merari42@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agoChemists of Lemmy, how accurate is this likability table?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squaremodel_tar_gz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoDefinitely not licking pure lithium, sodium, or any of the alkali (s-block) metals. My tongue is wet. That shit explodes in water, yo.
minus-squareFermion@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI wonder if you’d get a sort of leidenfrost effect limiting the extent of damage. I’m not going to test that though.
minus-squarewolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoMagnesium is fine (see response above). https://invidious.darkness.services/watch?v=Q_4I30Nz_b0 Just don’t vomit on it before you lick it, 'cause it’ll get spicy with acid.
minus-squaremodel_tar_gz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoMg is an alkaline earth metal, not an alkali metal. :). Still have zero desire whatsoever to eat elemental Mg. But I did say s-block didn’t I. That’s on me, I set the bar too low.
minus-squarewolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoYeah, the only reason I replied was because you were responding to the calcium dude above, then said “s-block”. Just wanted to spread the good word of the 9th-most abundant element in the universe 🙏
Definitely not licking pure lithium, sodium, or any of the alkali (s-block) metals. My tongue is wet. That shit explodes in water, yo.
I wonder if you’d get a sort of leidenfrost effect limiting the extent of damage.
I’m not going to test that though.
Magnesium is fine (see response above). https://invidious.darkness.services/watch?v=Q_4I30Nz_b0 Just don’t vomit on it before you lick it, 'cause it’ll get spicy with acid.
Mg is an alkaline earth metal, not an alkali metal. :). Still have zero desire whatsoever to eat elemental Mg.
But I did say s-block didn’t I. That’s on me, I set the bar too low.
Yeah, the only reason I replied was because you were responding to the calcium dude above, then said “s-block”. Just wanted to spread the good word of the 9th-most abundant element in the universe 🙏