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Personally I think mercury is more of a 'wet earth' hybrid element.

https://explainxkcd.com/2975/

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Hydrogen should be air, water, and fire.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Where's the Quintessence go?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Afaik, Quintessence in medieval alchemy was a very pure alcohol (although they believed that by distilling it many times, they were in fact isolating this pure, heavenly element), so not something that can be put in the periodic table.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

"trust me my liege, this is a holy liquid, i have no ulterior motives in producing it"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Aren't all elements after Uranium radioactive? I expected a larger "fire" area.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

According to a comment on explainxkcd it's half-life under 1 day for "fire".

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

That's the white part.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

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