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A mixture of mercury and bromine makes for a funny kind of water
Funny "Haha" or funny "Uh Oh"?
The latter. Mercury bromide is highly toxic (I'm pretty sure all mercury salts are highly toxic). Its also a solid, not a liquid.
But mercury and bromine are the only two liquid elements at room temperature in their elemental form, which is why they're "water". One is silver, the other reddish brown and syrupy.
Mercury salts are surprisingly non toxic when compared to organic mercury ☠️
the other reddish brown and syrupy
perfect for pancakes!
Gallium should be water too
Only if your room is really really warm
Or mixed with aluminium
Well, first it’s fire.
Fun fact: did y'all know the Chinese Periodic Table, it has the type of elements built into the chemical symbols as the radical?
Like: 气 Air, 氵 Water, 石 Rock, 钅Metal
'Rockium' ? 'Airium'? How ridiculous!!!
Look at western periodic table: lithium, hydrogen, helium...
Mmmh OK then
All proper names are just old/dead/foreign language for the thing.
hahah
Everything changed when the fire elements attacked.
Needs some saddam
It's not 9/11!
Duuuudeee
This comment scared the shit out of me...
My wall-clock was broken, and I looked at my phone and said to my partner "it's not 9:11" and then five SECONDS later I got the notification from you "it's not 9/11".
That is fucking weird...
We just vibin'. :)
I love this kinda shit
It's just 9:33
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Had to look up the Water elements. They are mercury (Hg) and Bromine (Br), which are the only two elements that are liquid at room temperature
Is that a Captain Planet reference?
Yee
What about sub elements?
You have metal and earth, and then metalloids.
Elements with a lot of alpha or beta emissions are lighting.
Some ~~Earth benders~~ Geologists can manipulate metal tho.
What would be wood?
Earth? Wood comes from trees and other plants that both grow from the earth, and decompose back into the earth.
But they grow of air and water without significantly consuming the earth they grow in.
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We're getting into minecraft chemistry here
I tried to make a woodchuck rhyme out of that and have linguistically satiated myself
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Sulfer should be labeled "hell".
Sulfur should be labeled Sulfur tbh 🜍
It's called Sulfer because it makes chemists suffer.
They kept it off so captain planet won't come kick Trump's administration' ass. Just a guess.
fire ntion attack
If "Fire" is supposed to represent radioactive elements, quite a few corrections would be necessary.
Other than that, nice concept.
is it just me or does it look like Susan Juan hiding spot?
edit: swipe to type let me down but it's funny so I'm keeping it
Quicksilver and brom if I recall correctly.
Barracuda would probably be in Water.
also beryllium should be candy element.
Ok, where are the fucking magnets
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