Sarcastic or not, someone is gonna do it. Want to know if it’s safe to do, whatever it is you’re about to do, with that element?
We’ve engineered our labs to give us something more than just clear acrylic, and we’re going to thank Tony Stark for our magical containment cube.
So let’s find out!
Can You Lick It?
Select an element to see the verdict
2
He
Helium
3
Li
Lithium
4
Be
Beryllium
9
F
Fluorine
10
Ne
Neon
11
Na
Sodium
12
Mg
Magnesium
13
Al
Aluminum
17
Cl
Chlorine
18
Ar
Argon
19
K
Potassium
20
Ca
Calcium
21
Sc
Scandium
22
Ti
Titanium
23
V
Vanadium
24
Cr
Chromium
25
Mn
Manganese
26
Fe
Iron
27
Co
Cobalt
28
Ni
Nickel
29
Cu
Copper
30
Zn
Zinc
31
Ga
Gallium
35
Br
Bromine
36
Kr
Krypton
37
Rb
Rubidium
38
Sr
Strontium
39
Y
Yttrium
40
Zr
Zirconium
41
Nb
Niobium
42
Mo
Molybdenum
43
Tc
Technetium
44
Ru
Ruthenium
45
Rh
Rhodium
46
Pd
Palladium
47
Ag
Silver
48
Cd
Cadmium
49
In
Indium
50
Sn
Tin
53
I
Iodine
54
Xe
Xenon
55
Cs
Cesium
56
Ba
Barium
57
La
Lanthanum
58
Ce
Cerium
59
Pr
Praseodymium
60
Nd
Neodymium
61
Pm
Promethium
62
Sm
Samarium
63
Eu
Europium
64
Gd
Gadolinium
65
Tb
Terbium
66
Dy
Dysprosium
67
Ho
Holmium
68
Er
Erbium
69
Tm
Thulium
70
Yb
Ytterbium
71
Lu
Lutetium
72
Hf
Hafnium
73
Ta
Tantalum
74
W
Tungsten
75
Re
Rhenium
76
Os
Osmium
77
Ir
Iridium
78
Pt
Platinum
79
Au
Gold
80
Hg
Mercury
81
Tl
Thallium
82
Pb
Lead
83
Bi
Bismuth
85
At
Astatine
86
Rn
Radon
87
Fr
Francium
88
Ra
Radium
89
Ac
Actinium
90
Th
Thorium
91
Pa
Protactinium
92
U
Uranium
93
Np
Neptunium
94
Pu
Plutonium
95
Am
Americium
96
Cm
Curium
97
Bk
Berkelium
98
Cf
Californium
99
Es
Einsteinium
100
Fm
Fermium
101
Md
Mendelevium
102
No
Nobelium
103
Lr
Lawrencium
104
Rf
Rutherfordium
105
Db
Dubnium
106
Sg
Seaborgium
107
Bh
Bohrium
108
Hs
Hassium
109
Mt
Meitnerium
110
Ds
Darmstadtium
111
Rg
Roentgenium
112
Cn
Copernicium
113
Nh
Nihonium
114
Fl
Flerovium
115
Mc
Moscovium
116
Lv
Livermorium
117
Ts
Tennessine
118
Og
Oganesson
119
Uue
Ununennium
120
Ubn
Unbinilium
126
Vb
Vibranium
127
Ubh
Unbihexium
↓ Lanthanides (57–71)
↓ Actinides (89–103)
↓ Superactinides (121–138, theorized)
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Spot an error? Questions? Comment below!
Brilliant. Great stuff and well made! But it still leaves me wondering, can I hold it…?
The Room Stable option might be what you’re afterCheck again friend, I have uploaded a new version with updated info 🙂
If you’re reading this, you’re seeing the latest version 😉
Lead states in its basic description “no safe level of exposure. Any amount damages the nervous system, accumulates in bones”, however when you go to one single atom filter it says “One lead atom cannot cause cognitive damage, accumulate in bones”. Wouldn’t that mean that, at some point, there is indeed a safe level of exposure to lead?
What you’re kinda asking about is the LD50, meaning, lethal dose of 50% of the people exposed to whatever it was.A quick google tells me that 4665 mg/kg of body weight in males and 5610 mg/kg of body weight in females is the LD50 of lead, so *technically* anything under that and is just a gambling (wo)man’s game on if it’ll knock your socks off or not.I have uploaded CYLI chart version… I dunno what we’re at.. 9 I think.. which has LD-50 as a mode. Check it out!
Lead is “$52 a gram”?
Where are you getting this rubbish? I can buy a 6.75 kg sheet of lead at the local hardware store for $78. Is this a typo when they should be selling it for $351,000?
https://www.bunnings.com.au/cagroup-150mm-x-3m-x-15kg-m-1-32mm-lead-sheet_p1103695
Jeez.. made a typo.. sorry 😛
Adjusted.
REALLY not a fan of what looks to be an AI image being show as soon as you open this page. Gross.
Heya!
Sadly I am no graphic designer, just an engineer and science nerd. Since ESS attempts to operate like a non-profit, we use as many free services as we can, such as Gemini for the blog headers.
I know, people don’t like AI, however I do try to locally run my own models in-house, where applicable (that’s Qwen), to reduce the offset.
Click the foot icon in the bottom corner of this page, to see how we use AI here.
Fun concept, very turned off by the AI slop shoved in your face immediately upon entering the page. It makes the website come off as disingenuous and/or predatory.
I can’t draw worth crap, so I have to use the tools available to me that are free.I am open to you doing my graphic headers if you’re volunteering 😛EDIT: Made a website-wide change to hide the bigger version of the generated image on post pages, so it’s not “in your face”. Hope this is a good compromise and builds trust 🙂
hey jeff please add isotopes
Ooof.. that’s not an easy request.. there’s soooo many isotopes of each element, that it wouldn’t be organized in any way.I am open to adding a specific few of common isotopes on common elements though — reply back and let me know specifics 🙂Well, a work in progress, but I’ll add it and work on it this weekend. Refresh the page and you can see it now, however reminder, it’s WIP 😉
thx! im wondering where the room stable option and some other ones like single atom are tho..
Hiya, the AI generated image looks horrible, has gibberish text in it, has nothing to do with the page’s content, and makes me unwilling to use your website
I am open to suggestions on what to do, because I can’t draw, and our site doesn’t generate any income for me to be able to hire someone.EDIT: Check again, I have made it so the individual posts, don’t have the big feature image “in your face”. Hope this a good compromise 🙂
hey Jeff, im wondering if you could add back single atom and room stable after finishing those isotopes
Heya!
I removed the single atom one because it was almost entirely an all-green chart, since a single atom won’t cause much damage, even if it’s wildly reactive or unstable. Room Stable option is kinda here already, under the What If section. The section attempts to show you what would happen if you brought liquid helium, for example, up to room temp, from it’s currently cold state. I am working on that as well, so keep me posted if you see bad data in there. I ran it thru my AI but need to manually verify each one still.