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[–] don@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

lol You don’t need a table to tell you whether or not you should like an element. Like ‘em all! Also, whoever made the pic misspelled “like” as “lick”. jsyk.

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago (12 children)
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[–] pigup@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

What's wrong with licking osmium? I know if heated in oxygen it will form osmium tetraoxide which is toxic, but a solid chunk of elemental osmium I thought was inert and I could keep it in my mouth all day if I wanted ( I do).

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Metallic Mercury is absolutely no problem. They used it to treat congestion back in the day.

[–] ornery_chemist@mander.xyz -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

that yellow and that green are problematically close

[–] Belzebubulubu@mujico.org 0 points 4 months ago

No they arent

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