Which element for Christmas?

[MrCombineITA]

Potassium!

[ArtypNk]

Plutonium for me. I feel particularly evil today.

[icysunz]

I want some mangnese heptoxide

[98JMA]

@icysunz

They said which *element* you would like for Christmas, not which compound.

[HistoryIsALie]

Platinum isn't nearly the most expensive element! There's Rutherfordium, Rhodium, and even Carbon (diamonds). 

[RoMMeL1337ak47]

@HistoryIsALie my guess would be that weapon grade plotunium-239 would be the most expensive element, if you could find a buyer that is.

[JoelT23]

what is the man doing at 3:22?

[JoelT23]

@JoelT23 3:42***

[Ptro001]

i want some mendelevium, cuz it sounds like Mendeleev , or the Vodka guy

[98JMA]

@Ptro001

Oddly enough it was named after him, the inventor of the modern periodic table.

[Oz6102]

Sodium... It turns into a ball when in water!

[boiledhooker]

Francium...I want francium with a bucket of water...

[catsfromhell1]

@boiledhooker haha!

[flimsybop]

Im late commenting on this video... but GOLD is my element.

[DactaDork]

I would go for neodymium, too.( ps we all know what Steve was thinking- URANIUM)

[Alexon88]

Hey, do you know who doesn't like Christmas??

watch "The Insanity of Christian Zionism!" @youtube. For the Truth and Freeom. And happy Christmas next year^^

[Wawawawa23]

Magnesium--I love my grignard reagents! 

[spiritualinsight]

i would say silicon. it is among the most used molecules in the man made world. plus i am an electronics student.

[DJBigz1988]

i don't think i would want just one. i want sulfur hexafluoride! :D but that wouldn't be fair..so im gonna have to go with pete on this one, caesium. i can always appreciate a nice boom! maybe ill get some for my birthday tommorow! HAHA not very likely. ;D

[moosey333]

Xenon!

[isrealjason]

Fire because god talked to Moses as a burning bush

[VillageOfGeeks]

Cadmium, though toxic it really makes the most beautiful paint colors.

[migkillertwo]

plutonium 239

[madjimms]

Silicon Its like glass on steroids!

[Dinglot68]

francium, duh. i'd throw a kilo of that in a lake, and blow up a whole city.

[SwirlingChords]

I want potassium. I will submerge it in water.

[SuperTentomon]

Potassium-It goes booom

[louforiginator]

I'd love some cobalt, just like Debbie would like some manganese.

[domvasta]

I'd go for Plutonium

[MniToster]

i would like lithium or sodium because i like things that go boom

[braves104]

totaly platinum sell it for a lot of money

[dranzerbeyblader]

Gallium FTW!!!

[headshot7]

Francium

[th1nker21]

some plutonium.. its nice and worm... and it lights red. .!!! :D:D:D:D(and it is radioactive... !!)

[bdhcarbon]

big chunk of gold or platinum because both are so useful as; bling, catalysts, never tarnish, malleable, look stunning and will likely always go up in price. Either or, no matter which...

[itzjesusbxtch]

id go for anti-rhodium

[J0hnn3h119]

Francium so I can make the YOUTUBE VIDEO OF THE CENTURY >:)))))

watch?v=PyFLvSg6ZDw

[lobstermendez]

the guy at 3:24 talking about nitrogen sounds like a computer

[RequiemAeterman]

Element 118.

[TheRobster94]

Cesium. Kiddy pool.  I have a bad idea.

[opedroefeio]

15 person didnt get Hassium for christmas

[ShadowRayzzz]

A large Bismuth crystal shaped as a Christmas tree, and Sodium, cause you can never have enough fun with Alkali's :)

[calv1nchang]

Cesium and Neodymium!!!

[Defonthana]

woooah! god i love those vids...really.. *.* ...ohh i would love to have some of the lements...but i think mercury or bromine would be grat^^

[miesrah12]

gas: get me chlorine and fluorine

[miesrah12]

get me 20 hectograms of francum to dump in the gulf of Mexico >:)

[babajan97]

enough rhodium to buy every element

[olivius007]

Give me a gas tank full of fluoride.

[schmidtbag]

rhodium

because its the most valuable naturally occurring non radioactive element

[dominic14061995]

I really like Praseodymium for the colour of its compounds

[WaveofTwilight]

For gas I would love to have Argon. For liquid, Gallium, because I can play around with it and live. For metal, a thin plate of Titianium so I can use it as a shield and fight my friends! XDD

[melnadiacillian]

bismuth because i grew a 25g crystal that looked like a christmas tree

[firegirlf16]

I want MAGNESEOM and or MERKERY achouly ferget magneseom merkery is more fun to play with all the time

[masacatior]

Gallium. you can give any format you want and it melts in your hands, i want one in my desk *-*

[gwaur]

Stephen Liddle @ 0:49

Uuu? He wants element number 111?

[Vennificus]

Magnesium. I can find the iron and aluminium myself.

[L00NGB00W]

Plutonium. Don't ask why.

>_>

[amandamheber]

Californium because is sounds warm.....I'm from Michigan:)

[brenoakiy]

you know that stuff is radioactive, don't you?

[miesrah12]

10Kg of francium to through it into water

or a sample of every natural element in a nice display

[DeltaPhi79]

Pan flutes made out of test tubes? ROFL

[hla27b]

Chemical Sisters are so cute.

In your honor girls C+S

[isop9021]

"nitrogen....especially it gets rid of oxygen" lol

[ButterflyNM14]

A nice lump of berkelium. XD *BOOM*

[getzkazer]

A 2kg lump of potassium would be nice.

[mrmeowmix2300]

Gallium, cesium, plutonium or a visible amount of francium.

Oh and a radiation suit and some lead containers!

[formatdyskuc]

I'd love to get some Uranium :-) U-235 to be exact ...

Why? Because I'd love to build a miniature (120kW max. heat power) nuclear reactor.

[Cream147player]

I can think of some other good uses for U-235

[reeceyboy111]

This video is a year old tomorrow.

[mariehairy]

Hi Mike Greenwood!!

[ButterflyNM14]

Hii!!! :D

[ZerqTM]

Mary xmas hand happy cesium exploding newyear x3

My self i would want copper. cos i am looking for at options for cooling my wearable computer.

[85kanuto]

I want Uranium or Hydrogen.

That's so because I like the explosions of Hydrogen and I like the radioactivity of Uranium.:-D

[Cellogamer]

Gallium! I could let it melt in my hand and freeze up again over and over.

[nickmt]

Wow! Fancy that! One of the young ladies on the test tube version of the pan pipes is a mutual friend of mine. Salut Marjo!

Anyway I've been watching most of yr videos that you've all made & wanted to say what an excellent and fantastic job you are all doing!!!

It is so great to see the academic community at Nottingham University putting Chemistry (I'm a chemistry teacher myself) on the map & sharing the joy with everyone!

Many thanks!

Btw Caesium for xmas would be like a white xmas!!!

[naruto4lyf1997]

i either want uranium, or mercury.

[Brassur]

Protactinium!

[moreSmartLessStupid]

kickassium

[AgentCROCODILE]

Quick - somebody get the Christmas caesium ready.

I would love some francium but unfortunately you can't get that stuff.

Caesium makes a fine candle light though. :D

[Rainbowpikmin93]

Francium!? Lmao, I'd love some of that too, if I weren't so worried about the possibility of a city-destroying explosion.

[AgentCROCODILE]

Francium would be good replacement for candles though. :)

[ChemHow2]

I'd like some sodium, some potassium, or even some NaK!

[AronAgmar]

Argon because it has a wonderful name - like all the other noble gases.

[PixlPianta]

Definitely ytterbium (my fav!), zirconium, or bromine. I could do some evil things with tellurium or sulfur though (go chalcogens! :P)

[Drag0nfoxx]

Bismuth because of its beautiful crystals.

[chocaholic180]

francium ,liquid nitrogen or Nak (a potassium and sodium liquid) BOOOOM! (and a radiation suit for the francium)

[figgi0]

by the way i love your videos, i studie chemical ingeniering and love the périodic table. I THINK it would be fantastic if you could do a video about a family or a group of elements but more specific. thank you very much for the videos

[figgi0]

i would get helium 2 (L) and by the i think platinum is not even close to the most expensive. from precious metals i believe the order in prices would be: iridium as the highest, then Rh, then Pt, and then gold folowed by Ag.

[BryanBeatsYouAll]

Gallium or Mercury. Both with extremely low melting points and would be very fun to play with.

[screaming4moreramen]

either caesium or mercury,my two favorite elements.

[trixcie68]

Nitroglycerin, cause i like blowing things up.

[Brudof]

Francium!

[bassplayer2161]

mercury for me because of all it's uses

[LePeintreOrageux]

I would like Nitrogen, if I could get it in liquid form...

..otherwise, Mercury. It's beautiful.

[hyunchoi98]

all the world's cesium in one big tank.

[TheFluorineMartyr]

Boron - most energy dense element.

[clarinetmaster101]

i would like bromine because it looks so cool and has an interesting chemistry...^_^

[Teleranger4]

Neon, because of many different of colours.

[JacobRudduck]

Platinum is not the most expensive element, silly person...

[lukuspukus6]

what is then?

[gaswerti]

@JacobRudduck is it rhodium?

[aromchuen]

@JacobRudduck The most expensive per weight of these is Rhodium. Rhodium is a chemical element that is a rare, silvery-white, hard transition metal and a member of the platinum group. Rhodium is found in platinum ores and is used in alloys with platinum and as a catalyst

[0Sebek0]

I want two Osmium (Os) bracers for doing exercise hahahahaha

[greenboy256]

Beryllium, for sure.

[skok65]

I didn't know hashish was an element. . .

[Airsofter1995]

Uranium 238

[dudi2016]

i like "I" (jod) iodine

[dbc616]

White phosphorus, definately

[Randumshitstudios]

Bismuth, beautiful color(s), the last nonradioactive element

[kruset11]

you guys should do chemistry of compounds

and then maybe some organic compounds

and to make the fans happy, explosive compounds

[demonman212]

I'd like the most deadliest element so I could........do stuff. *shifts eyes*

[nemanume]

name of the song ...

[CaptainRedHook]

Gotta go with Krypton, if only for the Superman-itude.

[gnamp]

I think it's funny that the girl at 3:00 wanted Boron, cause she's seems it, rather.

[madman123456]

I wanna have a bucket full of ununoctium. I'd be the first Person too see the chemistry of this heaviest Element. And this Lump would be worth a fortune. I'd be rich. I'd be so rich that money in itself would be obsolete because i own all of it...

[101avatar4]

I KNOW ONE I MADE THIS UP Now i forgot

[ticijev]

gold?

[SuperDuperMan180]

gallium and thallium!

[cornndogg95]

ALL OF THEM!!!!! Does that count as one?

[metalheadrowi]

Manganese...nice chemistry

[jolive91]

Guy at 1:30 knows what's up.

[doggy4death]

francium no doubt

[Rawful42]

Tungsten...To fasion a fullbody armour :D

[herrbrahms]

Fluorine. I've never had a chance to see water set on fire.

[alwinovich]

3:00 female john tickle

[Krazete]

I agree with the person below me.

[AaronTAB]

Gallium, it has the fun of mercury without the insanity.

[munther555]

francium>:) and a biggg bucket of water

[matthew623210]

i would probably want some polonium even though it decomposes into half so fast

[100PercentGeeks]

PUT THE CAESIUM INTO WATER!!!

:D I ♥ Alkali Metals ^_^

[gydeme]

I like tellerium because I've been to the place it was discovered (telluride colorodo), and is kinda blue grey. I LOVE TELLURIDE

[rtsjoe]

"Platinum, coz it's well expensive." NOOOO! Dumbass.

[MedionSinger]

For those that like helium, look up Sulfur Hexaflouride on here for even more fun :D

[MedionSinger]

Make it Hexafluoride.

[MagikGir]

oh yes, VERY DEEP VOICE, but the same effects can be acheieved with noble gases that are lower on the table, like xenon or krypton, etc. basically any gas thats heavier than air...and wont harm you

[konstigasaken]

gold!

[mvpetri]

I want 119 element, that i call Jupteniun (and have Ju initials)... there's no elements with "j", so will be a great present :D... and i want to know english better =[

[humanentropy]

pssht caesium.. francium is the real deal.. plus its more expensive than platinum.

[kad1496]

Xenon

[behnnie]

Loved the fellow who chose Neodynium. Nice, festive reasoning there, sir. ;)

[Vyraji]

Tungsten...indestructible!

[astrojunkey]

Radium, because my name is Rade :D

[polonium9]

i have to say i want some ceasium because i can melt it and its explosive so i choose it

[Gingerninja16]

I would have to go with Francium, just because it is the most reactive alkali metal :P

[mexpunk666]

id say xenon, or any other element in the noble gases row, they make awesome neon signs!! :D

and francium for new year's eve, big boom in water!! xD

[Acavemancandoit]

U wouldnt even be able to take the francium out of the argon cause the water vapor would blow it up but if it do that id so pick that too

[krisswim91]

love it

[waragainstgreed]

i bet plutonium is more expensive than platinum.

and i bet you could power a home with a golf ball sized chunk for decades.

[AceProgrammer]

Boron, Definately!

[threelegduck]

i'll take the chemical sisters for x-mass (or a diamond)

[Nlrvana99]

i would ask for lithium 1st and Mercury second happy after holiday's =P

[threelegduck]

sunday mornins evry day for all i care

[BroughyJack]

I'd probably like a big chunk of radio - active plutonium

[peanutsdream]

I'm curious to see how Lawrencium looks like..

[bionerd23]

hmmm, i'd take Californium. isotope Cf-252. why? 3% SF. or maybe Curium. isotope Cm-250. 74% SF, and much more enduring. with that, i could make my very own presents by altering other atoms. =)

[tybo09]

:45

If he's not channeling Robin Williams, nobody ever has!

[Psilo007]

caesium go boom :D

[PixlPianta]

Hard choice. I'd either say Ytterbium (i have no idea why) or Fluorine. Fluorine is very reactive; it would be fun to 'expirement' with.

[Ritzoid]

Francium.

Radioactive. Highly reactive. Rare. Throw that in a bathtub. Leave the rubber ducky in too.

[ElveeKaye]

I have to go with palladium. It has a silvery-white color, like platinum (to which it is related) or silver, but it doesn't tarnish in air. A nice palladium pendant with an amethyst jewel in it would be nice. :o)

[Pablols7]

element 120

[PixlPianta]

Gee, you wouldn't have that one for long.

[CP3x2007]

That would be called: Unbinilium.

[PixlPianta]

Yeah, I know, so what?

[TheRareFew]

any reactive metal...like potassium...something fun to mess around with lol

[edjorg]

Titanium. Preferably in the form of chain mail.

Keep up the great vids, guys!

[matsnailboy]

i wud go for unununium

[ElveeKaye]

They call it Roentgenium now, which is totally boring. :o(

[superdau]

Aluminium, Magnesium, Titanium...

Light metals are cool, especially if alloyed with iron

[badboy81791]

i would have to say gallium because i love that it can solidify on a cold table and melt in your hands

[cherylllin]

i luv francium

BOOOM

[poodling42]

all I want for Christmas is subtitles for this excellent video!

[periodicvideos]

Your wish is granted!

[Envergure]

A big chunk of neodymium to make a huge magnet!

[CP3x2007]

Iodine:  Because I like the purple hue in it's gaseous state.

[mrmo000]

liquid nitrogen is sooo awesome!!!

[Maddiooo]

Merry Christmas! I liked the test tube-panpipes.

[CrazyPilf]

Great video, i hope to see even more through the next year.

Merry Christmas.

If I could have any element for Christmas I'd probably go for Francium, probably wouldn't be allowed that though.

[couplesonic]

Wow, thank you MJ for the video, so now i know what you do there :-)

[Bloodfang36]

Truly brilliant :D Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, please keep the vids coming through 2009 :)

[thefallofman]

I agree with blinking801. As someone working towards a chemistry intensive major, I wish I was surrounded by such colorful and interesting people as those in Chemistry department at Nottingham. Bravo! I really enjoy these videos. =)

[FOETRAIN]

Merry xmas to the Periodicvideos team :)

I would like the element of ... Suprise !