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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 06:09 PM
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Poll question: Favorite Metal
Edited on Sun Jun-20-04 06:12 PM by EstimatedProphet
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 06:11 PM
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1. What? No Cu?
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 06:13 PM
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2. Alright alright!
Edited on Sun Jun-20-04 06:14 PM by EstimatedProphet
I added Cu!
Damned cuproholics...
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 09:31 PM
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21. Thank you!
Give me Copper

Or give me Death!
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 06:15 PM
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3. Iron Pyrite
:D
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Brahma Bull Donating Member (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 06:40 PM
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14. That's not a metal.
It's a mineral. :P

Chemical formula = FeS2
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Fovea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 06:20 PM
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4. What! No Ti?
I lust after a Ti Recumbent bike.
I have a set of Titanium gauntlets...
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King Of Paperboys Donating Member (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 06:21 PM
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5. Hg
It's LIQUID at room temp, baby!
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Donkeyboy75 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 06:23 PM
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6. Au, for self-assembled monolayers!!!
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 06:26 PM
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7. OI luve GOOOOOOOLLLLLLLDDD!!!
Oi luve evershing abowt it!
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 06:26 PM
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8. Ra.
It's in the water here! :bounce:
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No2W2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 06:27 PM
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9. Always go with a metal
that has an "age" named after it.

BTW....Technically, Fe is not a metal. Metals are non-ferrous.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 06:28 PM
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10. Really?
I thought it was that it couldn't be a blend, like steel, because that's an alloy. Oops.
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King Of Paperboys Donating Member (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 06:29 PM
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11. "Metals are non-ferrous?"
Them's fightin' words.
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Donkeyboy75 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 06:43 PM
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15. Iron actually is a metal,
according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, IUPAC and Webster's dictionary. Over 80% of all elements are metals.

:hi:
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Lefty48197 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 06:36 PM
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12. Platinum
but I don't know latin
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Brahma Bull Donating Member (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 06:39 PM
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13. Pt.
:) It's worth the most.
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King Of Paperboys Donating Member (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 06:47 PM
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16. Au contraire
Californium is MUCH more valuable.
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 06:48 PM
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17. Molybdenum...
:)
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 06:49 PM
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18. Sy (Slayer), Bs (Black Sabbath), Cft (Celtic Frost),
Rr (Richie Blackmore's Rainbow), Ky (Kyuss)...
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King Of Paperboys Donating Member (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 06:50 PM
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19. ANYTHING but TUNGSTEN
I can't even bear to type the symbol...
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Leprechan29 Donating Member (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-04 01:50 AM
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25. What?
Long live Wolfram! er...Tungsten
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benburch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 07:11 PM
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20. Auric Goldfinger
"Do you expect me to talk?"



"No, Mr. Bond! I expect you to die!"
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 09:42 PM
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22. Ac/Dc
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 09:56 PM
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23. Hydrogen
Yes, under certain conditions it can be a metal.
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 10:04 PM
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24. Death Metal
Especially Morbid Angel.
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Dover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-04 02:10 AM
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26. Heavy
Edited on Mon Jun-21-04 02:13 AM by Dover
metal: :headbang:

Tinfoil also works for me :tinfoilhat:
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-04 08:38 AM
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31. You want Osmium then
Densest substance at room temperature.
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DoNotRefill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-04 05:45 AM
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27. Sodium metal....
ignites when exposed to air....very useful.

:evilgrin:
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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-04 06:34 AM
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28. Liquid Metal...
Alloy of Titanium, Iron, and Aluminum, formed by 'Glassifying' the metal so that it is literally a Metal Glass.

http://www.liquidmetal.com/technology/
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Guy_Montag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-04 06:44 AM
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29. Ever seen what happens if you put
Cesium in water?

Tell me that's not the best metal.
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phillybri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-04 08:07 AM
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30. Pt.
n/t
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