> No.7916177 [DELETED] 
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"Many men remember spending countless hours of their boyhood arranging and realigning magnets trying in vain to make another float. Then we reluctantly learned the Ernshaw Principle that proved it to be an impossibility. Diamagnetism is different than magnetism. It repels both North and South poles equally. It's a very weak force, but it can be manipulated.

This sculpture suspends a magnet between the philosophers hands. Cast in solid bismuth, this little Socrates achieves perfect balance with this amazing metal's force. The cube floats with no batteries, no wires, no wind. It touches nothing but air. Undisturbed, it will float there for hundreds of years.

Bismuth is diamagnetic, repelling the magnet between the hands. The magnet above creates lines of force that lift and attract the little floater. Balance is achieved between the crown magnet and gravity by the insertion of a little pocket of resistance. The only metal on earth suitable for this effect is bismuth."

I'm not this text's author, but I love it.

>> No.7916180

>>7915543
The only correct answer.

>> No.7916182

>>7916156
>Chromic acid
>Periodic acid
I like this board significantly more now. HIO4 is bretty good for oxidising diols to aldehydes

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>>7916156
As a guy with the well chosen pseudonym of "Element 183" says:

"Bismuth is a little known metal, and is scarcer than silver in the earth's crust. In fact, there is currently only one mine in the world operated primarily for its extraction. I buy it, melt it and purify it. When it cools, the crystals form under a crucible of liquid metal as it slowly freezes. They come out of the molten metal the color of silver. Then they "choose" their own colors over the next few seconds, sometimes minutes. They gradually change from silver to gold to purple to cerulean, etc. It's always amazing.

Bismuth is the most diamagnetic metal on earth and can cause a magnet to levitate without the consumption of any energy. It is stable, perpetual and breathtaking. See my Maglevs n Sculpture section for the most beautiful examples. It has the longest half life on any element and is used in modern medicine.
Imagine this. It is the only element that has been successfully transmuted into gold. (Search Nobel Laureate Niels Seaborg of Berkeley University in California) This was done at near light speed in a particle accelerator.

So let's review. This amazing element defies gravity, heals the sick, creates order and even beauty out of chaos and is the only metal to fulfill the most sought after goal of alchemy. It's nothing short of magic."

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7916186

As a guy with the well chosen pseudonym of "Element 183" says:

"Bismuth is a little known metal, and is scarcer than silver in the earth's crust. In fact, there is currently only one mine in the world operated primarily for its extraction. I buy it, melt it and purify it. When it cools, the crystals form under a crucible of liquid metal as it slowly freezes. They come out of the molten metal the color of silver. Then they "choose" their own colors over the next few seconds, sometimes minutes. They gradually change from silver to gold to purple to cerulean, etc. It's always amazing.

Bismuth is the most diamagnetic metal on earth and can cause a magnet to levitate without the consumption of any energy. It is stable, perpetual and breathtaking. See my Maglevs n Sculpture section for the most beautiful examples. It has the longest half life on any element and is used in modern medicine.
Imagine this. It is the only element that has been successfully transmuted into gold. (Search Nobel Laureate Niels Seaborg of Berkeley University in California) This was done at near light speed in a particle accelerator.

So let's review. This amazing element defies gravity, heals the sick, creates order and even beauty out of chaos and is the only metal to fulfill the most sought after goal of alchemy. It's nothing short of magic."

>> No.7916187

>>7916186
Element 83, sorry, typo

>> No.7916189

>>7912154
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UYXQ9pvxuA

Indium

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7916190

Helium:
The simplest product of fusion in the sun. It is complete unto itself. Needing nothing. Stable. Noble

Also it makes your voice sound all high and funny.

>> No.7916191

>>7916186
>Element 183
I hope you enjoy your cancer

>> No.7916193

>>7916191
I corrected myself immediately, anon! That was a typo! Please don't be mad at me!

>> No.7916210

>>7916190
Any gas besides the air we regularly breath will do that. Our voices are made by the gasses we breath. Helium is lighter than air, so breath something heavier than air and enjoy your deep voice :^)

>> No.7916403

>>7912257
pls no bully
Don't you have a favourite element, too?

>> No.7916413

>>7912258
>>7913744
" Its density is very slightly higher than Iridium if measured physically, but if calculated theoretically from the lattice structures Iridium turns out to be the heavier of the two."

Osmium fags btfo

>> No.7916419

>>7912615
What the fuck do you mean, there are two rarest things?

>> No.7916421

>>7916210
I'll now inhale a bag full of Argon. I can't wait to see how it is sounding like Neil deGorilla Tyson!

>> No.7916429

>>7912154
My favourite element is the element of surprise

>> No.7916678

I'm torn between Thorium and Tungsten because both is very important to my job right now and I love working with them

>> No.7916681

>>7916186

>This amazing element defies gravity.

but can it control gravity......lol no,I'm trying to say defying something is easy but controlling it is hard

>> No.7916798

>>7916681
it defies gravy

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>>7912257
>/sci/ - science and math
>neeeeeeerrrrrrrds

But-but anon, aren't you a nerd too?

>>7912154
Probably hyrdogen... Gif related.

>> No.7916948

Sodium master race reporting in.

>not always being soluble

>> No.7916949

>>7916413
>osmiums actual density is higher
>iridiumfags use inaccurate predictions to assert iridium has higher density
>osmium still denser

Iridium fags
B T F O
T
F
O

>> No.7916990

Helium
Doesn't interact with anybody else and literally rises above all the other elements.

>> No.7916992

Technetium

Too cool to even be found naturally on Earth.

>> No.7916997

ur mom every night


but it's carbon

>> No.7917011

>>7912154
Silver or gold because I'm jewish and like to horde metals.

>> No.7917092

>>7912686
>there's nothing positive in it.

Do you even quark?

>> No.7917114

>>7917011
this. gold is my favorite element

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>>7912154
Einsteinium

>> No.7917957

E113 - Elerium

>> No.7917962

>>7916949
/thread

>> No.7918289

>>7916948
When is sodium not soluble

>> No.7918303

>>7916948
I think hydrogn is materrace.
>tfw every other element will never be a single proton as an ion

>> No.7918325

Xenon, 'cause it's psychoactive on its own. NMDA antagonist too, my favorite type of drug. Bonus of not being neurotoxic and inhibiting neurotoxicity of other dissociatives. Some day imma have to get some and give it a shot.

>> No.7918348

>>7918325
http://www.anaesthetist.com/anaes/drugs/Findex.htm#xenon.htm
>Central depression causes a decrease in respiratory rate with a compensatory increase in tidal volume and can progress to apnea.
https://www.cedars-sinai.edu/Patients/Health-Conditions/Sleep-Apnea.aspx
>Sleep apnea is a condition in which breathing briefly stops repeatedly through the night as a person sleeps.
That sounds rather harmful and adds yet another negative to the fact that it would be an expensive [and hard] method of getting high.

>> No.7918374

>>7918348
Doesn't stop them using it as a general anaesthetic. Nitrous also can cause it, no? The site you linked to that mentions apnea also says xenon is "Very close to the ‘ideal agent’" for anesthesia and says in the future "there may be no alternative but to use xenon even if it incurs an increase in cost" 'cause it's better for the environment or some shit. If the apnea was actually that big a concern I seriously doubt they'd be using it. Of course it is expensive as fuck but it would be just to try it once and see what it's like, not a regular thing.
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-70054-5_54 here's an article on the respiratory effects.

>> No.7918520

Radon.
Because muh radioactive, tasteless, colourless, odorless noble gas.

>> No.7918593

>>7915476
Brother!!

this was my reply

>>7916678

>> No.7918790

>>7916429
Underrated post.