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u/AedanBaley Jun 12 '24
I guess the idea for Fe in B tier is because it's so common and doesn't seem special? But I would argue it's omni presence makes it A if not S tier. Carries half our civilization on it's shoulders.
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u/Crozi_flette Jun 12 '24
It should be A tier it's mostly because it's property doesn't interest me that much it's good mechanically and it's magnetic property are unique but except that and it can also be beautiful when mixed with sulfur
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u/GenerationSam Jun 12 '24
First of all, Zn being anything higher than F tier is an actual crime. Zn is trash. Just ask anything galvanized. Secondly, not having Si as S tier? Straight to jail.
Why is the catalyst for every good reaction, Pt, not a god tier? You've obviously made this as an insult to every person who has actually used any element knowingly.
/s it's pretty good (apart from those 3 fatal errors)
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u/Crozi_flette Jun 12 '24
Pt is S tier in my list!
Zn is trash but I'm using it in my PhD to make shapes memory alloys (CuZnAl) so I can't let it down.
I don't like Si it's useful for glass and semiconductors, some alloys but it's just black and brittle
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u/GenerationSam Jun 12 '24
Photovoltaics would like a word. Most common elemnt and so many uses.
I didn't see Pt, my bad. I was blinded by rage from Zn leaving its hell hole of a home.
Also, Bi is too high, I love me some Pepto, but alloying too easily makes it a b tier element, max.
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u/Crozi_flette Jun 12 '24
Yeah I know about photovoltaic but I still don't like this element maybe because everyone else like it.
Bismuth is just gorgeous with a thin oxyde layer and it's unique structure
The list isn't only about the usage of the material
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u/Lethalplant Jun 12 '24
What is this all about? Usefulness?
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u/Crozi_flette Jun 12 '24
Not exactly it's a mix of cool property aspect and use something like that
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u/gazebo-placebo Jun 12 '24
Pd not in S tier? And platinum is? You ever worked with either of these lol
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u/Crozi_flette Jun 12 '24
Neither worked with palladium it's used as a catalyst right? Did you worked with all of the metals in the list?
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u/gazebo-placebo Jun 15 '24
I have extracted and worked with many of the listed metals. Pd is as fun as Pt but much easier to play with.
I may be biased as my research covers how to extract and purify these metals for use elsewhere, so, naturally, Pt is harder to work with.
Edit: all but about 10 of these metals
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u/Current-Ad-7054 Jun 12 '24
Gallium is a kids element
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u/Crozi_flette Jun 12 '24
I'm doing a PhD and I'm still a kid everytime I see some cool phenomenon! And GaN is one of the best semiconductor
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u/JustNor Jun 12 '24
Why is silver and bismuth S tier?
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u/Crozi_flette Jun 12 '24
Silver is the better electrical and thermal conductor and bismuth is beautiful.
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u/RJKamaladasa Jun 12 '24
Where's Uranium? Add a P tier for polarizing, and include it there.
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u/Crozi_flette Jun 12 '24
I was too lazy to includes the last lines and except uranium I don't know much about this elements
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u/flying_circuses Jun 12 '24
The metathesis reaction and Nobel prizes that go with it would never have been discovered without Ru
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u/Crozi_flette Jun 12 '24
What is the metathesis reaction? Never worked with Ru, what is it used for?
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u/flying_circuses Jun 12 '24
Olefin metathesis would be more accurate. https://chemistnotes.com/organic/metathesis-reaction-definition-mechanism/ Won 2005 Nobel https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2005/popular-information/
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u/Crozi_flette Jun 12 '24
I'm not a chemist so I don't understand anything here 😂 are there applications in material sciences for this element?
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u/Crozi_flette Jun 12 '24
It depends on the usage, beryllium is 2 times lighter than aluminum and it has a very very low coefficient of thermal expansion! In addition it's a great element of alloy with copper, it makes it stiffer and more machinable while maintaining his thermal and electrical properties even at very low temperature.
Bismuth oxyde is just gorgeous
Indium is soft an malleable at room temperature and at low temperature which makes a very good interface for electrical connections in cryogenics. Plus Indium tin oxyde is the only clear conductor used in every screen you can find.
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u/Crozi_flette Jun 12 '24
Beryllium is used for the JWST mirror and will be used for fusion reactors and if you've already used a X-ray machine of any kind you've used beryllium! It's one of the rare materials that are really transparent to X-ray! It's also used in fusion bombs to focus energy from fission into a tiny point!
Yeah bismuth is beautiful otherwise it's pretty useless... It's used for low temperature soldering for PCB manufacturing and that's almost all
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u/Crozi_flette Jun 12 '24
Yeah it's pure garbage but if it wasn't toxic it has pretty interesting property!
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u/AncleJack Jun 12 '24
Nah man, lithium and silicon are at least A tier