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xkcd #2913: Periodic Table Regions (imgs.xkcd.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

So that's what a plumbus is for.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I feel like theres got to be a way to do the same concept but have it be a bit less hideous.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago

You could make it look like a dick and balls if you did it right.