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https://jabde.com/2024/08/10/should-neutron-stars-be-added-to-the-periodic-table/
I say yes, entirely because it's hilarious
If we were to expand the periodic table to include them. would the poster fit within the planet? solar system?universe?
Here's what the article says:
Assuming a periodic table in which each element is represented by a 1 cm by 2.5 cm rectangle, 40 rows of 32 elements will take up one meter of space. At this scale, a periodic table incorporating element 10^56^ would need to be 7.82 × 10^52^ meters long. This is problematic, because 7.82 × 10^52^ meters is about 10^37^ lightyears, and the universe is currently estimated span a mere 93 billion lightyears. As such, the new periodic table would be a quadrillion times larger than the observable universe.
The universe is expanding, however, which is good news for chemists and first-home buyers. The rate of this expansion is apparently about 73 km/s for every million parsecs of space, which corresponds to 2 × 106 km/s across the entire universe.8 At that rate, the universe will be able to accommodate the new periodic table in about 10^34^ years.
So it is a matter of time, I'll star setting up a website and accept preorders for completed periodic tables
Now add a neutron star.