[nwuytyzf] Electron subshells

Electron subshells are named s, p, d, f, then alphabetically starting from g (or f): spdfghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Of cour

[gwhiogia] Pouring gasoline into your cell phone every night

How much gasoline would it take to charge up a 10 watt hour smartphone battery?  We'll calculate using the units p

[etrcujnj] Renaming boron, carbon, silicon, iron, and helium

Noble gases end with -on. Boron, carbon, silicon, and iron are not noble gases, so should be renamed.  (But it is

[amvaigpj] Breaking ionic bonds

On one hand, the ionic bond in sodium chloride is pretty hard to break, reflected in the difficulty of extracting eleme

[wrwkwewv] Elements with similar names

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