Per Wolfram Alpha, sulfur is 4.62 times heavier; the earth is 0.002% lithium, so it would experience a net gain of 3.62 * mass of earth * 0.00002, or 4.3e20kg. That's 7.24e-5 times heavier, so not much in the grand scheme of things.
Note that I'm neither a chemist, a physicist, or an astronomer, so I make no guarantee that I did this right.
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Ragdoll_X@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 2y
Ice Squid Condensation? Ice Squid Evaporation? Or is the punchline that you changed the chemistry of the genie?
I don't get it.
Fur_Fox_Sheikh@sh.itjust.works · 42 pts · 2y
It's solid -> liquid -> gas, but now replace all lithium (li) with sulfur (s). So spelling wise liquid becomes squid.
brown567@sh.itjust.works · 34 pts · 2y
Wouldn't the first one be changed to sosd then? XD
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca · 35 pts · 2y
Sounds like op was a little sosd when they came up with this post.
knorke3@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
i'd hope that they were at least a little sosd because anything else tends to be rather unhealthy for humans...
cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 2y
What does this mean fr?
MashedTech@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I haven't understood this year, maybe next year.
lowleveldata@programming.dev · 13 pts · 2y
What is the total mass gain if all lithium(3) became sulfur(16)? How many planets would become stars overnight?
platypode@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 2y
Per Wolfram Alpha, sulfur is 4.62 times heavier; the earth is 0.002% lithium, so it would experience a net gain of 3.62 * mass of earth * 0.00002, or 4.3e20kg. That's 7.24e-5 times heavier, so not much in the grand scheme of things.
Note that I'm neither a chemist, a physicist, or an astronomer, so I make no guarantee that I did this right.
Edit: misplaced decimal
xkforce@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
4 zeros not 3. 0.00002
GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y
Related, there's a Kurzgesagt video on what happens if you turn the entire earth into gold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB_GWz25B3Q
You have to make assumptions on what you keep constant: mass? volume? density? Each scenario is amusing in its own apocalyptic way.
Gladaed@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
Probably none of them
Floufym@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
That’s a bit deceiving :)