• Question: What is your favourite element?

    Asked by claudiaa to Angela, Gopal, Hannah, Becky, Vince on 20 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Gopal Ramchurn

      Gopal Ramchurn answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      Helium – doesn’t hurt anyone (inert) and light – only two protons and two electrons (gives me a feeling of freedom!)

    • Photo: Hannah Little

      Hannah Little answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      Gallium, it’s a metal that if you super-cool it (which is really easy to do) then it stays liquid at room temperature. It also reacts with aluminium so if you put it on a coke can you can shatter the can in your hands which is awesome. I’ve got some at home just for playing with, and I’m not even a chemist. You should ask your teacher if they can get some for the classroom.

    • Photo: Rebecca Cook

      Rebecca Cook answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      Radium because it was discovered by my favourite scientist Marie Curie.

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