The Underground Map of the Elements

[pokerfan]

With just a little knowledge the periodic table tells you a huge amount about the relationship between the elements. But, as fabulous as it is, not all correlations between the elements are captured on the classical table. This has led to a plethora of alternatives, all of which maintain the periodicity of the original.

I thought I'd try something new, throw away the periodicity and at the same time merge two iconic infographics.

Each line on my map contains elements that share a characteristic. Sometimes these correspond directly to regions of the periodic table, so the alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, transition metals, post-transition metals, metalloids and non-metals, halogens, noble gases, actinoids and lanthanoids are all there (see the jargon buster below).

As well as these there are characteristics that aren't immediately apparent from periodic tables, for example liquids (at room temperature and slightly above) have their own line, and there are lines for gases and elements with no stable isotopes (ie they are radioactive).

http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2013/sep/03/underground-map-elements-periodic-table

[truedelphi]

1. Thank you for this interesting way of viewing the elements. n/t

[Blue Owl]

2. Mind the gaps

n/t

[tclambert]

3. But which line do I get on to get to Brooklyn?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

7. Head for the arsenic. Atlantic City,...you head for the Neon.

[JimDandy]

4. K n R.

[hughee99]

5. Very cool. I also looked up the Periodic Table of irrational nonsense referenced in the article.

That was pretty good too.

[nikto]

6. Uh oh...

You mean I may be getting ripped-off by paying $50/bottle for
that Xenon-tri-Phosphate I like to guzzle?

[QED]

8. Very cool redesign

It will take more thought and coffee to figure out.