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- riot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14http://www.theodoregray.com.nyud.net:8090/PeriodicTable/
- skydivingdutch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Obviously he doesn't have samples of things that don't persist.
Read and you will understand - dongiaconia, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17That will work really well for things like Polonium, Uranium and Plutonium. I guess he never heard of Marie Curie.
- BlindIrishman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10You forgot about arsenic!
- osbjmg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7@dongiaconia: nice knee-jerk reaction, I'm sure he doesn't actually have every element in there. To find out, I do some deep investigative work - starting by clicking the link. I then navigate to Plutonium, and discover there is no actual plutonium in the wooden box. Whew!
"This unavailable element is represented by a radiation hazard symbol. Although a visible sample here would be possible from a safety point of view, it is not possible from a regulatory point of view. Plutonium is one of the most highly restricted substances in the world and displaying a sample of it in public is not realistic." - sundancekid503, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Beautiful table though, looks like some very nice craftsmanship.
- rboyce, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5This is kept on the 5th floor at Wolfram Research in Champaign, IL.
The tungsten is DAMN HEAVY. - ynggrsshppr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Glass containers.
- elev8, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I wonder how much gold and silver is in that thing.
- splatnik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4What about arsenic? It's not rare or radioactive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:As%2C33.jpg
For fun try and find Americium in your home, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised! - jodamiller, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Indeed; I've played with this table myself. Not only is the tungsten very dense, you can barely grip it by your fingertips to pull it up from its compartment.
- Fosnez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Pffft, This is old... Thinkgeek has had them since 2003
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/atom.shtml
.ekoj s'looflirpA na si ti wonk I seY - xioner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The poster avoids any accusations of "misleading post" by writing, "a compartment to hold an actual sample" instead of, "a compartment that holds an actual sample..."
Thus, while his sentence may read the reader to an erroneous conclusion, it is not, in fact, deceitful or misleading.
:-)
Ah, I love being an english major.
Nice find, +digg. - greenbox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3i always wondered if someone did that.it's funny to know cuz theres a proffessor in a university near my town who wanted to try to do this first, oh well. dugg.
- sundancekid503, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7It also doubles as a dirty bomb
- jayf, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Don't place this by the window on a sunny day. The Hydrogen will blow up spraying the Plutonium and Uranium samples all over the neighbourhood.
- MrUnderbridge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Store it in oil and it'll be fine. Sodium (more reactive) can be stored that way indefinitely
- Godric, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3One man's periodic table is another man's pile of hazardous waste.
Still, it's cool so Dugg. - 1337d00d, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2one time I had an experment get too hot and the Hg in the thermometer went through the top and exploded sending shards of glass and mercury vapor mist everywhere,, I inhaled some inadvertantly and it really burned
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2What about Francium?
- Anditsonfire, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm actually kindof friends with his guy, he's really nice. I was talking to him earlier tonight actually and he was explaining some macrophotography stuff to me.
- splatnik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The Houston museum of natural history has one of these. It's really cool.
- atbnet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Nah he'd have to die from something else. Unless you eat it, plutonium's radiation can be blocked by skin.
- degree, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is the same guy that writes the "gray matter" section in popular science. He shows you how to do some uber 1337 stuff with a particular featured element.
- transpot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1interesting stuff there :) dugg
- nailPuppy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I found this site years ago while googling for "titanium crowbar". You have to be prepared for the zombie invasion after all... Good site.
- oldcyborg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Now I understand the use of the word TimeSink...... Thats what it was. I was immersed with that guy for almost an hour... Sheeez, You would think I would know better.
But it WAS interesting!!
Cyborg
yep - Widescreen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Big digg - wow.
- JoshuaWood, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I saw this about a year ago or so and was amazed by it then, and it's still quite a feat of both craftsmanship and inginuity. Really cool, thanks for reminding me of it, I had wanted to show it to my wife.
- SeniorElGuapo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I saw something just like this on an old episode of Nova. This is probably a bit more thorough though.
- Woknblues, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1pretty neat. I don't think we have to worry about the guy getting exposed, if he is a chemist, he should have a pretty good grasp of the safety issues, never mind that many of the elements can only be produced in a 100 million dollar lab.... It's funny, I was thinking about the 5 or 6 chemistry teachers I had/have and to me, they are all capable of doing something like this. A funny lot, the Chemists.
- timewarrior, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Dupe:
http://digg.com/design/Theodore_Gray...when_he_builds_a_Periodic_Table,_he_builds_A_TABLE
Others (already submitted):
http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/pertable_fla.htm
http://www.galaxygoo.org/chemistry/PeriodicTable.htm
http://code.jalenack.com/periodic/ - biff198, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2that must have been time consuming, but I am definitely bookmarking it. Amazing
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http://www.crusaderflash.com/ - cemsity, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4this is old at least 4 years old i used this as a source for my 8th grade element web site ( the 8th grade sci teacher was also the web teacher made us use Frontpage but taught html in the web page class)
- gamabunta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1They sell samples of all the elements that you can arrange onto a grid. Very expensive though, I think last time I checked it cost about 600 bucks. Not as beautiful as this though.
- alphageek101, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1There has always been a similar display at the University of Victoria (BC, Canada). It even had different switches you could through which would illuminate different groups of elements (the Noble Gases, non-metals, etc.).
- FunkyGuy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1not somthing you want to drop....
- wilf_brim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Impressive, I checked out his Hg collection. He has pounds of the stuff. From a University (that he did some work for) he got a nearly full "flask" of Hg This contained almost 50 lbs of Hg metal. Good grief.
- graemee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Not to mention, Sodium, fluorine, chlorine, and heavier radioactive elements like plutonium on up.
- vandalet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1His site itself is really cool, even without the actuall thing being built.
- RichPowers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I can't open the site, but is this guy really storing radioactive elements in there?
- TVarmy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Lithium should be a lot of fun to keep stored in there...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow that must have taken awhile! Pretty kewl. DUGG
- playbass, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I was at Depauw University over the summer working on a research project. The room that I worked in (the linux lab) had this display directly outside of a window in behind my terminal. Many a time I sat and looked this table wondering why boron did not have a picture of Milla Jovovich in its cubicle.
- Woofcat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2What about the gasses?
- ArcticCelt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I was really wondering what was a Liberal table of the elements! My mistake ;)
- punkguitarist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm guessing there is no Uranium in there? - anyway site is totally down for me. Any mirrors?
- audi100quattro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The different types of periodic tables, and the one that is gaining popularity with school teachers, somewhat.
http://www.mpcfaculty.net/ron_rinehart/periodic.htm
http://www.nfinity.com/~exile/periodic.htm
Just an interesting sidenote, the periodic table hasn't been around for that long, and it has kept evolving as new elements are discovered. - iGern, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Neat! That's one of the coolest things I've seen in a while.. It would interesting if he posted a 'The Making Of' video, or at least some pictures and a writeup.
- bonzai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm impressed he has a sample of pure florine. That stuff destroys >99% of everything.
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