• Question: what is your favorite element and why

    Asked by anon-208350 to Stuart on 7 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Stuart Higgins

      Stuart Higgins answered on 7 Mar 2019:

      Uuhhhhhh, maybe Silicon. I use it a lot in my work, and it’s a special kind of material called a semiconductor, which means it sometimes conducts electricity and sometimes doesn’t. It’s what computer chips are made of, and is used in all smartphones, etc. So pretty useful.

      Oh it’s also what sand is made of (a combination of silicon and oxygen).

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