It's like science!

Next semester one of my units is Introduction to Chemistry. I have NO science background, so I’m pretty daunted. Someone told me that if I could learn the periodic table by rote, that’d be a big help. I wonder if I’m supposed to know what number on the table they each are. I really, really hope that doesn’t include their atomic weights or I’m doomed.

SO, from now on I’m going to learn three each morning, along with something interesting about them, hopefully. And then the next morning I’m going to put it on my LJ. Or, you know, my SHAME if I’ve forgotten.

This is going to be thrilling for everyone else, I know. However, feel free to randomly challenge me on anything I claim to have learnt, and watch me flounder. That’ll be amusing.


I started yesterday by randomly picking three, but have now decided it would be much less stupid to learn them in their approximate categories.

Te – Tellurium. A crystal. If you absorb even a little you will smell like garlic for month.

Cf – Californium. A neutron source, used to find precious metals.

Sr – Strontium. People think it’s radioactive because it’s in fallout. Used in glow in the dark paint.