Yonatan Zunger (zunger) wrote,
Yonatan Zunger
zunger
Spectrometry can be fun. (This is Sodium)
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metaphorge

February 14 2004, 20:48:06 UTC 11 years ago

Bwajahahahahahahahaha!

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anthologie

February 14 2004, 21:10:11 UTC 11 years ago

Seconded. :D

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tyrsalvia

February 15 2004, 04:19:05 UTC 11 years ago

I concur.

kaidevis

February 14 2004, 21:46:32 UTC 11 years ago

Does this confirm me a geek that I thought this was really cool, and immediately wanted to see if you had samples of lots of different elements so I could stare at their differences? :-)

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zunger

February 15 2004, 04:13:11 UTC 11 years ago

Ask and ye shall receive. And yes, you're a geek.

http://home.achilles.net/~jtalbot/data/elements/

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kaidevis

February 15 2004, 06:21:26 UTC 11 years ago

Very cool! Surprisingly, all of this data was something on my list of things to research in relation to stellar death, but I just hadn't gotten around to it yet. Thanks! :-D

musae

February 14 2004, 23:58:40 UTC 11 years ago

spectometry or spectroscopy?

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shutt3rg33k

February 15 2004, 01:22:15 UTC 11 years ago

spectrometry, I think, is the one that gives the light wave analysis

we used spectrometers at my old lab...

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zunger

February 15 2004, 04:13:48 UTC 11 years ago

Spectroscopy is the art of producing those spectra; spectrometry is measuring them to determine things like elemental compositions of substances. Both can be fun. :)

Oh!

megnc86

February 15 2004, 01:54:58 UTC 11 years ago

How did you know that sodium was my favorite element on the Periodic Table? *snugs*

(I'm not kidding, it really is.)

~Me

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zunger

February 15 2004, 04:14:06 UTC 11 years ago

You are such a geek. :)

Re: Oh!

zunger

February 16 2004, 01:01:59 UTC 11 years ago

Okay, I've got to ask. Why is sodium your favorite element? I admit I've never even thought of having a favorite element.

jephly

February 15 2004, 12:12:00 UTC 11 years ago

Na, na na, na na na na, na na na na, hey jude.

my caption submission

sdragon

February 16 2004, 16:48:13 UTC 11 years ago

"Sex is fun!"

(eg: sex is a part of the bigger picture that is love)

My follow-on question would be, what would Chlorine's spectrum represent?

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zunger

February 16 2004, 23:04:39 UTC 11 years ago

"Swimming pools are fun!"

fineline179

February 16 2004, 17:26:32 UTC 11 years ago

Man, I've never gotten to play with any sodium :(

Closest I've ever been is the other day in the elevator where some experimentalist was porting a 1.5-ft^3 box of the stuff.. Tenth of a gram or some other ludicrously small seeming amount.

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zunger

February 16 2004, 17:41:02 UTC 11 years ago

That seems strange. I've seen sodium in several-kilo bricks before. It's really not that hazardous, so long as you don't get it wet...

gaaneden

February 17 2004, 19:22:46 UTC 11 years ago

*glance* *double take* Oh! Sodium...

(Yes, I did read "sodomy" the first time around.)