A first in my lifetime..

[ldbikin]

A new superheavy chemical element #112 is being added to the periodic tables, the German's pulled this off in 1996 with a particle accelerator. It is the heaviest of all the elements.

The last was in 1925 so it's a first in my lifetime, I'm a senior citz but no where near that senoir.

how exciting!

ok ok, I'm a little weird but I've always been a science nut :rolleyes: (gimme a quarter and I'l make that call :histerica )

[BennyBob]

I think we need alternate divisions of the periodic table

1. Naturally occurring elements
2. Engineered elements that can be sustained in nature
3. Engineered elements that require artificial environments to exist.

Just think what our great grand children will be learning when they study Chemistry.

Glad there's nut jobs like ldbikin out there to keep me from feeling lonely. :D

[cfell]

I once knew the "Periodic Chart" by heart...

Now, if I can just find ..... er... who am I?

[Palerider]

You guy's are makin' me feel sort of strange..............I have a copy hanging above my desk.....................does this make me peculiar or just odd................?.......... :histerica

[mneblett]

You guy's are makin' me feel sort of strange..............I have a copy hanging above my desk.....................does this make me peculiar or just odd................?.......... :histericaNothing unusual about that.

"Odd" doesn't happen until you have the periodic chart of the radionuclides in your office. Um, at least that's what I hear ... uh, it doesn't count if it's not visible from the hall looking into the office, right??? :rotf:

[dwsdad]

I had a periodic chart on my wife once........it's the only thing that let me live this long.

[BennyBob]

I had a periodic chart on my wife once........it's the only thing that let me live this long.
Doug, did you also document severity to determine if it was a sinusoidal or more closely approximated a square wave? I maintain the women are digital not analog, and their rise time is extremely steep. Back to the other periodic chart, I think they are radio active too. That's why they make our Geiger counters tick. ;)

[Palerider]

Nothing unusual about that.

"Odd" doesn't happen until you have the periodic chart of the radionuclides in your office. Um, at least that's what I hear ... uh, it doesn't count if it's not visible from the hall looking into the office, right??? :rotf:

I guess I can live with peculiar........................... :histerica

[dwsdad]

Doug, did you also document severity to determine if it was a sinusoidal or more closely approximated a square wave? I maintain the women are digital not analog, and their rise time is extremely steep. Back to the other periodic chart, I think they are radio active too. That's why they make our Geiger counters tick. ;)

Either square or sawtooth. Whichever, they definitely trigger on the leading edge.