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Environment
Re: Favorite element
July 11, 2016
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 94, Issue 28
On June 30, C&EN took to Facebook to ask, “What’s your favorite element and why?” Here are some of the responses.
▸ cenm.ag/favelement
Nitrogen! It’s always seemed a little odd to me. It makes up most of our atmosphere, but nobody pays it any mind. It does cool (ha!) things when it is liquid. It has its own cycle. It makes things grow. But it also makes explosions and pollutants. And we would not have the northern lights without it. It’s the stealth element that is everywhere.
Ranna McNeil-Reeser via Facebook
Copper. ... All its forms are interesting and have a unique color.
Allen Nassimian via Facebook
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