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randomaccount43543@lemmy.world to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

xkcd #2913: Periodic Table Regions

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xkcd #2913: Periodic Table Regions

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randomaccount43543@lemmy.world to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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https://xkcd.com/2913

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

  • leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl
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    “super fancy protons” is special in its own

    but boron is specialer.

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      Can you explain for an idiot.

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        A hydrogen ion doesn’t necessarily have a neutron, making it sort of a fancy proton, with a little friend somewhere around.

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          But why is boron specialer

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            “Boron” rhymes with “moron”, but we can’t say that anymore because it’s politically-incorrect, so we say “special”. /jk

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        Like a… Boron?

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