A more useful periodic table

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   Clever Dick on April 24, 2022 at 2:02 pm

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   Idea: A more useful periodic table

   Link: https://www.meta-synthesis.com/webbook/35_...

   zillions of options have been suggested. it likely won’t change though. Its; just wrong and likely will be forever. Just to confuse students.

   INTERNET Database of Periodic Tables | Chemogenesis

   Link: https://www.meta-synthesis.com/w

   INTERNET Database of Periodic Tables

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   JamesH on April 24, 2022 at 10:04 am

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   Idea: A more useful periodic table

   Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg241...

   This, but it looks like that “is it a rabbit or a duck” puzzle.

   Three reasons why the periodic table needs a redesign

   Link: https://www.newscientist.com/art

   Chemists can’t agree on the best way to arrange the elements, prompting proposals of everything from spiral-shaped alternatives to radically elongated versions

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   A more useful periodic table

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   The periodic table isn’t a table, it wraps around itself

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   Martin on April 24, 2022 at 8:11 am

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   Idea: A more useful periodic table

   Link: https://physicsworld.com/a/new-periodic-ta...

   I’ve always wondered what it would look like if each square’s area was proportional to the element’s abundance on Earth, or the Cosmos. I am linking to this as although it isn’t it, it does give it a modern day twist.

   New periodic table focuses on sustainability, gaining a physics PhD age 89 – Physics World

   Link: https://physicsworld.com/a/new-p

   Excerpts from the Red Folder

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   astronut on April 24, 2022 at 8:00 am

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   Idea: A more useful periodic table

   Link: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a...

   This is cool, I made one at college once, and wished you could buy them as they are great. A magnetic one that you could assemble and disassemble would be a great gift too.

   Introducing the Nuclear Periodic Table of Elements

   Link: https://www.popularmechanics.com

   Because the old one was getting pretty stale.

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  soleo on April 26, 2022 at 7:03 pm

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  Idea: A more useful periodic table

  Link: https://www.instructables.com/3D-Periodic-...

  You can make this beautiful version at instructables.

  3D Periodic Table

  Link: https://www.instructables.com/3D

  3D Periodic Table: The first periodic table was developed in 1862 by a French geologist called Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois. He plotted the elements on a cylinder with a circumference of 16 units, and noted the resulting helix placed elements with similar p…

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   ChrisP on April 23, 2022 at 11:47 pm

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   Idea: A more useful periodic table

   Link: https://youtu.be/lLPB-BH3uDs...

   This?

   Alternative Periodic Table

   Link: https://youtu.be/lLPB-BH3uDs

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