• Question: What is your favorite chemical?

    Asked by ZaZooo to Martin, Elizabeth, Rob on 10 Mar 2015. This question was also asked by rahrah.
    • Photo: Robert Woolfson

      Robert Woolfson answered on 10 Mar 2015:

      My favourite chemical? Interesting question. Probably one called vanillic acid. Most of the chemicals I work with smell pretty bad but vanillic acid smells a lot like vanilla so it’s really fun to work with as everything you make with it smells really nice.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanillic_acid

    • Photo: Elizabeth Cooper

      Elizabeth Cooper answered on 10 Mar 2015:

      I would say glucose. Glucose is a sugar and this is what gives us energy to do things such as exercise.

    • Photo: Martin Ward

      Martin Ward answered on 11 Mar 2015:

      My favourite chemical is probably ammonium chloride right now. This is a chemical I have been working with recently and have managed to make some nice crystals with it using a laser!

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