What is your favorite element in the Periodic Table?

What is your favorite element in the Periodic Table? Why? Give me the details of the element, such as atomic number, atomic mass, element symbol, type of element (such as noble gas or semi metal), and the element name. Also say if your favorite element is a lanthanide or an actinide.

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My favorite element is $Xenon(Xe)$ the reason is that it is the only inert element which forms compounds, it forms compounds only with $fluorine(F)$ and $oxygen(O)$

Zakir Husain - 2 months, 1 week ago

atomic number = 54 atomic mass 131.29 u

Zakir Husain - 2 months, 1 week ago

good to know! thanks for your response

Vishruth K - 2 months, 1 week ago

My favorite element is Vanadium as it starts with V, and so does my name. LOL. And yeah, I don't know anything about it except its name. :)

Vinayak Srivastava - 2 months, 1 week ago

you can look at the chart i gave and get some more information

Vishruth K - 2 months, 1 week ago

Hydrogen. In H2O. In the sun used for nuclear fusion. Used in so many molecules.

Lucas Tsui - 2 months ago

good to know, though you should include the details of the element

Vishruth K - 2 months ago

My favorite element in the periodic table is oxygen. Its atomic number is 8, and its atomic mass is 15.999. It is in the Non Metal group, and its element symbol is O. This is my favorite element because if there was no oxygen on Earth, then we humans couldn't survive.

Vishruth K - 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$