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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] 72 points 7 months ago (2 children)

For anyone who is wondering the alloy metal that is radioactive is Technetium #43. It is weird it has no stable isotopes, and is only one of two radioactive elements that proceed non radioactive elements. As far as I am concerned it exists only to be different.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

is only one of two radioactive elements that proceed non radioactive elements

… what’s the other one??

[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Promethium #61 it is so rare that it really has no practical uses outside the lab. There is most likely less than a kilogram of the stuff in the entire planet.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

And Kingpin stole it.

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

Tech-99 is good for radiotherapy drugs.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Tech n9ne is good for hard drugs