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"A Little Science help please?"

Ok, asking for some help here, thanks to anyone who helps in advance:

Im looking for suggestions of any solid (eg. iron, copper, gold, silver, slightly more remote things like Iridium, or can be something like Sodium Chloride) that has interesting physical properties, for instance, does it sink only in a certain liquid, or just has something quirky or unique about in in general, odd or humourous applications (but not obscene!) applications.

A slight odd ask I know, but serious suggestions would be most welcome from anyone willing to help in the search or knows one from their physics/chemistry.

Cheers

blunderfisch wrote:
> I've always dreamed of taking a massive kilo block of caesium and
> throwing it into a river

My old science teacher did that ... except just with whatever one of that group you're actually allowed in schools.

Put a big trough of water in this little courtyard bit, dumped a massive hunk of >whateveritis< in and legged it back inside.

It didn't do anything for ages ... everyone was all "wtf!1 this sucks, mate!" and then .... BOOM. The glass tray thing broke, and everyone shat themselves.

Good times.

borring

If you want fun try doing a History degree

I was only one of seven in my year that got an A in English too.

I'm so good.
Not bad considering I got a 3 for my writing at Standard Grade. Damn fix.

Aerogels are FUNKING cool, did a load of coursework on that earlier this year, If you're nice enough I can forward my Powerpoint Presentation (+ notes) on to you...

SHEEPY wrote:
> My old Chemistry teacher uses me as an example of a failure turned A
> student.
>
> It annoys my brother, which makes me laugh.
> MWAHAHAHA HAHHA HAHA

Hmmmm. English teachers should do that with me.

English is so much harder than Chemistry.
Mind you, Advanced Maths *spits* makes Higher English look like a dawdle down a well lit path in the middle of a safe area with a police escort, during daylight (yeah, the lights are on too, it's a deterrant).

cookie monster wrote:
> munn wrote:
> Not like those damn Group 8 gases.
> They always look down their nose at you from their high and mighty
> horses.
>
> Just cause they're noble.
>
> Oh dear, my chemistry teacher used that same joke.

Ahahahaha>

I'm the king of bad jokes though, so it's no wonder.

And yeah, that's just about my image of the noble gases too sheepu, although every so often there's a blue one, who's just so much sadder and more lonely than the rest.

Poor poor noble gas.

He's rich and noble, but has no friends.
Oh so lonely.

My old Chemistry teacher uses me as an example of a failure turned A student.

It annoys my brother, which makes me laugh.
MWAHAHAHA HAHHA HAHA

munn wrote:
> Not like those damn Group 8 gases.
> They always look down their nose at you from their high and mighty
> horses.
>
> Just cause they're noble.

Oh dear, my chemistry teacher used that same joke.

Yeah, damn punks.

My image of that damn group is blackness with a little green gas floating about alone.... alllooonnnee.