Chemical History & Trivia
This is often considered the earliest example of humankind utilizing mechanochemistry to their benefit
What is firemaking (through friction)?
This film about the development of the atomic bomb went head-to-head with Barbie for a summer 2023 release
What is Oppenheimer?
This other name for element 74, tungsten, is what gives it its unique atomic symbol on the Periodic Table
What is wolfram?
This is the number of academic partner institutions currently in the CMCC
What is 12?
The acronym NSF CMCC stands for
What is the National Science Foundation's Center for the Mechanical Control of Chemistry?
This animal is often associated with Schrodinger and his famous concept of quantum superposition
What is a cat?
This early 2000s cartoon character's last name is also a subatomic particle with no charge found in an atom's nucleus
Who is Jimmy Neutron?
This South American country has an elemental namesake in the chemical symbol Ag, so named for its relation to the Latin term for that element
What is Argentina?
Many mechanochemists are interested in tribology, or the study of this, especially since many estimates place this as one of the largest contributors to undesirable energy loss
What is friction?
Some mechanochemists who study milling and grinding are interested in LAG, an acronym for this
What is liquid assisted grinding?
This chemist was the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and is the only woman to receive two Prizes total
Who is Marie Curie?
This city is not only home to Sandia National Lab, but also an infamous TV chemist portrayed by Bryan Cranston
What is Albuquerque?
The atomic symbol for bismuth, Bi, is found in the name of this common over-the-counter medicine, given the fact that it's a key ingredient, too
What is Pepto-Bismol?
This is the current number of elements on the Periodic Table
What is 118?
The letters in AFM, a common mechanochemistry tool, stand for
What is atomic force microscope/microscopy?
This now-debunked element was believed to be released in the process of burning
What is phlogiston?
These two Muppets share names with objects you might find in a chemistry lab
Who are Bunsen and Beaker?
These two letters do not appear in any of the now-accepted names of the Periodic Table
What are J and Q?
As of May 2025, how many living people have an element named after them?
What is 1? (Yuri Oganessian)
MoS2 is a 2D material that is in a class of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), which are made up of transition metals and elements from this group on the Periodic Table
What is 16?
The Greek philosopher Theophrastus wrote this aptly titled treatise that is often cited as the first written record of mechanochemistry.
What is On Stones?
The F in AFM can be found in this title of the seventh episode of the Star Wars Saga
What is The Force Awakens?
These two elements earned their names from the US university at which they were discovered
What are californium and berkelium?
This is the year that the first journal devoted entirely to Mechanochemistry launched in the Royal Society of Chemistry
What is 2023?
This symbol indicates that a reaction occurs mechanochemically
What is a triangle made of three circles?