RSSElements and periodic table introduction
I found this introduction to the elements, and a breakdown of the periodic table on Chem4Kids - lots more interesting stuff on their site.
As far as we know, there are only so many basic elements. Up to this point in time we have discovered/created over 100. While there may be more out there to discover, the basic elements remain the same. Iron (Fe) atoms found on Earth are identical to iron atoms found on meteorites. The iron atoms on Mars that make the soil red are the same too.
Posted by Patti Schiendelman |
Jul 30, 2008 07:00 AM
Kids, Science |
Permalink
| Comments (3)
| Email This |
| Digg this!
Recent Entries
- Forbes goes gaga over DIY
- HOW TO - Reupholster a chair with denim
- HOW TO - Korg Kaossilator 4-bar loop hack
- HOW TO - Build a tube screamer guitar pedal
- Is it happening? Birds are stealing money
- Nodal - generative music software
- Cellphone piano lets you call while jamming
- Screen printing tutorial
- On Human Manure
- Synchronizing fireflies v2.0
Comments
Oldest comments listed first.
| Posted by: The Oracle on July 30, 2008 at 7:43 AM |
Somebody should really post a link to the Elements Song.
| Posted by: Tom on July 30, 2008 at 8:40 AM |
Always loved chemistry. And physics. And while there will almost always be more elements out there to be discovered, just like some of the heaviest "man-made" elements, they are likely to be highly unstable - so you will never see them in your chemistry set.
Still - wouldn't it be fun if there was a new stable element discovered?
| Posted by: Dr. Chem Guy on July 30, 2008 at 11:07 AM |
Just to clarify, there are almost certainly no more elements out there to discover. Elements are made through a process called nucleosynthesis in stars and novae. And the manmade elements are, in fact getting more stable. Like electrons, neutrons and protons have stable shell closures called 'magic numbers'. There is an island of stability in the neighborhood of element 114 which can not be reached through naural processes.
I'm like Comic book guy meet chemistry nerd
Subscribe to MAKE Magazine!
Subscribe today, save 42% and get web access to MAKE free. MAKE Digital Edition is available only to subscribers.
$34.95 / 1 year
(4 Quarterly Issues)
Features and more @ MAKE!
Get MAKE 14 - Subscribe or on newsstands!
Add MAKE to iGoogle - GoogleGoogle.
Add MAKE to your RSS reader - Real simple.
Add MAKE on Twitter.
Add MAKE on FriendFeed & the MAKE room.
Why advertise on MAKE?
Read what folks are saying about us!
Click here to advertise on MAKE!
Phillip Torrone
Senior Editor
Tel: 707-827-7311
Gareth Branwyn
Robot Maker
Kip Kay
Video Maker
Jonah Brucker-Cohen
Artist / Researcher
Natalie Zee Drieu
Senior Editor
CRAFT
Becky Stern
Culture jammer
Collin Cunningham
Sound Maker
Marc de Vinck
CNC Maker
Current Podcast
Weekend Project: In-Car Camcorder Mount
Rig an onboard camera like the cops and NASCAR, for 15 bucks.Thanks go to Christophe_Caron for the original article in Make Magazine.To download In-Car Camcorder Mount MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the In-Car Camcorder Mount...
More...
Leave a comment