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"Now everyone will have an easy reference table at hand!" (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Most chem PhDs don't even know the whole thing lol. We had to memorize just the symbols in high school, but positions weren't required. In my grad-level inorg course, the first test was a blank table that we had to fill in, but even then the f-block and transactinides were not required.

[–] MrJameGumb 13 points 4 months ago

It worked so well I managed to retain that knowledge for almost a full week after we were tested on it lol it's all gone now