My chemistry class assigned a report for a chemical element - what's a good one?
2006-12-28 05:12:30 · 11 answers · asked by daftholiday 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Mercury Hg is a good choice, lots of interesting history, you can make a great poster with the mad hatter and Alice on it and explain why that mercury was responsible for driving the hatters mad. Your chem teacher might not even know this one.
2006-12-28 08:32:25 · answer #1 · answered by kentucky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carbon is the most important biologically; if you choose that one, you can explain why. You would get an A on your report.
Silicon is interesting in that it's right under Carbon in the periodic table -- but it's not suitable for biological importance. You can explain why. You might get an A on your report.
2006-12-28 06:09:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iron. Not only it is a useful metal in almost all civilizations to build, it is also used as the metal core in hemoglobin in red blood cell to bind oxygen. It's usefulness is one of the most widely "used" element.
2006-12-28 05:20:16 · answer #3 · answered by yungr01 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its magnetic, and quite reacts :) its chemical symbal is FE and it develop into an atomic mass of 50 six, even as its atomic extensive form is 26. its electron shape is two-8-8-8. in basic terms some random stuff lol :D
2016-12-18 20:38:28 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cesium. It defines the standard human measurement of 1 second (one second is the time it takes a Cesium atom to make 9,192,631,770 osscilations), and is used to keep Atomic clocks in sync.
2006-12-28 05:14:32 · answer #5 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fluorine.
Dangerous and fascinating. It's the most reactive element there is.
2006-12-28 05:18:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Throw a dart at the periodic table.
Wiki whatever element it lands on.
They are all good.
2006-12-28 05:14:59 · answer #7 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Carbon, you may talk about:
-Diamond ( pure carbon) jewelry and drilling for crude oil.
-the carbon cycle: it is the only source of energy that life on Earth depends on
-Carbon compounds Organic Chemistry is based on it.
-allotrophs of carbon: Diamond, Graphite and the Bucci-ball
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2006-12-28 05:23:47 · answer #8 · answered by Dr Knight M.D 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Id say carbon, almost everything is made out of it.
2006-12-28 05:14:36 · answer #9 · answered by pcexchangewi 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hydrogen.......The building block.
2006-12-28 05:14:23 · answer #10 · answered by WHAT?!!! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋