It is years since I looked at the periodic table and it has expanded. The radioactive elements "not found in nature" worries me as a lab experiment might one day find one of those elements escaping, although highly unlikely!
The mug looks great but I am kryptonite to crockery so no expensive china mugs for me I'm afraid.
Posted by delcatto on 9 August, 2024 at 7:16 AM
Most of the new elements have such short half lives that we'll probably never encounter them, delcatto - at least I think so.
I remember having older periodic tables and finding it amusing that the elements at the end were called ununtrium and the like, not realising they hadn't yet been discovered. Now they have more typical names...
At GCSE level I didn't need the table, mostly because you only need to know a few important elements (oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, sodium, etc) and how they bonded. Yttrium never came up for example (but tennessine bizarrely did, it's the penultimate element!). A Levels will probably be a whole different story.
Posted by All Over 2a on 9 August, 2024 at 11:28 AM
There were 103 elements when I studied chemistry at university. Those were the days!
Most mugs are made with walls which are too thick for me. I like the fine bone china ones!
Posted by Tim W. on 10 August, 2024 at 5:52 PM
My periodic mug has the old names for the exotic elements.
It is years since I looked at the periodic table and it has expanded. The radioactive elements "not found in nature" worries me as a lab experiment might one day find one of those elements escaping, although highly unlikely!
Posted by delcatto on 9 August, 2024 at 7:16 AMThe mug looks great but I am kryptonite to crockery so no expensive china mugs for me I'm afraid.
Most of the new elements have such short half lives that we'll probably never encounter them, delcatto - at least I think so.
I remember having older periodic tables and finding it amusing that the elements at the end were called ununtrium and the like, not realising they hadn't yet been discovered. Now they have more typical names...
At GCSE level I didn't need the table, mostly because you only need to know a few important elements (oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, sodium, etc) and how they bonded. Yttrium never came up for example (but tennessine bizarrely did, it's the penultimate element!). A Levels will probably be a whole different story.
Posted by All Over 2a on 9 August, 2024 at 11:28 AMNever boron.
Posted by diamond geezer on 9 August, 2024 at 4:08 PMThere were 103 elements when I studied chemistry at university. Those were the days!
Posted by Tim W. on 10 August, 2024 at 5:52 PMMost mugs are made with walls which are too thick for me. I like the fine bone china ones!
My periodic mug has the old names for the exotic elements.
Posted by Debster on 11 August, 2024 at 10:25 AM