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Chemists of Lemmy, how accurate is this likability table? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 102 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (11 children)

Chemist here: all the reds are correct but it would take so much time to explain why so many of the greens are super concerning. Every time I see this reposted it's so concerning...I should just spend the 17 minutes and save a copy pasta response of everything horribly wrong with this.

Edit: page 1 on the SDS for pure sulfur.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 months ago (8 children)

I'm pretty sure that licking pure magnesium would make your tongue explode too.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I would not be willing to lick calcium, too

[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Definitely not licking pure lithium, sodium, or any of the alkali (s-block) metals. My tongue is wet. That shit explodes in water, yo.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I wonder if you'd get a sort of leidenfrost effect limiting the extent of damage.

I'm not going to test that though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Magnesium is fine (see response above). https://invidious.darkness.services/watch?v=Q_4I30Nz_b0 Just don't vomit on it before you lick it, 'cause it'll get spicy with acid.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Mg is an alkaline earth metal, not an alkali metal. :). Still have zero desire whatsoever to eat elemental Mg.

But I did say s-block didn’t I. That’s on me, I set the bar too low.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, the only reason I replied was because you were responding to the calcium dude above, then said "s-block". Just wanted to spread the good word of the 9th-most abundant element in the universe 🙏

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Frankly I’m amazed I even got as much of that right as I did. It’s been more than 20 years since I took a chemistry class—a lot of them—but still. It’s been a minute.

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