If you follow me on twitter (I'm @sciencegoddess this name is spelled out in elements
courtesy of Theo Gray--try it for yourself), you may be aware that I conducted a poll about my fellow tweeter's favorite elements! I very much want to extend a warm
thank you to @chemingineer for this fabulous idea! I even got a little notice by Nature.com for this poll. This video shows the results!
Below is a table of the
data collected, arranged by # of votes and then by element number in that group.
element
votes
element
votes
element
votes
6 Carbon
11
80 Mercury
6
3
Lithium
4
1 Hydrogen
7
15 Phosphorus
5
8 Oxygen
4
18 Argon
6
31 Gallium
5
42 Molybdenum
4
19
Potassium
6
74 Tungsten
5
78 Platinum
4
26
Iron
6
2 Helium
4
*Unobtainium
4
elements w/3 votes
w/2
votes
w/2 votes
w/1 vote
w/1
vote
7 Nickel
5
Boron
76 Osmium
4 Beryllium
55 Cesium
14
Silicon
9 Fluorine
81 Thallium
13 Aluminum
57
Lanthanum
25 Manganese
10 Neon
90
Thorium
16 Sulfur
65 Terbium
27
Cobalt
11 Sodium
92 Uranium
17 Chlorine
77
Iridium
36 Krypton
20 Calcium
95
Americium
22 Titanium
82 Lead
49
Indium
24 Chromium
23 Vanadium
83 Bismuth
79 Gold
29 Copper
28
Nickel
89 Actinium
88 Radium
33
Arsenic
34 Selenium
99 Einsteinium
94
Plutonium
43 Technitium
39 Yttrium
100
Fermium
106 Seaborgium
46 Palladium
41 Niobium
*Wonderflonium
112
Copernicum
53 Iodine
47 Silver
*Surprise
54
Xenon
51 Antimony
*Upsidasium
My favorite element by name is Tellurium (which also happens to
be Theo Gray's favorite name!). By cool features, my favorite is Gallium and by importance to my line of
work, my favorite would be Carbon, of course!
And now, time for some fun, fun, fun videos about the elements!
Don't forget to check out PeriodicVideos on Youtube-excellent source for videos about ALL of the elements
Oxygen-
this is about the most adorable video I've ever been introduced to!
This is the promo for
Theodore Gray's book The Elements. It includes a beautiful rendition of Tom Lehrer's Periodic Table of Elements Song!
"Chemical Party"
is one of the best chemistry videos ever demonstrating how different elements get along.
If you love science
and fun songs to go with it, you are surely aware of the group They Might be Giants. Here's their song called "Meet
the Elements"
I also did a book review of Theo Gray's new book. If you recall,
I posted one about his other book Mad Science! You can see the current review here.
Whew! This was a bit of work, but I am happy to see such a
large number of people so excited about science!!
