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.
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".
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JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca · 77 pts · 256d
From XKCD: https://xkcd.com/2975
Bubs@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 256d
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2975:_Classical_Periodic_Table
ns1@feddit.uk · 42 pts · 256d
A mixture of mercury and bromine makes for a funny kind of water
charonn0@startrek.website · 34 pts · 256d
Funny "Haha" or funny "Uh Oh"?
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 37 pts · 256d
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.
GraniteM@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 256d
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 256d
Mercury salts are surprisingly non toxic when compared to organic mercury ☠️
mech@feddit.org · 4 pts · 255d
perfect for pancakes!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 255d
Gallium should be water too
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 255d
Only if your room is really really warm
Akasazh@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 255d
Or mixed with aluminium
becausechemistry@lemy.lol · 7 pts · 256d
Well, first it’s fire.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 30 pts · 255d
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
drolex@sopuli.xyz · 21 pts · 255d
'Rockium' ? 'Airium'? How ridiculous!!!
Look at western periodic table: lithium, hydrogen, helium...
Mmmh OK then
nagaram@startrek.website · 5 pts · 255d
All proper names are just old/dead/foreign language for the thing.
Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 4 pts · 255d
hahah
AltheaHunter@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 25 pts · 256d
Everything changed when the fire elements attacked.
Zozano@aussie.zone · 20 pts · 256d
Needs some saddam
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 12 pts · 256d
Zozano@aussie.zone · 17 pts · 256d
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...
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 256d
PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 256d
I love this kinda shit
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 255d
It's just 9:33
Furbag@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 255d
I'm not sure how to feel about the fact that I can't look at an image anymore and not find some way to interpret the vague shapes as Saddam Hussein.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 256d
What about sub elements?
You have metal and earth, and then metalloids.
Elements with a lot of alpha or beta emissions are lighting.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 256d
Some
Earth bendersGeologists can manipulate metal tho.captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 256d
What would be wood?
dohpaz42@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 256d
Earth? Wood comes from trees and other plants that both grow from the earth, and decompose back into the earth.
anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 256d
But they grow of air and water without significantly consuming the earth they grow in.
dohpaz42@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 256d
Yes, but the earth provides many nutrients required that cannot be obtained by air and water alone. That’s why farmers have to rotate crops often.
mech@feddit.org · 2 pts · 255d
ah yes, the famous forest rotation
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 256d
We're getting into minecraft chemistry here
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 255d
I tried to make a woodchuck rhyme out of that and have linguistically satiated myself
alsimoneau@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 255d
Googlies@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 256d
Is that a Captain Planet reference?
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 10 pts · 256d
Googlies@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 256d
Go Planet!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 255d
I posit heart would be carbon. Or the translanthanides
PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 255d
Isn't it wind rather than air? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2V_Xlci20eM
TootSweet@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 256d
Sulfer should be labeled "hell".
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 256d
Sulfur should be labeled Sulfur tbh 🜍
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 255d
It's called Sulfer because it makes chemists suffer.
altphoto@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 256d
They kept it off so captain planet won't come kick Trump's administration' ass. Just a guess.
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 255d
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
bluemoon@piefed.social · 4 pts · 256d
fire ntion attack
X@piefed.world · 4 pts · 256d
Personally I think mercury is more of a 'wet earth' hybrid element.
alsimoneau@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 255d
Toph metalbends mercury, so it's definitely earth.
PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space · 4 pts · 255d
If "Fire" is supposed to represent radioactive elements, quite a few corrections would be necessary.
Other than that, nice concept.
evilcultist@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 256d
Barracuda would probably be in Water.
Ilixtze@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 256d
Gladaed@feddit.org · 2 pts · 255d
Quicksilver and brom if I recall correctly.
Siegfried@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 255d
Ok, where are the fucking magnets
Googlies@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 256d
Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 1 pts · 255d
Reminds me of "Elements" by LemonJelly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKMg2o4hOoo
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 255d
classical elements refers to mechanical properties (solid, liquid, gaseous), it does not refer to chemical elements.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 255d
also beryllium should be candy element.