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Periodic Table Table Poster Post
TheodoreGray writes to mention his
Artsy Periodic Table Poster. Others here have discovered his Periodic Table Table and his sodium-in-the-lake party. He concludes, "And if I post about posters again, I could be a Periodic Periodic Table Table Poster Poster."
"And if I post about posters again, I could be a Periodic Periodic Table Table Poster Poster."
Ooo.. ooo.. please! Go on! I'm on the edge of my seat here!
(On a side note, HTML really needs a sarcasm tag.)
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Looks like his server has just been blasted by the /. element.
The AACS key is NOT 0xF606EEFD628B1CA427BEA93A9CA9773F
...and I think it is now safe to say that you can read more about him here.
It's very pretty. Nice use of images ..... especially the Noble gases. Even pictures of the scientists after which some of the *cough* harder-to-obtain elements were named! I'm going to order one of the 68x134 ones if they can be shipped to the UK.
If you like this, you'll probably also like Kalzium.
Je fume. Tu fumes. Nous fûmes!
Now that we've got Pluto kicked off the list of planets, we can work on getting Cesium kicked off the periodic table.
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
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Looks like Unobtanium is all I get when I try to view that table... hey, maybe I should just post my digital artwork as a story too -- at least my server can (supposedly) handle some hits!
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Yeah I was thinking the same thing. On the flip side, I am considering selling sodium on ebay by the pound, and then shipping buyers two pounds of salt. Just think of the free chlorine as an added bonus!
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
I would just like to say in my defense that in the form I submitted the story it wasn't just a shameless plug for my poster. It was a shameful plug disguised with interesting links to the recent Brainiac alkali metal explosions fiasco, which I'm genuinely surprised didn't get any attention on slashdot. Sorry about the server, again. It was supposed to be able to handle it. Unfortunately they have their hands around my bandwidth neck because for some reason our sysadmin department feels it's more important to keep wolfram.com running than my periodic table table site. Where is the appreciation for fine art in this world? If only people would buy my poster, I could afford more bandwidth for sodium explosions. There, now you have a truly shameless plug to complain about.
Why Cesium? Let's get rid of mercury. I mean, first of all, it's supposed to be a metal, but it's LIQUID at room temperature. It thinks it's so cool, 'cause it's rebelling against its "solid" parents. Secondly, it poisons people. Oh yeah, real nice. Sure, lead can poison us, too, but only if we consume it. If someone tried to consume parts of me I'd poison them, too, but Mercury can just be in the area. Have you touch it. I think it's time to get rid of Hg once and for all, and replace it with something more useful. Like Chocolate. No one ever complains about liquid chocolate, after all.
"Some disassembly required."
Mirror! so people can see it.
Actually, the atomic weight of chlorine is 35.4527, and the atomic weight of sodium is 22.989768. That being the case, you'll have to ship just over 2.54 pounds of salt in order to ship a pound of sodium.
To be kind, you should also include the disassembly instructions -- "Heat in crucible (sold separately) until molten. Insert suitable electrodes (sold separately) and apply direct current. Collect sodium."
This information could be useful sometime. Oh God, I hope...
Chemistry class in Portugal must be a riot?
As a Chemistry major, I was interested to know that there are more than just one way to explore the properties of the elements. A few examples can be found here: http://www.wou.edu/las/physci/ch412/alttable.htm. I wonder if any of these guys could be made into some type of artwork...
I'd rather kick Plutonium off the periodic table, just for consistency's sake...