Element
Iron
Iron noun - A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood.
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- If we assume by "iron" they mean "group 8 element on the periodic table", then the first transuranic element would be hassium, which has a maximum half-life of about 10 seconds.
Source: Artistic License Chemistry -
Ben 10 claimed in one episode that the mysterious "Bicenthium alloy" was extremely rare on any planet except Earth... except the "alloy" was iron, the sixth most common element in the galaxy.
Source: Critical Research Failure -
In Iron Man 2, the element which powers Stark's Arc Reactor is palladium (which is a real element, and not this trope) before he synthesizes a better substitute (which is).
Source: Unobtainium
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