• Question: Whats your favourite made-up movie chemical? Adamantium? Unobtainium? what else?

    Asked by tspinmorgan to Charlie, Eoin, Jemma, Julian, Steve on 12 Mar 2011.
    • Photo: Julian Rayner

      Julian Rayner answered on 11 Mar 2011:

      Unobtanium is quite cool. I like the real elements named after people – great that heroes like Einstein have their own element…

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      Jemma Ransom answered on 11 Mar 2011:

      Hmmm, probably the element Vibranium which was discovered by my favourite super hero Iron man (Tony Stark) in Iron man 2 as a replacement for palladium which was powering his suit, but also killing him.

    • Photo: Eoin Lettice

      Eoin Lettice answered on 11 Mar 2011:

      it’s got to be Kryptonite…. that or Tin!

    • Photo: Charlie Ryan

      Charlie Ryan answered on 11 Mar 2011:

      Well as wolverine is pretty cool, i would say adamantium. Another one i can think of that’s pretty cool is kryptonite – i guess that’s my evil genius side speaking!
      (did you know that there kryptonite almost exists?? well sort of – there is a mineral called jadarite that has a very similar chemical formula to kryptonite (the chemical formula is mentioned is the superman movies). Sadly there aren’t any supermen/women to test it out on!!).

    • Photo: Stephen Moss

      Stephen Moss answered on 12 Mar 2011:

      I’d have to go for the most famous fictional chemical of all, Kryptonite. Seems odd that there are so many more fictional chemicals than there are fictional chemistry teachers – or perhaps I just haven’t been watching the right movies.

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