My favourite is Arsole. I'm thinking of setting it as a class assignment, to find the funniest one. Anyone have any more?
2006-07-10 11:00:58 · 27 answers · asked by big_fat_goth 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
It has to be real.
2006-07-10 11:04:13 · update #1
Cyanide.
2006-07-10 11:03:25 · answer #1 · answered by Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recall during my PhD studies at Bristol we were synthesising metal organic complexes. One of our favourites was the synthesis of metal/arsenic complexes.
Has anyone ever isolated a metal arsole?
Ha ha
Paul
2006-07-14 20:26:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dickite, Al2Si2O5(OH)4, is a (kaolin) clay-like mineral which exhibits mica-like layers with silicate sheets of 6-membered rings bonded to aluminium oxide/hydroxide layers. Dickite is used in ceramics, as paint filler, rubber, plastics and glossy paper. It got its name from the geologist that discovered it around the 1890s, Dr. W. Thomas Dick, of Lanarkshire, Scotland.
2006-07-10 14:01:16 · answer #3 · answered by cuckoo meister 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best site on the web, with many examples of chemicals with funny names has to be in the link below.
2006-07-10 11:06:05 · answer #4 · answered by Auriga 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't there an arsenic compound called arsole?
2006-07-10 21:51:45 · answer #5 · answered by oapboba 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cadaverene
2006-07-10 11:05:47 · answer #6 · answered by mr.answerman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think you can possibly beat:
Cummingtonite
This mineral must have the silliest name of them all! Its official name is magnesium iron silicate hydroxide, and it has the formula (Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2. It got its name from the locality where it was first found, Cummington, Massachusetts, USA.
2006-07-17 07:47:09 · answer #7 · answered by barhud 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, these ones are names of proteins/genes that produce proteins, but I think they are pretty funny, and almost in the same category.
Frizzled, and its counterpart Disheveled.
I think it says something about the poor PhD students who were working on discovering those pathways;) lol
2006-07-10 11:07:37 · answer #8 · answered by Loulabelle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A form of carbon called Buckminsterfullerine?
2006-07-10 11:58:38 · answer #9 · answered by The Wandering Blade 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can find many of them on the web site below. I am not sure they are all for real, but... they seem to be real.
My favorites...
Buckminster Fullerene
Munchnones
Moronic Acid
Godnose
Angelic Acid
Dogcollarane
2006-07-10 11:10:21 · answer #10 · answered by EdmondDoc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋