• Question: What’s your favourite chemical ?

    Asked by anon-227013 to William, Thibaut "Tibo", Harry, Georgia, Emily, Aimee on 13 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Georgia Orton

      Georgia Orton answered on 13 Nov 2019:

      My favourite chemical is ferrocene. It’s an iron ion sandwiched between two 5- carbon rings. We actually call chemicals like this ‘sandwich complexes’!
      I like it because it is quite unusual and can be orange or blue depending on wether it has a charge or not.

    • Photo: William Wiseman

      William Wiseman answered on 13 Nov 2019:

      It sounds really boring but water. The work I look at we need very pure chemicals to make sure we have a very pure product. The water quality can make a huge difference to what I receive at the end of my experiments. Its something that is often overlooked.

    • Photo: Aimee Egglestone

      Aimee Egglestone answered on 13 Nov 2019:

      My favourite chemical is 1,3,7-Trimethylpurine-2,6-dione I don’t think I could get through my day with out it!

      (It’s caffeine)

    • Photo: Thibaut Deviese

      Thibaut Deviese answered on 18 Nov 2019:

      My favourite chemical is “amino acid”. Amino acids are like little bricks that make big molecules called proteins. Our hair, nails, skin and part of our bones are made of proteins. That means we are like big lego people 😀

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