http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/05/20/fun-with-the-halogens/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:15:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/05/20/fun-with-the-halogens/comment-page-1/#comment-1055307 Dave Wed, 21 May 2008 11:37:48 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4490#comment-1055307 If they had waited a year until 1940 they could have discussed the most interesting Halogen of all, Astatine. A fun element, looks and behaves a bit like Iodine, but very radioactive, the most stable form only having a half life of 8.3 hours. A bit tricky to get hold of because Astatine is the rarest naturally-occurring element, the total amount in the Earth's crust is than 1 oz at any given time. If they had waited a year until 1940 they could have discussed the most interesting Halogen of all, Astatine. A fun element, looks and behaves a bit like Iodine, but very radioactive, the most stable form only having a half life of 8.3 hours.
A bit tricky to get hold of because Astatine is the rarest naturally-occurring element, the total amount in the Earth’s crust is than 1 oz at any given time.

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/05/20/fun-with-the-halogens/comment-page-1/#comment-1055301 Latente Wed, 21 May 2008 09:58:17 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4490#comment-1055301 me too :D me too

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/05/20/fun-with-the-halogens/comment-page-1/#comment-1055292 nonymous Wed, 21 May 2008 05:20:54 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4490#comment-1055292 at first I parsed that title as "fun with hallucinogens"... not that halogens aren't fun, of course... at first I parsed that title as “fun with hallucinogens”… not that halogens aren’t fun, of course…

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