• Question: What is your favorite element?

    Asked by Georgie to Stef, Hugh, Guido on 13 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Hugh Harvey

      Hugh Harvey answered on 13 Mar 2015:

      Helium – because we need 60 liquid tonnes of it to supercool our MRI machine!

    • Photo: Mariastefania De Vido

      Mariastefania De Vido answered on 15 Mar 2015:

      Hello Georgie!

      My favourite element is probably ytterbium (Yb), because we use ytterbium atoms inside our laser to amplify light and produce very intense light pulses!

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