{"id":635,"date":"2010-02-07T21:13:57","date_gmt":"2010-02-07T13:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/?p=635"},"modified":"2013-11-19T17:43:49","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T09:43:49","slug":"the-most-beloved-chemical-elements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/2010\/02\/the-most-beloved-chemical-elements\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Beloved Chemical Elements"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Science really loves elements. That’s why there are so many of them. Back in the day, when Science was still a baby, there were only four elements: Fire, Water, Earth, and Air.<\/p>\n

Now, there are 112 elements. That’s because when Science ran out of actual elements, he started making them up. This is a true fact. Look at a Periodic Table<\/a>. Once you get to 93, they are all synthetic elements. They aren’t real. <\/p>\n

Yet another reason why I love Science.<\/p>\n

#27 Francium<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: Fr<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 87<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: Known as Freedomium in the United States since 2003.<\/p>\n

#26 Tin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: Sn<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 50<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: Frank Baum almost decided his woodsman should be made of Zirconium. Doesn’t quite have the same ring to it.<\/p>\n

#25 Aluminum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: Al<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 13<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: If you are British, you are stupid. You know why.<\/p>\n

#24 Zinc<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: Zn<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 30<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: I got nothing.<\/p>\n


\n#23 Germanium<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: Ge<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 32<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: You can use Germanium to make awesome wicked lasers<\/a>. <\/p>\n

#22 Silicon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: Si<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 14<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: Steve Jobs’ new liver is entirely made of Silicon.<\/p>\n


\n#21 Einsteinium<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: Es<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 99<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: Einsteinium<\/a> has no known uses. Awesome!<\/p>\n

#20 Xenon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: Xe<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 54<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: The most popular of the warrior princesses.<\/p>\n

#19 Helium<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: He<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 2<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: The manliest of the elements, despite what it does to your voice.<\/p>\n

#18 Lead<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: Pb<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 82<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: Not as deadly as Kryptonite, but still quite annoying to Superman.<\/p>\n

#17 Krypton<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: Kr<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 36<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: If you have a line on where you can get your hands on some Krypton, I know a Mr. L who will pay top dollar for it.<\/p>\n

#16 Chromium<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: Cr<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 24<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: The chief export of Albania<\/a>.<\/p>\n

#15 Nitrogen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: N<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 7<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: When you combine Nitrogen and Oxygen, it spells no.<\/p>\n

#14 Nickel<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: Ni<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 28<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: The word nickel comes from the German word kupfernickel<\/em>, referring to Satan, or Old Nick’s Copper. Nickel is well known as the most evil of elements.<\/p>\n

#13 Hydrogen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: H<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 1<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: Hydrogen caused this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

#12 Gold<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: Au<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 79<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: Chemically, gold is a transition metal and can form trivalent and univalent cations in solutions. Compared with other metals, pure gold is chemically least reactive, but it is attacked by aqua regia (a mixture of acids), forming chloroauric acid, but not by the individual acids, and by alkaline solutions of cyanide. Gold dissolves in mercury, forming amalgam alloys, but does not react with it. Gold is insoluble in nitric acid, which dissolves silver and base metals. This property is exploited in the gold refining technique known as “inquartation and parting”. Nitric acid has long been used to confirm the presence of gold in items, and this is the origin of the colloquial term “acid test”, referring to a gold standard test for genuine value.<\/p>\n

#11 Curium<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: Cm<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 96<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: Invented by Marie Curie after her death. Creepy.<\/p>\n

#10 Silver<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: 47<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: Ag<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: 10 silver pieces equals one gold piece.<\/p>\n


\n#9 Tungsten<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: W<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 74<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: My first born son is named Tungsten<\/p>\n

#8 Sodium<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: Na<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 11<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: My favorite ingredient in freedom fries..<\/p>\n

#7 Lithium<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: Li<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 3<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: If you double lithium, you can power a warp drive. If you triple it, you get a powerful explosive.<\/p>\n

#6 Carbon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: C<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 6<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: I don’t know much about this extremely rare element, but it’s got a cool name.<\/p>\n

#5 Titanium<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: Ti<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 22<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: A synthetic element named after scientist John Titan.<\/p>\n

#4 Mercury<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: Hg<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 80<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: The fastest of the elements, and the messenger of the Gods.<\/p>\n


\n#3 Neptunium<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: Np<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 93<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: The entire planet of Uranus is actually made of Neptunium.<\/p>\n

#2 Oxygen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: O<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 8<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: Oprah Winfrey holds the patent on Oxygen. Don’t piss her off, or she might start charging all of us. <\/p>\n

#1 Boron<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atomic Symbol: B<\/p>\n

Atomic Number: 5<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: The name of my studio was almost Studio B, after Boron, the best of the elements, until I discovered some doofus had already used the name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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