tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130126685334700207.post3816985762996264311..comments2023-09-09T07:55:53.277-07:00Comments on El Pollo Real: Group 8 Lovechickelithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130126685334700207.post-63401982786329283282011-10-28T17:34:38.249-07:002011-10-28T17:34:38.249-07:00Thanks for the interesting links. I quickly peruse...Thanks for the interesting links. I quickly perused them days ago but will check them out in more detail soon.Ritmo Re-Animatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15912086218531198114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130126685334700207.post-60572360730976240252011-10-26T21:41:02.018-07:002011-10-26T21:41:02.018-07:00Your alternative periodic table sound interesting....Your alternative periodic table sound interesting. Here's a link showing some known alternatives: <a href="http://www.meta-synthesis.com/webbook/35_pt/pt_database.php" rel="nofollow">link</a>.<br /><br />I like the spiral version depicted <a href="http://acrazychicken.blogspot.com/2009/07/elemental-musings.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130126685334700207.post-9206299409240113712011-10-26T20:32:57.601-07:002011-10-26T20:32:57.601-07:00I remember coming up with an improved periodic tab...I remember coming up with an improved periodic table while daydreaming during the inorganic chemistry course I took in college. When we were learning about d and f orbitals it occurred to me that a 2-dimensional table is flawed. Ultimately it should loop around as a cylinder, with the lanthanides and actinides poking out in a raised, textural format. For the life of me I can't remember how I worked it out in perfect detail, but it avoided the unnecessary breaks between groups I and II and reflected the fact that s and p orbitals underlie any expanded orbitals. Putting the transition metals smack dab in the middle of the non-metals and group II just didn't make any sense. And starting over again between the noble gases and group I instead of looping them around to the next orbital seemed an arbitrary convention, like hitting the return key or banging whatever that part was named on a typewriter as you finished a line and needed to move on to the next. <br /><br />You need to do the cliche free-association of this post with Metallica, Motorhead and other heavy metal bands.Ritmo Re-Animatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15912086218531198114noreply@blogger.com