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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] 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.