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[–] Ragdoll_X 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Ice Squid Condensation? Ice Squid Evaporation? Or is the punchline that you changed the chemistry of the genie?

I don't get it.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's solid -> liquid -> gas, but now replace all lithium (li) with sulfur (s). So spelling wise liquid becomes squid.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wouldn't the first one be changed to sosd then? XD

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like op was a little sosd when they came up with this post.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

i'd hope that they were at least a little sosd because anything else tends to be rather unhealthy for humans...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] MashedTech 5 points 1 year ago

I haven't understood this year, maybe next year.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

What is the total mass gain if all lithium(3) became sulfur(16)? How many planets would become stars overnight?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Per Wolfram Alpha, sulfur is 4.62 times heavier; the earth is 0.002% lithium, so it would experience a net gain of 3.62 * mass of earth * 0.00002, or 4.3e20kg. That's 7.24e-5 times heavier, so not much in the grand scheme of things.

Note that I'm neither a chemist, a physicist, or an astronomer, so I make no guarantee that I did this right.

Edit: misplaced decimal

[–] xkforce 2 points 1 year ago

4 zeros not 3. 0.00002

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

What is the total mass gain if all lithium(3) became sulfur(16)?

Related, there's a Kurzgesagt video on what happens if you turn the entire earth into gold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB_GWz25B3Q

You have to make assumptions on what you keep constant: mass? volume? density? Each scenario is amusing in its own apocalyptic way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Floufym 1 points 1 year ago

That’s a bit deceiving :)