Famous chemists
Born in 1834, this chemist made the first version of the periodic table
Dimitri Mendeleev
The last element in the alkaline earth metal(s) column is:
Radium
This common piece of glassware was invented in 1860 and is recognizable by its triangular shape
Erlenmeyer Flask
Superman's lead suit is to protect him from which substance?
kryptonite
Discovered by Faraday in 1825, this 6 membered hydrocarbon ring quickly became one of the most widely used precursors in organic chemistry.
Benzene
This Polish chemist/physicist discovered polonium and radium
Marie Curie
If you see green paint from the 1800's...beware, this element may be there
Arsenic
Equipped with a dual manifold, this apparatus is used to manipulate air and moisture sensitive compounds.
Schlenk line
In Breaking Bad, which acid was used to dissolve Emilio?
Made out of 60 carbon atoms, this compound has a cage-like fused-ring structure made of twenty hexagons and twelve pentagons
Buckminsterfullerene or 'buckyball(s)'
In 1662, this Irish chemist formulated the first gas law.
Robert Boyle
When this common metal oxidizes, it often forms a bright orange oxide.
iron
This piece of glassware is used to continuously recycle solvent over a solid sample
Soxhlet Extractor
what element makes up iron man's core
palladium
A ring containing several ether groups is generally known as:
A Crown Ether
In 1954, this chemist won the Nobel Prize for his research on chemical bonding
Linus Pauling
This noble gas means hidden in Greek.
Krypton
This type of flask is used in a traditional process for quantitatively determining nitrogen content in a sample.
Kjeldahl Flask
What special "element" is in Captain America's 1st shield?
Vibranium
Collins reagent used for oxidizing alcohols contains what metal?
Chromium
This American nuclear chemist born in 1915 discovered 12 elements on the periodic table; The first being americium.
Albert Ghiorso
Four elements on the periodic table (Erbium, Terbium, Ytterbium & Yttrium) are named for a mining town in what country?
Sweden
Popularized in the 1800s; this piece of glassware was used to contain and heat an oil bath. It was commonly used for melting point determination.
Thiele Tube
The fictional metal is referred to in many episodes of Star Trek as an extremely hard alloy used in starship hulls and hand-held tools.
Duranium
The Gabriel synthesis transforms primary alkyl halides into primary amines. Traditionally, this reaction uses what potassium containing compound?
Potassium pthalimide