Faculty Facts
Meet Your Maker
Elements of Fiction
Kitchen Chemistry
Periodic Past
100
"The Father of Modern Electrochemistry"
Allen J. Bard
100
Radium
Marie Curie
100
This iconic green crystal who's name has entered popular vernacular as slang for an "Achilles heel"
Kryptonite
100
Sodium hydrogen carbonate
Baking Soda
100
This element was first observed by spectroscopic observation of the sun during a solar eclipse in India.
Helium
200
UT Chem's tenure speedrun record holder
Michael J. Krische
200
Nitroglycerin
Alfred Nobel
200
Found in ancient debris, this dark gray metal can be used to craft a variety of tools and armor.
Netherite
200
Ethanoic Acid
Vinegar
200
This elements name comes from the Greek "ἀργόν," meaning lazy.
Argon
300
Prolific corrosion chemist who served as UT's 18th President
Norman Hackerman
300
Benzene
Michael Faraday
300
This magical metal originates from Tolkeins "Lord of the Rings," where it has the odd property of only reflecting moonlight. It has since become ubiquitous throughout media, where it's often reimagined with a blue hue.
Mithril
300
Poly(1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethylene)
Teflon
300
This metals inability to absorb acid inspired it's creators to name it after a figure from Greek myth damned to an analogous fate.
Tantalum
400
The most famous chemist to teach at UT (to the general public)
Kate "Kate the Chemist" Biberdorf
400
2C-B
Alexander Shulgin
400
Aristotle's addition to the 4 Classical elements, this substance was thought to fill the space between heavenly bodies.
Aether
400
4-Hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde
Vanilla Extract
400
German miners named this element after a mischievous goblin they blamed for ore that gave off toxic fumes and yielded no copper.
Cobalt (kobold)
500
the leather ladden adonis himself, the baddest to ever touch a spectrometer
Sean Roberts
500
Grubb's Catalyst
Robert H. Grubbs
500
The first and last element in Walter Russell's Ten Octave Cosmonogy
Alphanon/ Omeganon
500
(2R,3S,4R,5R)-2,3,4,5,6-Pentahydroxyhexanal /
(3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol
Sugar
500
To the ancients, coincidences were seen as divine evidence. They knew of 7 "planets," and 7 metals. State these 7 pair, ≥4 correct pairs gains the points.
