• MidsizedSedan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    6 days ago

    I posted this a long time ago. Got sent Cody’s Labs list, and it was very different. He has licked so many…

    • groet@feddit.orgEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      Thats a lot of alkali metals to have had in your mouth. I thought they all explode/burn when in contact with water. And I am pretty sure the inside of a mouth is wet

  • boolean_sledgehammer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    7 days ago

    If you can get your tongue inside the machinery they use at Lawrence Livermore to create a split-second instance of some rare Earth actinide, you deserve to lick it.

  • chunes@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    6 days ago

    Good luck finding enough Astatine to lick. It’s the rarest naturally-occurring element on earth. It’s estimated there is less than 30 grams in earth’s crust at any given time.

  • Juviz@lemmy.zipEnglish
    14·
    7 days ago

    It’s really funny, yesterday I saw a dude walk around with a T-shirt with exactly this periodic table and thought it was hilarious and now I find this

  • spectrums_coherence@piefed.socialEnglish
    11·
    7 days ago

    I wouldn’t advise licking calciums:

    The chemistry of calcium is that of a typical heavy alkaline earth metal. For example, calcium spontaneously reacts with water more quickly than magnesium but less quickly than strontium to produce calcium hydroxide and hydrogen gas. It also reacts with the oxygen and nitrogen in air to form a mixture of calcium oxide and calcium nitride.[14] When finely divided, it spontaneously burns in air to produce the nitride. Bulk calcium is less reactive: it quickly forms a hydration coating in moist air, but below 30% relative humidity it may be stored indefinitely at room temperature.[15]

    Because calcium reacts exothermically with water and acids, calcium metal coming into contact with bodily moisture results in severe corrosive irritation.[59] When swallowed, calcium metal has the same effect on the mouth, oesophagus, and stomach, and can be fatal.[46] However, long-term exposure is not known to have distinct adverse effects.[59]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium

    Because of vigorous reaction of quicklime with water, quicklime causes severe irritation when inhaled or placed in contact with moist skin or eyes.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_oxide

  • wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    6 days ago

    I’m glad someone listened to me a couple years back. The first comment I ever made on Lemmy was on the original version of this, pointing out that Magnesium was DEFINITELY fine to lick.

      • wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        6 days ago

        The oxide layer forms within seconds, like aluminium and sodium (the two elements surrounding it), and even if you scraped it off and stuck it on your tongue, it isn’t going to react quickly enough to do you any damage. It will probably taste slightly bitter, like licking baking soda. I have some downstairs. Shall I test it and take a video of the results?

  • cardamon@leminal.spaceEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    how can something be ‘maybe not a good idea’ on a lickability scale but also be used as a medication?

  • volvoxvsmarla@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    Yeah maybe mixing up medicines and giving 11 year old me iodine tincture to drink wasn’t the best move