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We all have a favorite metal don't we? Is it the brilliant shine of gold, the value of platinum, the history of copper, the bizarreness of mercury.

PLEASE NO MUSICAL INTERPRETATIONS!

POWER METAL! :headbang:

I like copper. Not sure why, I just do. It's like a cheap gold and is so versatile in alloys...gold-copper(name?) in coins, zinc-copper(brass) in instruments and furniture, tin-copper(bronze) in weapons, art, and medals...

POWER METAL! :headbang:

damn. I wanted that joke, although I might have picked a different sub-genre

caesium

some of this and some water fun for hours

Heavy Metal!

Iron. So ve can build tankz :D

Really, it all depends on what I want to do with it.

shouldn't caesium (in the poll) have an a in it?

shouldn't caesium (in the poll) have an a in it?
I do like the british spelling of some words, but I learned it this way. I was debating myself over which way I wanted and chose sans-a.

I do like the british spelling of some words, but I learned it this way. I was debating myself over which way I wanted and chose sans-a.

fair enough. I have a tendency to forget not everyone uses british english

damn. I wanted that joke, although I might have picked a different sub-genre


I was going to say Black Metal :D

mercury is cool. copper is great for heatsinks and cooling things, and gold and platinum is what BLING IS MADE OF. i love bling. its so shiny.

Mercury is cool, cos its just weird...and deadly, anything that attractive and deadly is cool.:fluffle:

Mercury is way funky - we had a mercury spill in chemistry the other day, so naturally me and my friend gathered around it poking it with splints. It was crazy - it was ok though, we were wearing safety goggles :D

But other than that silver is the best. Gold just looks tacky, and platinum ain't all that.

it was ok though, we were wearing safety goggles :D


Ah, safety goggles, is there anything they can't save?

cue simpsons line

Bronze. So warlike and fierce.

After my GCSE, all the chemistry knowledge started seeping out of my head, so I can't elaborate, except to say that Francium is better than Caesium. I want to drop a ton in the ocean.

I was going to say Black Metal :D
I say Death Metal! (I guess mercury is closest)

Why is magnesium not on the list?!

I really wish mercury wasn't poisonous, so I could play with it. I just want to touch it...

Vanadium is by far the best metal. By. Far.

Also, I can't believe Thrash metal hasn't been menitoned as a sub-genre but black metal has.

If anybody has seen cesium mixed with a little bit of water, they'll understand my vote.

If anybody has seen cesium mixed with a little bit of water, they'll understand my vote.

Our science teacher would only show us Potassium and Sodium, becuase he didn't want to be responsible for any injuries.

Other: Titanium
Fictional Variants: Luna Titanium (AKA Gundarium)

If anybody has seen cesium mixed with a little bit of water, they'll understand my vote.
Get into organic chemistry f you like big bangs, mate. Metals are all about the oxidation states baby.

*gets labcoat*

Silver all the way!

I vote for element number 119, ununnonium, the most reactive metal within the first 168 elements.

Quicksilver, even though it's not exactly a metal.

Incidentaly, my chem teacher lost a finger and a half due to a water-induced cesium reaction....

i vote for the finger removal metal....

tungsten

Quicksilver, even though it's not exactly a metal.
........Weak armor though?

I vote for element number 119, ununnonium, the most reactive metal within the first 168 elements.
168 elements??

*does recount just to be sure*

No.....

Francium.

Mercury is way funky - we had a mercury spill in chemistry the other day, so naturally me and my friend gathered around it poking it with splints. It was crazy - it was ok though, we were wearing safety goggles :D

But other than that silver is the best. Gold just looks tacky, and platinum ain't all that.
Goggles dont stand up to mercury vapor, which is why it is poisonous.

Bronze. So warlike and fierce.

After my GCSE, all the chemistry knowledge started seeping out of my head, so I can't elaborate, except to say that Francium is better than Caesium. I want to drop a ton in the ocean.

Sure, get fried...you'll kill life with just the radation.i

Also, I can't believe Thrash metal hasn't been menitoned as a sub-genre but black metal has.

I would've done that, but then I decided the joke had been done, didn't need doing again, wasn't hugely funny to start with and should be left to die.

Heh, I thought this was "What's your favorite meal?" thread, too.

CESIUM!

Goggles dont stand up to mercury vapor, which is why it is poisonous.



Sure, get fried...you'll kill life with just the radation.i
That aint true i have been shining my Top Hat with the stuff for 40 years.

We all have a favorite metal don't we? Is it the brilliant shine of gold, the value of platinum, the history of copper, the bizarreness of mercury...poll coming soon.
It has to be something with an Age named after it, so I chose Iron.

It has to be Gold or Silver because:
1. They look good:cool:
2. They are worth alot:rolleyes:
3. And they make you look good in every way:D

Ah, safety goggles, is there anything they can't save?

cue simpsons line

LOL! i'd say iron is my favourite 'cuz it's mainly used for tough stuff. i know it rusts but Iron Maiden aint going to rust soon! :headbang:

LOL! i'd say iron is my favourite 'cuz it's mainly used for tough stuff. i know it rusts but Iron Maiden aint going to rust soon! :headbang:

That's smart enough to make me wish I'd voted iron instead of other.

Up The Irons!

Mercury Ist Krieg!

Stoner metal!

....oh.

Stoner metal!

....oh.

It's been done.

It's been done.

Hence the "oh", maybe?

Hence the "oh", maybe?

...oh

...oh

Yes. *nods*

I would've done that, but then I decided the joke had been done, didn't need doing again, wasn't hugely funny to start with and should be left to die.
Metal types, gotta list 'em all! Metal types! To the tune of Pokemon

*gets coat*

Metal types, gotta list 'em all! Metal types! To the tune of Pokemon

*gets coat*

I don't want to laugh, but I am. Even before the hidden text

Americium. It's radioactive, it's present in most households in our smoke detectors, it's named after America, and it can be used to build a nuclear weapon. What's not to love?

Americium. It's radioactive, it's present in most households in our smoke detectors, it's named after America, and it can be used to build a nuclear weapon. What's not to love?

*raises hand*

*raises hand*
Hang on..so you want to change your answer to Americium, or you're not to love?

EDIT: Actinides all the way, though, even if I did choose Vanadium.

Hang on..so you want to change your answer to Americium, or you're not to love?


The latter. :p

Nono... we've got to go with Molybdenum! Once I made a wrong turn and found a Molybdenum mine. It was like ridicuously little of the metal per part, and it was where they made the mine 'cause it was the highest they could find. Plus, it's fun to say.

Nono... we've got to go with Molybdenum! Once I made a wrong turn and found a Molybdenum mine. It was like ridicuously little of the metal per part, and it was where they made the mine 'cause it was the highest they could find. Plus, it's fun to say.
Rarest naturally occuring element on Earth is Astatine, IIRC.

Americium. It's radioactive, it's present in most households in our smoke detectors, it's named after America, and it can be used to build a nuclear weapon. What's not to love?

The America bit...

The America bit...
The Americas are fine continents. What's wrong with you?

The Americas are fine continents. What's wrong with you?
*looks at postcount*

I wonder if this is becoming the newest stereotype...

W00t! Cessium! *adds water to bottle of cessium*

The Americas are fine continents. What's wrong with you? I suppose the US does make great metal… :D

Osmium FTW!

Only slightly worse than Tungsten and/or Titanium as far as a decent armor goes and it's highly toxic, so an Osmium armored tank could kill with its presence alone :D

From that poll mercury all the way.

You guys should really check out gallium though. There's a metal that melts at body temperature. The exact toxicity of it is uncertain but it appears to be safer than mercury. So there's a liquid metal you could have some fun with, metal goes solid, metal melts, metal goes solid, metal melts...

hmmm metal...*


*In my best Homer Simpson voice.

Silver's good too though!

I like gold but too much and it has bad associations, got Chav written all over it.

Copper when shiny is nice though.

Yay! Silver! Fashionable, while having the practical use of killing werewolves!!

Cesium is my favorite. It's dangerous but it also cures some types of cancer. I want to get some and throw it in my bath tub in some cold water.


Bath go BOOM!

Francium sounds pretty sweet... unfortunately there are only 20 grams of it total on Earth (or so I've read). I'd settle for cesium, though. :)

Gallium would be fun to play with, too.

Copper because it is where Cyprus gets its name from.
Plus it cuts me.

Other : aluminium.

Nothing beats Iron.

Nothing beats Iron.
Except Blacksmiths.

*gets forge*

I like Cesium.

It's EXPLOSIVE!

Bah, the non-metals is where the party's at really.

Other : Ruthenium

Its getting me my PhD, so I have to love it...i think...maybe...kinda sick of it at this point, though

Iron, the most useful of all the metals.

Other : Ruthenium

Its getting me my PhD, so I have to love it...i think...maybe...kinda sick of it at this point, though
What are you doing with it? Pray tell, I have at least a remedial level science knowledge base.

What are you doing with it? Pray tell, I have at least a remedial level science knowledge base.

Ok, I will tone it down a tad. Making catalysts. Seeing what reactions they can catalyze, then finding out how (the mechanisim) of the catalysis.

You can make some really cool colored complexes with it too (purple, red, yellow, orange....oooooo, colorrrsssss)

I'd probably pick the best metal in the world, Hydrogen.

Feel my randomness wrath...

Yeah...

Now I'm bored, thanks guys.

Ok, I will tone it down a tad. Making catalysts. Seeing what reactions they can catalyze, then finding out how (the mechanisim) of the catalysis.

You can make some really cool colored complexes with it too (purple, red, yellow, orange....oooooo, colorrrsssss)
Cool. As I said, I'm remedial - I've pratted around with stuff like V2O5 and stuff like that before, but...A-level chemistry. Not a clue what else to ask you, tbh.:p

Cool. As I said, I'm remedial - I've pratted around with stuff like V2O5 and stuff like that before, but...A-level chemistry. Not a clue what else to ask you, tbh.:p

nah, V2O5 stuff is cool. what did you do with it?
not sure what A level chemistry it, though.

That aint true i have been shining my Top Hat with the stuff for 40 years.
If it evaporates and it can, you're sort of screwed. Wiki it...is that a new verb like Google it? ahhh, someone probably invented it already.

Copper because it is where Cyprus gets its name from.
Plus it cuts me.
You got that backwards.

Francium sounds pretty sweet... unfortunately there are only 20 grams of it total on Earth (or so I've read). I'd settle for cesium, though. :)

Gallium would be fun to play with, too.
"Even though it naturally occurs in uranium minerals, it has been estimated that there might be less than 30 grams of francium in the Earth's crust at any one time. "--wikipedia

nah, V2O5 stuff is cool. what did you do with it?
not sure what A level chemistry it, though.
A-level is 16-18, though catalysis and redox cycling and the like were all done at the end of the course. Can't really remember what I did, due to my crappy memory, but I seem to remember two distinct things:

V2O5 + 2H+ +2e- -> V2O4 +H2O (?) and the opposite reaction for redox cycling, and

V2O5 -> VO2(-) -> VO(2-) -> V3+ (again, ? plus can't be arsed writing all the balanced, step by step process stuff)

EDIT: And I went into biochemistry for degree, so less thinking for me ;)

I like copper. Not sure why, I just do. It's like a cheap gold and is so versatile in alloys...gold-copper(name?) in coins, zinc-copper(brass) in instruments and furniture, tin-copper(bronze) in weapons, art, and medals...

I like Gold/Copper mix too. They call it red gold. Very pretty stuff.

I like Cesium.

It's EXPLOSIVE!
So is Diarrhea your point?

You got that backwards.
-snippage-
Wait i cut Copper?
Oh shit i do it is in my job requirements.[/fear]

Mercury is way funky - we had a mercury spill in chemistry the other day, so naturally me and my friend gathered around it poking it with splints. It was crazy - it was ok though, we were wearing safety goggles :D

But other than that silver is the best. Gold just looks tacky, and platinum ain't all that.


agreed on platinum and gold.. but i like white gold

Hmm, I didn't see "System of a Down" on the options...at least there's the "other" option.

Hmm, I didn't see "System of a Down" on the options...at least there's the "other" option.

You really consider System of a Down metal?

Alternative Metal.

Metal has subgenres.

Alternative metal, by the way, is very different from pure Alternative...

but let's not hijack.