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Periodic Table Gallery

60 points by adrian_mrd 3y ago

hrldcpr 3y ago
My favorite periodic table is the subtly fake one from the BBC science parody Look Around You https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/lookaroundyou/series1/periodic.shtml https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/lookaroundyou/series1/periodic....
adrian_mrd 3y ago
For giggles, two 'fake' periodic tables from different episodes of The Simpsons: (i) An Oscar Meyer promotional periodic table with the fake element of 'Bolonium' (Bo) [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pohXWbMrXZI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pohXWbMrXZI #delicious (ii) And in the season 13 episode 'The Bart Wants What it Wants' Springfield Preparatory School has a periodic table with over 250 elements!
123pie123 3y ago
I'm surprised it's missed off the spiral/ circluar versions https://webelements.com/periodic_table_image_long.html https://webelements.com/periodic_table_image_long.html
- japhyr 3y ago
  I'm a science teacher, and every time I introduced students to the periodic table I tried to use one of the extended versions. For people just learning atomic structure, that version is much nicer for building an understanding of the connection between atomic structure and the periodic table.
- mcswell 3y ago
  The "long format (32-column) periodic table" is the one that makes the most sense to me. The ones that put the alkalis (and hydrogen) over on the right don't make sense to me, and putting helium in the same column as beryllium etc. sort of makes sense from the standpoint of electron shells, but completely obscures the chemical properties.
curtis3389 3y ago
Only kinda related: Any one know where I could get a print of the Hyde Periodic Table? I'd love a poster of a table that clearly shows the periodicity.
- hnisoss 3y ago
  Dont know but found this while looking up Hyde s table, its interesting https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/12-Different-Periodic-Tables.png https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/...
  - Grimblewald 3y ago
    A high rez verion of that would be awesome
- yorwba 3y ago
  Wikimedia Commons has an SVG, so you should be able to print it at poster size without issue. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/The_chemical_elements_and_their_periodic_relationships.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/The_chem...
Mountain_Skies 3y ago
Don't know if they still do it but about a decade ago there was a group in the DragonCon parade where each member would dress as a different element. Given it was DragonCon, I thought it would be funny if another group did the same but for imaginary elements and compounds like Flubber and Unobtanium. Comic books are full of that type of thing. Maybe a Periodic Table of Fantasy Elements could be made.
dako2117 3y ago
this is a good one http://scipp.ucsc.edu/~haber/ph251/Periodic_table_of_finite_groups.pdf http://scipp.ucsc.edu/~haber/ph251/Periodic_table_of_finite_...
- gjm11 3y ago
  This is better than most "periodic tables" in that the periodicity in it actually represents something real: there actually are (conveniently!) 18 infinite families of finite simple groups (corresponding to the 18 columns in a standard periodic table), some of which are related to one another in ways that somewhat justify putting them next to one another in a table like this; one family (the cyclic groups of prime order) really are different from all the others, to an extent comparable to how different the noble gases are from the other elements; etc.
ivanjermakov 3y ago
"Elements of safety" in full res: https://web.archive.org/web/20220606230217/https://dchas.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/periodic-table-of-safety-17x11.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20220606230217/https://dchas.org...
frhack 3y ago
here is the my version in XML + XSLT https://regexp.s3.amazonaws.com/elechi.xml https://regexp.s3.amazonaws.com/elechi.xml
mastermedo 3y ago
In Google, we have these things called peer bonuses. When you want to thank your fellow colleague for something nice they’ve done you can send them ~$200. Recently, I started a project where I wspend the peer bonus budget on luciteria.com/element-cubes. The grant approximately equals the average price of a lucite element cube. Soon™ I should have a full periodic table at my work desk!
A_D_E_P_T 3y ago
In all seriousness, I find that the best and most interesting online periodic table is the RSC's: https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table The icons, e.g. for boron and aluminum, are strangely artistic.
lisnake 3y ago
I like this version, highly customizable - https://periodic.artlebedev.ru/ https://periodic.artlebedev.ru/ Try pressing '+' sign and play with settings. You can even download the result in high resolution
- belter 3y ago
  Looks great, also a click on the element, will provide additional info and a link to the Wikipedia page

60 points by adrian_mrd 3y ago

My favorite periodic table is the subtly fake one from the BBC science parody Look Around You https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/lookaroundyou/series1/periodic.shtml https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/lookaroundyou/series1/periodic....

adrian_mrd 3y ago

For giggles, two 'fake' periodic tables from different episodes of The Simpsons: (i) An Oscar Meyer promotional periodic table with the fake element of 'Bolonium' (Bo) [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pohXWbMrXZI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pohXWbMrXZI #delicious (ii) And in the season 13 episode 'The Bart Wants What it Wants' Springfield Preparatory School has a periodic table with over 250 elements!

123pie123 3y ago

I'm surprised it's missed off the spiral/ circluar versions https://webelements.com/periodic_table_image_long.html https://webelements.com/periodic_table_image_long.html

japhyr 3y ago
I'm a science teacher, and every time I introduced students to the periodic table I tried to use one of the extended versions. For people just learning atomic structure, that version is much nicer for building an understanding of the connection between atomic structure and the periodic table.
mcswell 3y ago
The "long format (32-column) periodic table" is the one that makes the most sense to me. The ones that put the alkalis (and hydrogen) over on the right don't make sense to me, and putting helium in the same column as beryllium etc. sort of makes sense from the standpoint of electron shells, but completely obscures the chemical properties.

curtis3389 3y ago

Only kinda related: Any one know where I could get a print of the Hyde Periodic Table? I'd love a poster of a table that clearly shows the periodicity.

hnisoss 3y ago
Dont know but found this while looking up Hyde s table, its interesting https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/12-Different-Periodic-Tables.png https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/...
- Grimblewald 3y ago
  A high rez verion of that would be awesome
yorwba 3y ago
Wikimedia Commons has an SVG, so you should be able to print it at poster size without issue. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/The_chemical_elements_and_their_periodic_relationships.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/The_chem...

Mountain_Skies 3y ago

Don't know if they still do it but about a decade ago there was a group in the DragonCon parade where each member would dress as a different element. Given it was DragonCon, I thought it would be funny if another group did the same but for imaginary elements and compounds like Flubber and Unobtanium. Comic books are full of that type of thing. Maybe a Periodic Table of Fantasy Elements could be made.

dako2117 3y ago

this is a good one http://scipp.ucsc.edu/~haber/ph251/Periodic_table_of_finite_groups.pdf http://scipp.ucsc.edu/~haber/ph251/Periodic_table_of_finite_...

gjm11 3y ago
This is better than most "periodic tables" in that the periodicity in it actually represents something real: there actually are (conveniently!) 18 infinite families of finite simple groups (corresponding to the 18 columns in a standard periodic table), some of which are related to one another in ways that somewhat justify putting them next to one another in a table like this; one family (the cyclic groups of prime order) really are different from all the others, to an extent comparable to how different the noble gases are from the other elements; etc.

ivanjermakov 3y ago

"Elements of safety" in full res: https://web.archive.org/web/20220606230217/https://dchas.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/periodic-table-of-safety-17x11.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20220606230217/https://dchas.org...

frhack 3y ago

here is the my version in XML + XSLT https://regexp.s3.amazonaws.com/elechi.xml https://regexp.s3.amazonaws.com/elechi.xml

mastermedo 3y ago

In Google, we have these things called peer bonuses. When you want to thank your fellow colleague for something nice they’ve done you can send them ~$200. Recently, I started a project where I wspend the peer bonus budget on luciteria.com/element-cubes. The grant approximately equals the average price of a lucite element cube. Soon™ I should have a full periodic table at my work desk!

A_D_E_P_T 3y ago

In all seriousness, I find that the best and most interesting online periodic table is the RSC's: https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table The icons, e.g. for boron and aluminum, are strangely artistic.

lisnake 3y ago

I like this version, highly customizable - https://periodic.artlebedev.ru/ https://periodic.artlebedev.ru/ Try pressing '+' sign and play with settings. You can even download the result in high resolution

belter 3y ago
Looks great, also a click on the element, will provide additional info and a link to the Wikipedia page