• Question: What is your favourite element and why?

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      Asked by 273catf38 to John, Laura, Luke, Rob, Ruth on 16 Jun 2016. This question was also asked by 267catf38.
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        Laura Finney answered on 16 Jun 2016:

        I really like Palladium. It can do so many different reactions it is really impressive! It can also be changed in many different ways to make it do different things and is often used to catalyse reactions!

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        John Fossey answered on 16 Jun 2016:

        Platinum – its a precious metal but also is useful as a catalyst

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        Luke Williams answered on 16 Jun 2016:

        I am going for Carbon. We are made of it, but also my enzymes too – all of biology!

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        Robert Williams answered on 16 Jun 2016:

        Techentium – because it is the only non-trans-Uranic element that is not naturally found in nature.

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        Ruth Patchett answered on 16 Jun 2016:

        I wanna say Ruthenium based mostly on the name. But I will have to say Sulphur as I keep ending up using it in my research no matter how much I try to avoid if (a lot of sulphur compounds are very smelly!).

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