Why is all of group 18 good until the bottom?
Now all we need is a drink pairing guide
Submitted 2 years ago by hydroptic@sopuli.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Carvex@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Fosheze@lemmy.world 2 years ago
They’re all inert noble gasses until you get down to radon which is radioactive (second largest cause of lung cancer). Then you get to oganesson which is so violently radioactive that it doesn’t exist unless we make it exist.
knorke3@lemm.ee 2 years ago
And at a half-life of 0.7ms, even if made to exist, Oganesson really doesn’t do so willingly and will stop that at the first chance
the_beber@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Yes radon and oganesson are radioactive. Generally everything heavier than lead is radioactive.
argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
Undearius@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
Maybe not a good idea.
hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 2 years ago
Haven’t had the chance yet but I wouldn’t say no to licking uranium
knorke3@lemm.ee 2 years ago
just watch those isotopes :)