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this will decide if i bother doing polls for them cause right now the number 32 is perfect and i don't want to go through all the trouble of adding these cunts in

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Since I got room for 2 more elements to make a complete 32 member poll bracket, I'll just bring whatever the first guy to get to this post wants into the next round. If no one replies I'm abusing my privileges and bringing my babies Francium and Vanadium into round 2...

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Ohhh my goodness the girls are fighting... Considering doing a convoluted loser's bracket just to bring all the halogens into round 2

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holy shit I forgot this account existed for a good 2 months. Sorry about that guys. here's the poll

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(*op is not good enough at chemistry to know if they're officially classified as transition metals)

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hi guys

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ONGOING POLLS: ROUND 2

umm. figuring this out. coming soon

PAST POLLS

round 1 poll 1: group 1 elements, winners: Lithium, Potassium

round 1 poll 2: group 2 elements, winners: Radium, Calcium

round 1 poll 3: period 4 transition metals, winners: Copper, Cobalt, Manganese

round 1 poll 4: period 5 transition metals, winners: Palladium, Cadmium, Silver

round 1 poll 5: period 6 transition metals, winners: Mercury, Iridium, Tunsten, Gold (tie)

round 1 poll 6: period 7 d-block elements, winners: Copernicium, Seaborgium, Roentgenium, Bohrium (tie)

round 1 poll 7: group 13 elements, winners: Aluminum, Boron

round 1 poll 8: group 14 elements, winners: Carbon, Silicon

round 1 poll 9: group 15 elements, winners: Bismuth, Arsenic

round 1 poll 10: group 16 elements, winners: Oxygen, Sulfur

round 1 poll 11: group 17 elements, winners: Iodine, Bromine

round 1 poll 12: group 18 elements (noble gases), winners: Neon, Xenon

INFO

asks are open. feel free to submit anything including propaganda for upcoming elements you'd like to see included under the polls. feel free to rb with anything too.

here's the structure of the poll. feel free to suggest better too.

if any 2 tie I'll just put both in idrgaf

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since there are a lot of unfamiliar faces I'll introduce each one under the cut:

(disclaimer: most if not all of these descriptions are copy-pasted or rephrased from Wikipedia. tell me if I miss anything or get anything wrong.)

YTTRIUM is used in the red component of CRT TV color displays, in gas mantles for propane lanterns, to make synthetic garnets, and in some cancer treatments. It is also a key ingredient in a type of superconductor.

ZIRCONIUM is refractory, hard, and resistant to chemical attack. It is often used as an opacifier (to make something opaque) for ceramic materials and is sometimes used in space vehicles where heat resistance is needed. You may know him from the ZrO2 that is used for your laboratory crucibles. personally, I love crucibles. i will be kind of mad if zirconium gets no votes. crucible lovers unite.

NIOBIUM is considered a technology-critical element. It is used mostly in alloys, and even in various superconducting materials, which are widely used for MRI scanners. and also they called this thing columbium for a while, and then confused it with tantalum. I'm glad they settled on niobium.

MOLYBDENUM is apparently an important mineral for the human body! Apparently, you should eat around 45 micrograms per day. Wow!!!!!!!!!

TECHNETIUM is the lightest element whose isotopes are all radioactive! It is often used in nuclear medicine, or generated as a fission product. They also took real long to find this guy, with 6 erroneous discoveries.

RUTHENIUM is also involved in many nuclear fission reactions, sometimes as a product of fission of uranium or plutonium. It's also used a lot in electronics due to its non-volatility.

RHODIUM is a precious metal primarily used in catalytic converters for cars. It is also used for various other industrial processes. It is also used in jewelry, e.g. sometimes white gold is plated with rhodium to give it a shiny layer.

PALLADIUM is primarily used in catalytic converters for cars. Palladium is also used in electronics, dentistry, medicine, hydrogen purification, chemical applications, groundwater treatment, and jewelry. Palladium is also a key component of hydrogen-oxygen fuel cells.

SILVER: it's everywhere. it's even a whole color on its own. I've been using the word silver to describe the colors of every other element here. it's probably going to win.

CADMIUM: apparently this thing is toxic and carcinogenic despite having great potential in anticancer drugs. ah well. it was also used in batteries scarily recently.

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(the 3 most voted will advance into the next round!) (because I really can't figure out a way to do this 6 at a time anymore)

lots of strong contenders in this one...

propaganda under the cut:

look at my beautiful girlfriend. the day I performed the experiment on vanadium's oxidation states was the happiest I've ever been in the lab. look at this beaut. how can you not vote her. i don't give a shit that the fundamentals like iron and copper are in here, vanadium is very beautiful and you will see that. it was literally named after the scandanavian goddess of beauty and fertility. NAMED AFTER A GODDESS! COME ON! please vote vanadium please please please

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Permission to reblog with propaganda for some of my favs in the upcoming polls?

sure. feel free to go wild with propaganda for anything. I'm glad you are this passionate about elements. thank you

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not writing descriptions for this one because I do not particularly care about group II elements. sorry group II fans!

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