Building my own...

[LesMTS]

Originally Posted by Potatojunkie

Hide behind a chair and throw a lump of promony at it and see what happens.

Better not store it in my wallet.

[djtoast]

Originally Posted by LesMTS

Antimony



Oooo-er. "Antimony and many of its compounds are toxic. Clinically, antimony poisoning is very similar to arsenic poisoning. In small doses, antimony causes headache, dizziness, and depression. Larger doses cause violent and frequent vomiting, and will lead to death in a few days."

That's the first one you should have got, to sing along with Mr Lehrer!

[LesMTS]

Bought a tritium lamp.
I'm going to make my own hydrogen by electrolysing water but I thought it'd be cool to have some tritium too, basically and childishly because it's radioactive.
The lamp glows incessantly for 15 years and is illegal in several European countries, but not this one!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-powered_lighting

[LesMTS]

Sulphur

[LesMTS]

My tritium keyring lamp arrived today. Not decided if it's valid for my collection but it's well cool. Illegal to own in several countries due to its radioactivity. Not too sure about keeping it on my keys, in my pocket next to my testicles.
Glows constantly for fifteen years.

[djtoast]

"let a sharp knife near your balls? no thanks! phone Dr Les today for details of the non-ouchy vasectomy alternative"

[LesMTS]

Originally Posted by djtoast

"let a sharp knife near your balls? no thanks! phone Dr Les today for details of the non-ouchy vasectomy alternative"

You reckon it's valid for my collection? It is hydrogen but it's in a phosphorus coated tube, which fluoresces under the beta decay of the tritium.
I reckon it's quite a good way to actually visualise the hydrogen, rather than having some invisible gas in a sample jar. BUT what you're actually seeing is glowing phosphorus. Hmmmm. I don't know if it makes the grade, as hydrogen or phosphorus.

[djtoast]

Well... you put mercury in (eg) a glass vial so that you can see it, but it's put in something for ease of viewing; this is not much different to that principle in a way.

[2plus2isfive]

Found this today on the net and thought of this thread...might be of interest:

http://theodoregray.com/PeriodicTabl...2.2000.low.JPG

http://theodoregray.com/PeriodicTabl...ers/index.html

[LesMTS]

Silicon

[JennyPiccolo]

i'll spray your cabinet if you want, Les.

[LesMTS]

Tritium, radioactive isotope of hydrogen.
It's stored in a phosphorus coated glass tube inside a glass safety tube. The electrons it's pissing all over the phosphorus due to its beta decay cause the glow. This should continue for around another fifteen years.

[LesMTS]

Originally Posted by JennyPiccolo

i'll spray your cabinet if you want, Les.

I don't have a proper cabinet yet. My mate is making me one though, proper periodic table shape too, he's a cabinet maker by trade.

[Largest of Gregs]

i'll send you some potassium. I have loads in the house

[LesMTS]

Originally Posted by Largest of Gregs

i'll send you some potassium. I have loads in the house

Seriously? That'd be ace.
Pure potassium? I've loads of trouble locating some.