You wanted a poll about real elements? Well here ya go. Simply vote for the group that contains your favorite element. Feel free to post and specify exactly which element you wanted.

Alkali metals

• Lithium
  
• Sodium
  
• Potassium
  
• Rubidium
  
• Caesium
  
• Francium
  

Alkaline earth metal

• Berylium
  
• Magnesium
  
• Calcium
  
• Strontium
  
• Barium
  
• Radium
  

Lanthanide

• Lanthanum
  
• Cerium
  
• Praseodymium
  
• Neodymium
  
• Promethium
  
• Samarium
  
• Europium
  
• Gadolinium
  
• Terbium
  
• Dysprosium
  
• Holmium
  
• Erbium
  
• Thulium
  
• Ytterbium
  
• Lutetium
  

Actinide

• Actinium
  
• Thorium
  
• Protactinium
  
• Uranium
  
• Neptunium
  
• Plutonium
  
• Americium
  
• Curium
  
• Berkelium
  
• Californium
  
• Einsteinium
  
• Fermium
  
• Mendelevium
  
• Nobelium
  
• Lawrencium
  

Transition metal

• Scandium
  
• Yttrium
  
• Lutetium
  
• Lawrencium
  
• Titanium
  
• Zirconium
  
• Hafnium
  
• Rutherfordium
  
• Vanadium
  
• Niobium
  
• Tantalum
  
• Dubnium
  
• Chromium
  
• Molybdenum
  
• Tungsten
  
• Seaborgium
  
• Manganese
  
• Technetium
  
• Rhenium
  
• Bohrium
  
• Iron
  
• Ruthenium
  
• Osmium
  
• Hassium
  
• Rhodium
  
• Iridium
  
• Meitnerium
  
• Nickel
  
• Palladium
  
• Platinum
  
• Darmstadtium
  
• Copper
  
• Silver
  
• Gold
  
• Roentgenium
  
• Zinc
  
• Cadmium
  
• Mercury
  
• Ununbium
  

Poor metal

• Aluminium
  
• Gallium
  
• Indium
  
• Tin
  
• Thallium
  
• Lead
  
• Bismuth
  

Metalloid

• Boron
  
• Silicon
  
• Germanium
  
• Arsenic
  
• Antimony
  
• Tellurium
  
• Polonium
  

Nonmetal

• Hydrogen
  
• Carbon
  
• Nitrogen
  
• Oxygen
  
• Phosphorus
  
• Sulfur
  
• Selenium
  

Halogen

• Fluorine
  
• Chlorine
  
• Bromine
  
• Iodine
  
• Astatine
  
• Ununseptium
  

(Ununseptium (eka-astatine) is the temporary name of an undiscovered chemical element in the periodic table that has the temporary symbol Uus and has the atomic number 117.)


Noble gas

• Helium
  
• Neon
  
• Argon
  
• Krypton
  
• Xenon
  
• Radon
  
• Ununoctium
  

(Ununoctium (eka-radon) is the name of a retracted chemical element in the periodic table that has the temporary symbol Uuo and atomic number 118. It would probably share the properties of its group, the noble gases, resembling radon in its chemical properties; as such, some research has referred to it as \"eka-radon\". It would be the second radioactive gaseous element and the first standard semiconductive gas.)

What? I have the flu, it\'s not like I have a whole lot else to do around here.

I choose Actinide! Why? Do I need a reason?!

-Ri

(votes for Heart)

I wonder if the poor metals got made fun of by the other elements since they couldn\'t afford nice things.

LOL! I never thought anyone would actually do this!

Anyway, I\'ve always been a fan of the Group I metals. Especially K downwards. Francium + Water = boom!

[Edited on 17/3/06 by Samsara]

It took a little while before I figured out how to do this. Once I did, it got easier.

...and even then the Periodic Table had already done most of the work for you...

LOL!

Silicon otherwise we wouldn\'t have computer chips the way we do now. *pictures making computer chip with a rock*

Or Mercury. I can\'t remember which company had the slogan \"Fluid Movement\", but that seems appropriate, no?

I\'m a fan of the noble gases. Dey so silly.

I tend to gravitate towards transition metals, though, since I learned about them doing a project on manganese...

*checks Wikipedia*

I think either Noble Gasses, because they can\'t react with ANY other element, or transition metals. Metals rawk.

EDIT: No, wait: UNUNOCTIUM!. The greatest of Nobility!

Oh, and Hydrogen is gR347 too.

[Edited on 18-3-2006 by Morphman]

I think that Francium + Flourine causes the most violent reaction on the periodic table. However, I\'m going to have to go with transitional metals. Titanium is my homeboy. Lightweight, strong, and hypoallergenic. Used for everything from knife blades and airplane skins to artificial hip joints.

[Edited on 18-3-2006 by Shadowfire]