What's your favourite element?
I like molybdenum, because it's got a funny name.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:19, archived)

Technetium
sounds kinda geeky. But that's a good thing if we're discussing elements
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Tue 12 May 2009, 0:20, archived)

Lead

(King Baby Duck more than a ceiling, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:20, archived)

Hot,or...
?
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Tue 12 May 2009, 0:21, archived)

Osmium.
It's chemically versatile, physically robust, has a very, very high melting point and is relatively rare. Like me.

And its primary oxide is a very useful reagent, despite being extremely toxic.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:21, archived)

Russell Charles Osmium was born in Repton, Derbyshire on 14 February 1959.
He played nearly 400 games for Ipswich Town and represented his country 11 times.
He has the symbol Os and atomic squad number 76.
Osmium is a hard, brittle, blue-gray or blue-black transition footballer in the platinum family, and is the densest natural centre half.
The density of Osmium is 22610 kg⁄m³ (22.61 g⁄cm³), slightly greater than the density of Jack Charlton, the second densest centre half.
( mns 2️⃣2️⃣9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:30, archived)

Haha.

( MooCow_Byter, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:35, archived)

The fith one.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:21, archived)

Boron.
Confirm that for me, will you.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:22, archived)

Is this a quote from the film? Because I can't remember it.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:25, archived)

No.
It is actually the real live fifth element.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:26, archived)

Oh, ok, is it any good?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:28, archived)

It's got its uses,
but it sounds like "boring". And it's brown. It's a proper Open Universities element.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:29, archived)

It's got the highest melting point of any pure element, if that kind of thing rocks your socks.
And there's a small possibility that it, like its neighour carbon, may be the fundamental building block of life elsewhere in the universe.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:29, archived)

Ununbium. Everytime.

( Harold Bishop's Love Child some sort of terrifying sex magician., Tue 12 May 2009, 0:22, archived)

Ununhexium
Only because it's symbol is "Uh"
( mns 2️⃣2️⃣9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:23, archived)

next there'll be an element called
'Oh Jah, Jah, Das Is Gut'

/soundtrack
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Tue 12 May 2009, 0:24, archived)

Surpise

( Derpasaurus DOG FARTS, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:23, archived)

Fire,
or chromium.
( MooCow_Byter, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:25, archived)

Fire is a compound, silly
70% Jew
( Derpasaurus DOG FARTS, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:26, archived)

indian ones
their ears aren't as big



i'll get my coat
(Sawdustman now with added giro. again, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:25, archived)

Dysprosium is a personal favourite.
I like semiconductors though.

GaAs FTW
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Tue 12 May 2009, 0:26, archived)

GaAs is not an element.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:27, archived)

*Jumping Jack Flash it's
a GaAs GaAs GaAs* though
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Tue 12 May 2009, 0:28, archived)

^GAAAAaAAaAA_s^saaaAssss^!!!!!!!!!
( Derpasaurus DOG FARTS, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:33, archived)

I know it isn't.
Gallium is and Arsenic is.

I don't like them on their own, although arsenic has its uses.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Tue 12 May 2009, 0:29, archived)

GaAs is pretty rough as a semiconductor.
They're looking into carbon transistors now, which is pretty cool stuff.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:30, archived)

A bit like Gi and Tn
Shit on their own, but more than slightly better when combined
( mns 2️⃣2️⃣9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:32, archived)

let us not forget
V and Rb
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Tue 12 May 2009, 0:36, archived)

caesium
with water
(Sawdustman now with added giro. again, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:29, archived)

whoosh

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:31, archived)

not the hilarious explosion my contemporaries at school thought it would be

( mns 2️⃣2️⃣9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:33, archived)