Monday, October 19, 2009

What is Your Favorite Element?

Mine is Hafnium. Two Reasons. First of all, it's totally obscure. Second of all, it is involved in two radioactive decays that help us learn about the solar system. 182Hf decays to 182W which allows us to date the formation of the core of the Earth (4.567 billion years ago). So exciting
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14 comments:

  1. RamosOctober 19, 2009 at 11:12 AM

    I have never actually thought hard about my favorite element. One possibility is Mercury just because it's toxic and makes you act funny but i really like Fluorine because it's used so often in everyday things including toothpaste even though it is slightly toxic. Just posting this so yours doesn't look so lonely, Dr. Ranen :D

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  2. UnknownOctober 19, 2009 at 11:16 AM

    Haha nice Ramos, I might have to say mine is Oxygen because we need it to survive.

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  3. meganOctober 19, 2009 at 3:43 PM

    I'll go with calcium because it is in cheese, which is basically my life.

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  4. Wynne LeahyOctober 19, 2009 at 4:23 PM

    Hannah, we also need lots of other things to survive! My two favorites are Tin (Sn) and Mercury (Hg). Pipe organs and cans are made out of tin! Mercury is cool because I studied catfish one summer that had unusually high levels of mercury and because its like a really rad silver liquid thing at room temperature.

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  5. CallieOctober 19, 2009 at 5:29 PM

    Mine is Helium. Because it makes balloons float and makes your voice sound hysterical when you inhale it. Oh AND its a noble gas. With only 2 valence electrons. I'd say its pretty rockin'

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  6. Hannah GreeneOctober 19, 2009 at 5:33 PM

    my faves are carbon and mercury :) i think carbon dating is pretty cool, and mercury because it's chemical symbol is my initials (Hg!), and it's a liquid at room temp.

    and FYI, "hannah" is hannah b.

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  7. Grace DiBariOctober 19, 2009 at 6:52 PM

    Id have to agree with Hannah and say oxygen because I happen to enjoy life and breathing and oxygen is a very big contributer to both

    Go Honors Chem BLOG!!!

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  8. David KrakowOctober 20, 2009 at 6:10 AM

    Californium. Also, my favorite animal is the bear, my favorite ocean the Pacific, and my favorite cities all look west.

    This business of favorites all seems a little reductive, so maybe Hydrogen is in fact my favorite with a little extra push to the oxidized version of a Hydrogen ion in order to staddle the fence.

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  9. katherineOctober 20, 2009 at 6:28 AM

    Potassium
    I like bananas and my name starts with K

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  10. Lexi WillinghamOctober 20, 2009 at 6:38 AM

    My favorite would have to be xenon because Zenon is my favorite disney channel movie!

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  11. Kelly SeegersOctober 20, 2009 at 8:08 AM

    My favorite element is defiantly gold because it is shiny and expensive and trophies are made out of it and the gold team is the best. However neon is pretty cool too.........

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  12. Caroline WiernickiOctober 20, 2009 at 8:17 AM

    My favorite element has to be Tungsten because, come on guys...

    W!

    (By the way Kelly, blue team dominates...it goes unsaid.)

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  13. DJOctober 20, 2009 at 3:14 PM

    Neon. Hands down. What would we do without neon lights? Stores wouldn't be able to catch my attention without them.

    (PS: I agree with Caroline's parenthetical statement.)

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  14. CMusslewhiteOctober 20, 2009 at 4:46 PM

    i have two favs: curium because its abbreviation, CM are my initials and Ytterbium just because it sounds like a fun element....also gold is pretty great!

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