#tantalum-cobalt

[dreadfutures]

i have about 3 weeks to make and characterize two new complexes that’ll throw a huge wrench in a debate that’s been going on since. 1996. Since before I was born. And then I have to write about it by July. And also I have to write my fucking tantalum chapter.

[simmyfrobby]

Elemental Haiku by Mary Soon Lee

Hydrogen, Hydrogen, Hydrogen, Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron, Boron, Carbon, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Oxygen, Oxygen, Fluorine, Fluorine, Neon, Neon, Sodium, Magnesium, Magnesium, Aluminum, Silicon, Phosphorus, Sulfur, Sulfur, Chlorine, Argon, Potassium, Calcium, Scandium, Titanium, Vanadium, Chromium, Chromium,

Manganese, Manganese, Iron, Iron, Cobalt, Nickel, Nickel, Copper, Zinc, Zinc, Zinc, Gallium, Germanium, Germanium, Arsenic, Selenium, Selenium, Bromine, Krypton, Rubidium, Strontium, Yttrium, Yttrium, Yttrium, Zirconium, Niobium, Molybdenum, Molybdenum, Technetium, Ruthenium, Ruthenium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Rhodium, Palladium, Silver, Cadmium, Indium, Tin, Antimony, Tellurium,

Iodine, Xenon, Caesium, Caesium, Caesium, Barium, Lanthanum, Lanthanum, Cerium, Cerium, Praseodymium, Neodymium, Promethium, Promethium, Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium, Terbium, Dysprosium, Holmium, Erbium, Thulium, Thulium, Thulium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Lutetium, Hafnium, Tantalum, Tungsten, Rhenium, Osmium, Iridium, Platinum, Gold, Mercury, Mercury,

[tinydefector]

Cybertronian Drinks and Food

So wanted to try and make a little interactive thing for y'all to send in as request. I'm sure you guys have seen this piece I've made for some of the Energon and Minerals the Transformers consume. Send in to my ask box

So I'm giving you guys the power to send in different things from this list to be made into energon drink art. Or edibles of a sort.

Energon and Fuels

Dark Energon

Synthetic Energon

Tox-En

Red Energon

engex

High grade

Energon wine

Energon Z

Natural Energon

Pure energon

Biofuel

super energon

Energon rod

EnerGULP

Diesel

unleaded petrol

95-octane

E10

E85 - flex-fuel

Jet A and Jet A1 Jet B

JET-A, JP5, JP8

LH2/LOX

RP-1/LOX

kerosene

LSFO

Oil

Minerals, Crystal's and Chemicals    

Petroleum

Hydrogen

Copper

Aluminium

Titanium

Lead

Tin

Nickel

Gold

Zinc

Magnesium

Cobalt

Tungsten

Platinum

Chromium

Silver

Manganese

Sodium

Beryllium

Vanadium

Molybdenum

Palladium

Uranium

Zirconium

Bismuth

Cadmium

Mercury

Hafnium

Lanthanum

Niobium

Rhodium

Scandium

Tantalum

Yttrium

Cerium

Plutonium

Lithium

Neptunium

Meitnerium

Seaborgium

Dubnium

Francium

Gallium

Indium

Potassium

Rubidium

Strontium

Thallium

Barium

Calcium

Cesium

Calcite

Pyrite

Copper

Quartz

Benitoite

Diamond

Fluorite

Galena

Garnet

Gold

Oxide

Sulfides

Gypsum

Halite

Phosphates

Sulfates

Carbonates

Iron

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[froggiefacedlovee]

Let’s talk about Congo.

TW:: Mentions of R*pe, m*rder, etc!!

Basically, if you don’t know: The people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Or the DRC) has been suffering due to big tech companies like Apple, Alphabet Inc., Google, Dell, Microsoft and Tesla. They have been exploiting Congo’s land for their minerals like Diamonds, Gold, Copper, Cobalt, Tin, Tantalum and Lithium. These companies use these minerals to make phones, cars, computers and other technology.

The people of Congo are being treated like dirt, like they worth less than the colonizers stealing from them. The colonizers, which they call ‘Rebels’ have been r*ping, killing brutally, enslaving, and starving them. They are being kicked out of their land because these big tech companies want it. They’re being killed and r*ped because these big tech companies think they have the right.

This isn’t right!! So research what’s going on, tell others, spread awareness. Look up what companies are exploiting Congo and boycott. Don’t buy their stuff, keep using your phone or laptop until it’s broken and unusable.

If you want to know more about it: use this website

If you want to donate: Use these websites!!

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spread awareness!!

[sobeksewerrat]

Every element I can name off the top of my head, out of order (trying to see how many I can name without looking at the periodic table):

Lithium

Sodium

Potassium

Rubidium

Caesium

Francium

Calcium

Magnesium

Radium

Strontrium

Beryllium

Boron

Carbon

Nitrogen

Oxygen

Hydrogen

Helium

Neon

Argon

Krypton

Radon (??? Not sure if that's it's actual name tbh)

Ognessium (that's what it's called right)

Fluorine

Chlorine

Bromine

Iodine

Astatine

Arsenic

Bismuth

Germanium

Garium (??? Again, really not sure, sb please check)

Iridium

Mercury

Silver

Gold

Platinum

Chromium

Iron

Manganese

Aluminium

Silicon

Phosphorus

Lead

Lanthanum

Copper

Cobalt

Nickel

Zinc

Rutherfordium

Seabhorgium

Einsteinium

Americium (yes they named a fucking element after the us)

Californium

Livermorium

Berklium

Yttrium

Yttrbrium (yes those are two different elements)

Uranium

Neptunium

Plutonium

Promethium

Sulphur

Molybdenum

Titanium

Actinium

Tantalum

Tungesten

Polonium

Anddddd that's all I can recall rn. 67/118, I'd say thats pretty good

Edit: almost forgot Polonium!!

[bettertwin9000]

There's Hydrogen and Helium

Then Lithium, Beryllium

Boron, Carbon everywhere

Nitrogen all through the air

With Oxygen so you can breathe

And Fluorine for your pretty teeth

Neon to light up the signs

Sodium for salty times

Silicon

(Phosphorus, then Sulfur) Chlorine and Argon

(Potassium) And Calcium so you'll grow strong

(Scandium) Titanium, Vanadium and Chromium and Manganese

This is the Periodic Table

Noble gas is stable

Halogens and Alkali react aggressively

Each period will see new outer shells

While electrons are added moving to the right

Iron is the 26th

Then Cobalt, Nickel coins you get

Copper, Zinc and Gallium

Germanium and Arsenic

Selenium and Bromine film

While Krypton helps light up your room

Rubidium and Strontium then Yttrium, Zirconium

Molybdenum, Technetium

(Ruthenium) Rhodium, Palladium

(Silver-war) Then Cadmium and Indium

(Tin-cans) Antimony then Tellurium and Iodine and Xenon

And then Caesium and

Barium is 56, and this is where the table splits

Where Lanthanides have just begun

Lanthanum, Cerium and Praseodymium

Neodymium's next to

Promethium, then 62's

Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium and Terbium

Dysprosium, Holmium, Erbium, Thulium

Ytterbium, Lutetium

Hafnium, Tantalum, Tungsten then we're on to

Rhenium, Osmium and Iridium

Platinum, Gold to make you rich till you grow old

Mercury to tell you when it's really cold

(Thallium) And lead then Bismuth for your tummy

(Polonium) Astatine would not be yummy

(Radon) Francium will last a little time

(Radium) then Actinides at 89

This is the Periodic Table

Noble gas is stable

Halogens and Alkali react aggressively

Each period will see new outer shells

While electrons are to the right

Actinium, Thorium, Protactinium

Uranium, Neptunium, Plutonium

Americium, Curium, Berkelium

Californium, Einsteinium, Fermium

Mendelevium, Nobelium, Lawrencium

Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium

Bohrium, Hassium then Meitnerium

Darmstadtium, Roentgenium, Copernicium

Nihonium, Flerovium

Moscovium, Livermorium

Tennessine and Oganesson

And then we're done

Wonderful job

[warningsine]

As world leaders scramble to avert a full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah, there is another conflict on a scale perhaps unimaginable to many they should rush to prevent as well.

It is a repeat, like Israel-Hezbollah in 2006, of a war that raged between the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda between August 1998 and July 2003. By the time it ended, nine African countries and 20 rebel groups were involved. At least 5.4 million people died as a result of fighting, disease and malnutrition and 7 million were displaced. Africa’s World War — or the Great War of Africa, as it came to be known — was the world’s deadliest conflict since World War II.

Today, conflict between Congolese and Rwandan leaders has sharpened dangerously, peace initiatives have collapsed, an arms race is underway and deadly clashes between both sides and militias aligned to them are frequent. All the warning lights for a repeat of the 1998-2003 war are flashing.

Tensions have been simmering for years, with frequent reports of serious cross-border clashes in the eastern provinces of Congo. War talk and violence ramped up in the run-up to the Congolese election in December and have intensified over the past seven months. Weeks before the poll, Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said Rwandan President Paul Kagame was behaving like Adolf Hitler and had ambitions to expand Rwanda into eastern Congo.

"I promise he will end up like Hitler,” Tshisekedi warned. Rwanda said the Congolese president’s words were a "loud and clear threat."

On July 9, a United Nations expert report confirmed widely circulated accusations that Uganda and Rwanda are backing the powerful M23 rebel group in eastern Congo. The report warned that the crisis "carried the risk of triggering a wider regional conflict." Rwandan government spokesperson Yolande Makolo responded that Tshisekedi had "consistently threatened to declare war on Rwanda" and that her country "will continue to defend itself."

The reasons for the fighting are decades-old and complex, yet currently boil down to various players’ bid to dominate Congo’s abundant mineral resources.

After the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which 1 million ethnic Tutsi were killed by mainly Hutu ethnic groups, militias implicated in the murders fled into eastern Congo. The Rwandan army pursued them, arguing that it had to arrest perpetrators of the genocide and destroy their networks. This happened again in 1998, triggering the great war and spawning a web of vested interests involving neighboring nations and armed militias, mercenaries, mining companies, local and regional politicians, China, the United States and other global powers seeking a toehold in the region. Large parts of Congo have since been occupied by ruthless armed groups profiting from illegal mining.

The country produces nearly 70% of the world’s cobalt, while the Great Lakes region that Congo is a part of is rich with tin, tantalum, tungsten, lithium and gold — all of which are key components of electric vehicle batteries, cell phones, refrigerators, jewelry, airplane parts, cars and other goods. As of 2020, Chinese firms owned or had stakes in 15 of the 19 cobalt producing mines in Congo. Between 2022 and 2050, demand for nickel will double, cobalt will triple and lithium rise tenfold, according to the International Energy Agency.

A conflagration will potentially affect or draw in other countries. Apart from Congo, Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi, a plethora of armed groups is already in the region. The 11,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping mission (which goes by the French acronym MONUSCO) was supposed to leave the country by year-end, but has been asked by the Congolese government to stay on indefinitely.

South Africa, Malawi and Tanzania already have troops in Congo as part of the Southern African Development Community’s peacekeeping mission deployed there last December. Congo’s neighbors Angola, the Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Kenya and Zambia could be pulled into the fighting. An East African Community Regional Force exited Congo in December and may be drawn back in.

That’s not all. The Global Center for the Responsibility to Protect, a nongovernmental organization, says that there are at least 120 armed militias operating in the region, while mercenaries such as those of Russia’s Wagner Group have been contracted by various players. And worryingly, Congo has been stocking up on arms. The country’s military spending experienced the highest increase in the world last year, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Spending on armored vehicles, drones and other military equipment more than doubled in a year to $794 million.

The 1998-2003 conflict ended because strong continental leaders intervened through dialogue. In 2000, African leaders adopted the Lome Declaration that expressly outlawed coups, thus giving the African Union the authority to stand up to belligerents.

The current political climate, called "an epidemic” of coups by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, makes it harder to intervene. Continental leadership of the type of the early 2000s is also lacking. In its last meeting on July 12, the African Union — its authority already undermined by swaggering coup leaders in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso and other nations experiencing democratic backsliding — failed to even place the Great Lakes crisis on its agenda.

Attempts to strike a new peace deal have floundered. On July 27, Tshisekedi told a meeting in Paris: "There are two processes. There was the Nairobi Process driven by Uhuru Kenyatta which, unfortunately, was subsequently managed by the new president William Ruto. He managed it very badly. The process is almost dead."

The second initiative, the Luanda Process led by Angolan President Joao Lourenco, has made little headway after a disastrous meeting in February.

What now? At the request of the U.S., the belligerents have been observing a humanitarian truce for nearly a month, but clashes have continued. This truce should be used by international leaders — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has admirably been heavily involved with Lourenco — to encourage Tshisekedi and Kagame to dial down the rhetoric and come to the table.

China, which has sold arms to both sides this year and is the dominant foreign economic player in Congo’s mining sector, should do the same. Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates (both of which have mining interests in Congo) should also be acting. Crucially, other regional leaders such as South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya should be taking a leadership role alongside Angola’s president to avert a deterioration and assert Africa’s interests.

With 7.2 million people in the region already displaced by the war — 700,000 of them in just the first three months of this year — a further escalation would spell disaster for the continent.

[transgenderer]

people get lithium and coltan mixed up. and cobalt and coltan. the vast majority of lithium mining worldwide is done by hydraulic extraction and evaporation (i.e machine-heavy, child-light processes). coltan is the child-mining mineral, sorta - 60% of tantalum (primary component of coltan) worldwide is mined artisinally, meaning individual miners doing it for subsistence. figures are messy but somewhere >2.5%ish of artisinal miners are children, depending on the region. so about 1.5% of tantalum semiconductors are made by children. ish. probably less cause they're not as good at mining

lithium is my snail

[darkmaga-retard]

“​Being an enemy of the US can be dangerous, but being a friend is fatal”

(Henry Kissinger)

The Kindu Massacre, or Kindu Atrocity, took place on 11 or 12 November 1961 in Kindu Port-Émpain, in the Congo-Léopoldville (the former Belgian Congo).

Thirteen Italian airmen who were members of the United Nations Operation in the Congo who were sent to deal with the Congo Crisis were killed and eaten by locals.

The Italian aviators manned two C-119s, twin-engine transport aircraft known as Flying Boxcars, of the 46ª Aerobrigade based at Pisa Airfield.

The DR Congo was known to have vast natural resources including, but not limited to, copper, tantalum, cobalt, gold, and diamonds.

In order to gain control of these resources, Belgium (backed by other European powers) colonized the DRC in the mid-1800s and oversaw a brutal regime of abuse, slavery, and resource extraction.

After protests, democratic movements, increasing cost, and international pressure made their continued position untenable, Belgium agreed to a transition to Congolese self-governance.

Belgium left Congo-Léopoldville (today known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo) as agreed but political and administrative chaos ensued.

Major Cold War and financial interests played a part in making the situation even more serious by favoring the secession of two regions, South Kasai and Katanga.

Katanga was the richest province in the country with important mining activity.

[element-tournament]

THE IDEA

There are 118 elements in the periodic table. The elements are as follows:

Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Fluorine, Neon, Sodium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Silicon, Phosphorus, Sulfur, Chlorine, Argon, Potassium, Calcium, Scandium, Titanium, Vanadium, Chromium, Manganese, Iron, Cobalt, Nickel, Copper, Zinc, Gallium, Germanium, Arsenic, Selenium, Bromine, Krypton, Rubidium, Strontium, Yttrium, Zirconium, Niobium, Molybdenum, Technetium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, Silver, Cadmium, Indium, Tin, Antimony, Tellurium, Iodine, Xenon, Caesium, Barium, Lanthanum, Cerium, Praseodymium, Neodymium, Promethium, Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium, Terbium, Dysprosium, Holmium, Erbium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Lutetium, Hafnium, Tantalum, Tungsten, Rhenium, Osmium, Iridium, Platinum, Gold, Mercury, Thallium, Lead, Bismuth, Polonium, Astatine, Radon, Francium, Radium, Actinium, Thorium, Protactinium, Uranium, Neptunium, Plutonium, Americium, Curium, Berkelium, Californium, Einsteinium, Fermium, Mendelevium, Nobelium, Lawrencium, Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium, Bohrium, Hassium, Meitnerium, Darmstadtium, Roentgenium, Copernicium, Nihonium, Flerovium, Moscovium, Livermorium, Tennessine, Oganesson

There happen to be 10 categories in the periodic table:

Other nonmetals, Alkali metals, Transition metals, Post-transition metals, Metalloids, Alkaline earth metals, Noble gases, Halogens, Lanthanoids, and Actnoids.

Seeing as there are ten options max in tumblr polls, I have decided to make a tournament for every single element in the periodic table. I will give fun facts about each element when they appear in the tournament. When there are ten options left (one for each category), they will all go against each other in one final poll to determine the best element in the periodic table.

I am not starting right away but I will start eventually.

[ultradeduction]

There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium

And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium

And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium

And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium

Europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium

And lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium

And gold protactinium and indium and gallium

And iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium

There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium

And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium

And strontium and silicon and silver and samarium

And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium, and barium

There's holmium and helium and hafnium and erbium

And phosphorus and francium and fluorine and terbium

And manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium

Dysprosium and scandium and cerium and cesium

And lead, praseodymium and platinum, plutonium

Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium

And tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium

And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium

There's sulfur, californium and fermium, berkelium

And also mendelevium, einsteinium, nobelium

And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc and rhodium

And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, tungsten, tin and sodium

These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard

And there may be many others, but they haven't been discovered!

Huh

[ranpos-rival]

There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium

And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium

And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium

And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium

Europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium

And lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium

And gold protactinium and indium and gallium

And iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium

There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium

And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium

And strontium and silicon and silver and samarium

And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium, and barium

There's holmium and helium and hafnium and erbium

And phosphorus and francium and fluorine and terbium

And manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium

Dysprosium and scandium and cerium and cesium

And lead, praseodymium and platinum, plutonium

Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium

And tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium

And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium

There's sulfur, californium and fermium, berkelium

And also mendelevium, einsteinium, nobelium

And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc and rhodium

And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, tungsten, tin and sodium

These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard

And there may be many others, but they haven't been discovered!

…very nice?

[shanecompany]

Mens Wedding Bands: 6 Essential Tips for Choosing Your Perfect Match

Shopping for a mens wedding band can be just as exciting as picking out an engagement ring — especially when you find a trusted fine jewelry brand that’s dedicated to offering you a personalized experience. While there are many options out there and a lot of factors to consider, finding a band that reflects your style and personality doesn’t have to be difficult. Consider these six essential tips as you reflect on the perfect mens wedding band for you.

Start with a Budget There are rings for men in every price range, so starting with a budget can help narrow down the field. Style, metal, and finish all affect the price of this important investment. There are no rules on how much you have to spend on the ring; it’s whatever you (and potentially your partner) are comfortable with spending on the ring. Select Your Ideal Style There are a few styles to choose from when selecting your wedding band. The classic band is an all-metal band, sometimes with a bit of texture, but oftentimes smooth. You can also choose diamond accents for an extra pop, a single diamond, or a gemstone for some personality and color. Determine Which Shape Is Right for You Next, you need to choose the shape of the ring. This is wholly a personal choice, though some styles may be more comfortable for you to wear than others. ● Rounded inside and out rings are the classic and most common shape. They’re comfortable to wear and have a timeless look. ● Flat wedding bands have a flat exterior and a rounded or flat interior. They’re a contemporary choice, and the style is rising in popularity. ● D-shaped or domed wedding rings have a flat inside and rounded outside, which can help give a closer fit to the finger. ● Beveled rings are between flat and domed rings, with three facets instead of a continuous outer surface. Choose a Metal to Rock Choosing a metal may be the most important part of choosing a ring. Some popular choices include: Precious Metals ● 14k White Gold ● 14k Yellow Gold ● 14k Rose Gold ● Platinum Alternative ● Titanium ● Zirconium ● Cobalt ● Tantalum Some fine jewelry brands may even offer exotic ring material choices such as meteorite, titanium, Damascus steel, or forged carbon fiber. Finish It Off Finally, choose a finish. High polish is common, giving your ring a highly reflective shine. A satin finish gives a similarly smooth surface but isn’t quite as reflective. You can also find other finishes, often textured, such as tree bark or sand. Hammered finishes make the ring look rugged, like it was forged with a hammer. Rock polishes are in the same vein but give more of a rocky appearance, which is less pronounced than a hammered appearance. Customize It to You You can choose a pre-made ring, or you can use all of the information above to create a custom ring that’s right for you. Choose whether you want gemstones or just metal, as well as your preferred style, materials, and more to make it truly unique. Find a trusted fine jewelry brand that can help you figure out what you want and what looks best, helping you get a fully customized ring you’ll love for a lifetime. Some of the best brands may even offer an online custom band builder to help you create a ring unique to you as you select the material, profile, dimension, finish, outside features, sleeves, and engraving. About Shane Co. Family-owned since 1929, Shane Co. makes expertly crafted fine jewelry to help everyone shine their brightest each day. Capture life’s most beautiful moments with jewelry designed in-house and hand-finished by on-site jewelers. You’ll discover truly unique pieces for a one-of-a-kind present, a milestone anniversary gift, a perfect engagement ring, or a beautiful gesture to yourself. Shane Co.’s passion for loose diamonds and colorful gemstones from around the world goes back four generations. The brand responsibly sources and hand-selects stones, cutting each to the highest standards. Their jewelry is not mass-produced and offers many options for customization, ensuring a truly personalized piece meant to last a lifetime. Shane Co. welcomes everyone and is proud to be your friend and jeweler.For jewelry crafted with the greatest care, including mens wedding bands, Shane Co. is your trusted source for fine jewelry. Find the perfect mens wedding band for you or create your own at https://www.shaneco.com/ Original Source: https://bit.ly/4bt4qHK

[positivelybeastly]

Now for another silly question for the Beasts: Which of the songs by Tom Lehrer is your favorite?

"There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium, and nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium, and iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium!

Europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium, and lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium, and gold, protactinium, and indium and gallium, and iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium!"

"There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium, and boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium, and strontium and silicon and silver and samarium, and bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium, and barium!"

"Don't forget lawrencium, rutherfordium, dubnium, seaborgium, bohrium, hassium, meitnerium, darmstadtium, roentgenium, copernicium, nihonium, flerovium, moscovium, livermorium, tennessine, and oganesson, none of which had been discovered when the song was written."

"There's holmium and helium and hafnium and erbium, and phosphorus and francium and fluorine and terbium, and manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium, dysprosium and scandium and cerium and cesium!"

"And lead, praseodymium and platinum, plutonium, palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium, and tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium, and cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium!"

"There's sulfur, californium and fermium, berkelium, and also mendelevium, einsteinium, nobelium, and argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc and rhodium, and chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, tungsten, tin and sodium!"

They all turn to look at the remaining beasts.

"No."

". . ."

They all squint.

Dark Beast sighs.

"These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard, and there may be many others, but they haven't been discovered . . ."

[boycritter]

hydrogen helium lithium beryllium boron carbon nitrogen oxygen fluorine neon sodium magnesium aluminum silicon phosphorus sulfur chlorine argon potassium calcium scandium titanium vanadium chromium manganese iron cobalt nickel copper zinc gallium germanium arsenic selenium bromine krypton rubidium strontium yttrium zirconium niobium molybdenum technetium ruthenium rhodium palladium silver cadmium indium tin antimony tellurium iodine xenon cesium barium lanthanum cerium praseodymium neodymium promethium samarium europium gadolinium terbium dysprosium holmium erbium thulium ytterbium lutetium hafnium tantalum tungsten rhenium osmium iridium platinum gold mercury thallium lead bismuth polonium astatine radon francium radium actinium thorium protactinium uranium neptunium plutonium americium curium berkelium californium einsteinium fermium mendelevium nobelium lawrencium rutherfordium dubnium seaborgium bohrium hassium meitnerium darmstadtium roentgenium copernicium nihonium flerovium moscovium livermorium tennessine oganesson

[bishop-percival]

@stuckinuniformdevelopment

(prev) When they started fighting Teddy rolled his eye and sidestepped to avoid getting tangled up in it. How annoying. Weren’t they older than him? At least their squabble fizzled out before he had to tell them to either stop acting like rambunctious brats around extremely valuable equipment or leave. Teddy briefly watched… whatever Revenard Miriam was doing until Revenard Mike addressed him. There was a twinkle in his eye as he handed a print out of his research to him. The front page was an abstract summarizing his results while the rest was a rough draft of detailed technical jargon describing his testing process, along with spreadsheets and graphs showing raw data. “I suspect that the blade itself is a tantalum hafnium alloy while the hilt is largely titanium diboride. The later is incredibly difficult to refine and manufacture so I’m impressed that they managed to form a relatively large amount into a solid object. And with such artistic flair at that.” “Unfortunately that means that if the sword is permanently ruined the hilt’s material can’t be repurposed. Or at least not with our current technology. Have we not rediscovered the process because it requires magic? Really, I’d love to see how advanced the Ormir civilization was before its collapse.” “It’ll require further analysis to find the exact composition of the tantalum hafnium alloy. So far tungsten and cobalt are my best guesses for the other elements. Speaking of, both materials exhibit unusual lattice structures. Or, more precisely, they’re roughly what you’d expect until you notice that there’s an abnormally low amount of defects.”

Mike accepted the print out and scanned through it while Teddy talked. Of course Mike didn’t understand much of the technical aspects of Teddy’s report, but he was actually quite interested in hearing what he had to say. He couldn’t deny he was impressed with his knowledge. 

The moment Teddy mentioned the Ormir civilization, a twinkle appeared in Mike’s own eye. Wanna know more about fallen ancient civilizations? Simply utter the name to Mike. It did make him stop paying attention to Teddy’s last blurb about lattice-whatevers, but he still waited patiently until he was done explaining before he started in on his own lecture. 

“You’re quite right in your assumption of the use of magic in the Ormir civilization’s technology. It was in fact one of the largest civilizations to have perfected a unique application of the magical arts and the sciences. Something like that is very rare, even in the modern day.”

“The source of their technology was, as the name of this sword suggests, what was referred to as Dragon’s Breath. You see, the Ormirons deeply worshiped Ormir, an ancient deity who took the physical form of a dragon. Ormir provided protection and his divine fire to the civilization. The divine properties of the fire were extensively studied and harnessed to be able to utilize the hard natural resources of the planet that normal heat didn't have much of an effect on. Unfortunately, an-”

Mike was interrupted when he heard the sound of metal scraping against a surface. He turned around to see Miriam had picked up the sword. Despite being twice her size, she seemingly held it effortlessly. 

She looked at Teddy. “Theodore. If I were to try and reignite this, is there anywhere I should go so as to not accidentally burn anything important in here?”