What is your favourite element?

Gevin Chapwell · Post by **Gevin Chapwell** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:27 pm

So what is your favourite element? It's a pity you can't have more than 100 poll options.

Rhys Benjamin · Post by **Rhys Benjamin** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:30 pm

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just did this Gav in school!

Soph K · Post by **Soph K** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:49 pm

my favourite is 'SOPHIUM'

because once, joseph was saying random elements and i was being irritating (i have to admit) and he got really annoyed then shouted, "SOPHIUM!! STOP IT!! ...Ughhhh!"

In case you're wondering, the bit where he said "Ughhhh!" was when I kept laughing because he said sophium instead of sophie.

Soph K · Post by **Soph K** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:50 pm

In truth, though, my favourite probably is Oxygen - we can't live without it!

Joseph Krol · Post by **Joseph Krol** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:59 pm

Dysprosium, due to its applications as a laser material.

Rhys Benjamin · Post by **Rhys Benjamin** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 5:07 pm

Soph K wrote:In truth, though, my favourite probably is Oxygen - we can't live without it!

No, we need Nitrogen to live. The air is 79% nitrogen

Soph K · Post by **Soph K** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 5:08 pm

Rhys Benjamin wrote:
Soph K wrote:In truth, though, my favourite probably is Oxygen - we can't live without it!
No, we need Nitrogen to live. The air is 79% nitrogen

are you saying we CAN live without oxygen?

Joseph Krol · Post by **Joseph Krol** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 5:10 pm

Rhys Benjamin wrote:
Soph K wrote:In truth, though, my favourite probably is Oxygen - we can't live without it!
No, we need Nitrogen to live. The air is 79% nitrogen

78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% other gases including neon, water vapour, krypton, xenon and carbon dioxide I think.

Soph K · Post by **Soph K** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 5:11 pm

Joseph Krol wrote:
Rhys Benjamin wrote:
Soph K wrote:In truth, though, my favourite probably is Oxygen - we can't live without it!
No, we need Nitrogen to live. The air is 79% nitrogen
78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% other gases including neon, water vapour, krypton, xenon and carbon dioxide I think.

yeah but can we actually live without oxygen? i thought we couldnt

Gevin Chapwell · Post by **Gevin Chapwell** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:22 pm

There's lots of elements we couldn't live without. So it's not the best criterion.

Look at some sulphur.

There's your answer.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:04 am

its a toss up between my kettle and my immersion heater..........guess who's back, back again..............

Peter Mabey · Post by **Peter Mabey** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 5:38 pm

I've decide to vote for the Element Formerly Known as eka-thallium

http://www.webelements.com/ununtrium,- a few atoms have been made, but so far it's only referred to by its number (113)

Thomas Carey · Post by **Thomas Carey** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:02 pm

My favourite is copper.

P.S. Have you guys got any idea how to get copper into a machine that dosen't accept copper coins? (It dosen't have to be a coin, just so long as it's made from copper.)

Joseph Krol · Post by **Joseph Krol** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:06 pm

Thomas Carey wrote:My favourite is copper.

P.S. Have you guys got any idea how to get copper into a machine that dosen't accept copper coins? (It dosen't have to be a coin, just so long as it's made from copper.)

Wikipedia quote:
"The coin is minted from a cupronickel alloy of 75% copper and 25% nickel."

Thomas Carey · Post by **Thomas Carey** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:54 pm

Joseph Krol wrote:
Thomas Carey wrote:My favourite is copper.

P.S. Have you guys got any idea how to get copper into a machine that dosen't accept copper coins? (It dosen't have to be a coin, just so long as it's made from copper.)
Wikipedia quote:
"The coin is minted from a cupronickel alloy of 75% copper and 25% nickel."

Whatever, it dosen't have to be fully copper, just containing copper. Any ideas?

Gevin Chapwell · Post by **Gevin Chapwell** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:58 pm

Thomas Carey wrote:My favourite is copper.

P.S. Have you guys got any idea how to get copper into a machine that dosen't accept copper coins? (It dosen't have to be a coin, just so long as it's made from copper.)

Sorry, your goal is just to get some copper inside one of these machines? What?

Joseph Krol · Post by **Joseph Krol** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 1:13 pm

I forgot to say that the article quoted is about the 50p coin.

Thomas Carey · Post by **Thomas Carey** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 6:36 pm

Joseph Krol wrote:I forgot to say that the article quoted is about the 50p coin.

YOYOYYYYYYYYYYOYYYYYYYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY!

Soph K · Post by **Soph K** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:48 pm

Thomas Carey wrote:
Joseph Krol wrote:I forgot to say that the article quoted is about the 50p coin.
YOYOYYYYYYYYYYOYYYYYYYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY!

Weird. Random. Strange.

Peter Mabey · Post by **Peter Mabey** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:50 pm

Although we call 1p & 2p coins coppers, they're really made of steel, copper-plated (check with a magnet

)

Rhys Benjamin · Post by **Rhys Benjamin** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:12 pm

Joseph Krol wrote:
Rhys Benjamin wrote:
Soph K wrote:In truth, though, my favourite probably is Oxygen - we can't live without it!
No, we need Nitrogen to live. The air is 79% nitrogen
78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% other gases including neon, water vapour, krypton, xenon and carbon dioxide I think.

and Argon.

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