xkcd @lemmy.world randomaccount43543 @lemmy.world 3mo ago

xkcd #2913: Periodic Table Regions

https://xkcd.com/2913

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Cesium-133, let it be. Cesium-134, let it be even more.

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I guess random, but i really like this alternative to the periodic table:

Because you can see how, after H and He, you do 2 loops of 8 and add the transition metals to the next 2 loops; then you add the lanthanides and actinides to the next 2 loops. And can easily see how the superactinides guy in the extended period table
- So that's what a plumbus is for.
- I feel like theres got to be a way to do the same concept but have it be a bit less hideous.
  
  You could make it look like a dick and balls if you did it right.
- It's hideous. I love it.
- At first I was like WTF but honestly I kind of like it.
- Future design for the USS Enterprise Z.
- Periodic Cribbage Board... I kinda dig it.
- What about the table of nuclides? IMO that’s the best way to list elements in a logically consistent manner. The trouble is, nature is a messy kraken that just won’t fit neatly into a shoe box. You can try to squeeze it in, but the lid won’t close because there are always a few tentacles sticking out.
For anyone who is wondering the alloy metal that is radioactive is Technetium #43. It is weird it has no stable isotopes, and is only one of two radioactive elements that proceed non radioactive elements. As far as I am concerned it exists only to be different.
- is only one of two radioactive elements that proceed non radioactive elements
  
  … what’s the other one??
  
  Promethium #61 it is so rare that it really has no practical uses outside the lab. There is most likely less than a kilogram of the stuff in the entire planet.
- Tech-99 is good for radiotherapy drugs.
  
  Tech n9ne is good for hard drugs
https://explainxkcd.com/2913
"super fancy protons" is special in its own

but boron is specialer.
- Can you explain for an idiot.
  
  A hydrogen ion doesn't necessarily have a neutron, making it sort of a fancy proton, with a little friend somewhere around.
  
  Like a... Boron?
This one’s pretty good.
Mobile friendly version:
https://m.xkcd.com/2913/

Edit: I noticed OP put the alt text in the comment after I posted this

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