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The most recent XKCD, which is the best periodic table ever made (www.xkcd.com)
submitted 6 months ago by CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org to c/science@beehaw.org
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This is about exactly how I remember it, although the lanthanides and actinides got shortchanged.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Suggested changes: "All identical but some are better" for the lanthanides, Ac in with "let it slumber", a new nuclear region for Th-Pu, and elements Am up in with the nameless radioactives.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

CsNaK would want a word about being called "2/3 regular dirt":

https://youtu.be/XE2dkgWyXvs

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 months ago

Low-temperature alloys are always fun.

I'm not sure if I'd call salt dirt, personally, although it is a kind of rock.

[–] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

I love lawful neutral. That made me chuckle.