Dive Into The Beautiful World Of Compounds and Molecules With Our Chemistry Fun Facts. Explore Elemental Secrets Today.

Glass is an amorphous solid, meaning it doesn’t have the order of crystalline solids. It has a random arrangement that mimics gas; this means it’s a unique phase of matter.

Fluoroantimonic acid, HSbF₆, is the strongest acid in the world. It’s 2×10¹⁹ (20 quintillion) times stronger than 100% pure Sulfuric acid. It has a Hammett Acidity Function value of -31.3.

Oganesson is the last element on the periodic table. It was synthesized in 2002 and has only been used for research purposes as it has no other use. Its symbol is Og.

Though most people overwhelmingly fear acids, bases are, in fact, stronger and far more corrosive. When compared in multiple tests, bases were discovered to destroy metal and organic materials quicker than their acid counterparts.

Benzene, which comprises six carbon and hydrogen atoms in a cyclic form, is one of the most beautiful chemical compounds in chemistry.

The full chemical name for Titin, a protein, is over 189,000 letters long. Titin is vital for muscle contraction and is the largest protein in the human body.

Neon is the least reactive element on the periodic table. It belongs to the group of nobel gases and is inert by nature.

Though Diamond is the current most popular hardest known material ever discovered by humans, Lonsdaleite, a hexagonal-shaped mineral made from Carbon, is 58% stronger and survives pressures of 152 GPa.

There’s an organic compound named Arsole. It’s also called Arsenole or Arsacyclopentadiene. The compound is yet to be chemically isolated but its properties have been extensively studied theoretically by scientists.

Fibre-optics, screens, glass, and transistors are all made from the same element, Silicon. Silicon, though ubiquitous, is one of the most vital materials in the technology industry.

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. It’s about 75% of the known matter in existence. The next most abundant element is Helium. The reason for their abundance is the Big Bang. Almost all the Hydrogen and Helium atoms were formed in about the first three minutes of the Big Bang. Due to their simplicity, both elements remained relatively stable and couldn’t fuse into heavier elements.

Though electric cars are better for reducing reliance and carbon emissions from fossil fuels, the process of mining Lithium for electric car batteries is far more environmentally destructive than oil mining. For every ton of Lithium mined, about 15 tons of Carbon Dioxide is released into the atmosphere.

Berylium is a toxic metal that can cause cancer due to its carcinogenic properties. Inhaling Berylium dust or fumes can lead to a terrible medical condition called berylliosis which is an inflammation of the lungs. Berylliosis has no cure.

In September 2021, the YouTuber NileRed released a video where he used different chemical methods to convert cotton into cotton candy.

In August 2021, a group of scientists created a Cronenberg-esque mini-brain. They had successfully lab-grown a tiny brain with its own eyes. Though it sounds scary, the organoid created didn’t have enough neurons to form a consciousness.

Carbon is the second most abundant element in the human body. It makes up about 18.5% the mass of body.

Oxygen is the most abundant element in the human body with it taking about 65% the mass. The third most abundant element in the body is Hydrogen with about 9.5%; this means that Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Carbon make up about 96% the mass of all humans.

Gallium is a special metal that’s known to destroy metals like Aluminium. When combined with Aluminium, Gallium appears to eat into it making the metal crumble into dust.

Besides being the last element on the periodic table, Oganesson is also the most radioactive element. However, only a few atoms of the element have ever been created. Some scientists hope to create a new element 120 which will become the most radioactive element.

Liquid Helium is the coldest substance known to humanity. It only exists at -268 degree Celsius (-452 Fahrenheit). For better context, absolute zero, the temperature at which there is 0 kinetic energy in a system, is -273 degrees Celsius.