Spectrometry can be fun. (This is Sodium)
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Published in: on February 14, 2004 at 20:34  Comments (18)  
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  1. On February 14, 2004 at 20:48 metaphorge said:

    Bwajahahahahahahahaha!

  2. On February 14, 2004 at 21:10 anthologie said:

    Seconded. 😀

  3. On February 14, 2004 at 21:46 kaidevis said:

    Does this confirm me a geek that I thought this was really cool, and immediately wanted to see if you had samples of lots of different elements so I could stare at their differences? 🙂

  4. On February 14, 2004 at 23:58 musae said:

    spectometry or spectroscopy?

  5. On February 15, 2004 at 01:22 shutt3rg33k said:

    spectrometry, I think, is the one that gives the light wave analysis
    we used spectrometers at my old lab…

  6. On February 15, 2004 at 01:54 megnc86 said:

    Oh!
    How did you know that sodium was my favorite element on the Periodic Table? *snugs*
    (I’m not kidding, it really is.)
    ~Me

  7. On February 15, 2004 at 04:13 zunger said:

    Ask and ye shall receive. And yes, you’re a geek.
    http://home.achilles.net/~jtalbot/data/elements/

  8. On February 15, 2004 at 04:13 zunger said:

    Spectroscopy is the art of producing those spectra; spectrometry is measuring them to determine things like elemental compositions of substances. Both can be fun. 🙂

  9. On February 15, 2004 at 04:14 zunger said:

    Re: Oh!
    You are such a geek. 🙂

  10. On February 15, 2004 at 04:19 tyrsalvia said:

    I concur.

  11. On February 15, 2004 at 06:21 kaidevis said:

    Very cool! Surprisingly, all of this data was something on my list of things to research in relation to stellar death, but I just hadn’t gotten around to it yet. Thanks! 😀

  12. On February 15, 2004 at 12:12 jephly said:

    Na, na na, na na na na, na na na na, hey jude.

  13. On February 16, 2004 at 01:01 zunger said:

    Re: Oh!
    Okay, I’ve got to ask. Why is sodium your favorite element? I admit I’ve never even thought of having a favorite element.

  14. On February 16, 2004 at 16:48 sdragon said:

    my caption submission
    “Sex is fun!”
    (eg: sex is a part of the bigger picture that is love)
    My follow-on question would be, what would Chlorine’s spectrum represent?

  15. On February 16, 2004 at 17:26 fineline179 said:

    Man, I’ve never gotten to play with any sodium 😦
    Closest I’ve ever been is the other day in the elevator where some experimentalist was porting a 1.5-ft^3 box of the stuff.. Tenth of a gram or some other ludicrously small seeming amount.

  16. On February 16, 2004 at 17:41 zunger said:

    That seems strange. I’ve seen sodium in several-kilo bricks before. It’s really not that hazardous, so long as you don’t get it wet…

  17. On February 16, 2004 at 23:04 zunger said:

    Re: my caption submission
    “Swimming pools are fun!”

  18. On February 17, 2004 at 19:22 gaaneden said:

    *glance* *double take* Oh! Sodium…
    (Yes, I did read “sodomy” the first time around.)


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