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Moon 365 days # 350 10/16
Today is Tuesday- and you know what that means…
Yes!
Pick your favorite element!
O.K. I’ll start.
Selenium!
(This is a fun one!)
Discovered in 1817 by Jöns Berkelium (Or “Jo Bear” as his friends called him) in Sweden.
Considered an essential trace element this stuff stays a solid up till 298 Kelvin- which I don’t know how hot that is, but I’m willing to bet my hand wont stay solid there either- so, if you see non-solid selenium, DON’T TOUCH!
It’s non-toxic in its elemental state but plants that grow in soil containing selenium have a rather unique effect.
“Loco weed (not making this up!)!”
Many a cowboy wandered the range with a silly grin and never knew that old atomic #34 was their own personal prairie Paxil!
“What good is this stuff to me?” you ask…
It makes stainless steel stainless, glass clear to see through, solar cells charge you up, and lots of itsy-bitsy electric stuff work.
Selenium is like the “key grip” of the periodic table. We don’t quite know what it does but it would be missed if it didn’t show up to work tomorrow!
So lets hear it for Selenium (or moon in Greek)!
Moon 365 days # 350 10/16
Today is Tuesday- and you know what that means…
Yes!
Pick your favorite element!
O.K. I’ll start.
Selenium!
(This is a fun one!)
Discovered in 1817 by Jöns Berkelium (Or “Jo Bear” as his friends called him) in Sweden.
Considered an essential trace element this stuff stays a solid up till 298 Kelvin- which I don’t know how hot that is, but I’m willing to bet my hand wont stay solid there either- so, if you see non-solid selenium, DON’T TOUCH!
It’s non-toxic in its elemental state but plants that grow in soil containing selenium have a rather unique effect.
“Loco weed (not making this up!)!”
Many a cowboy wandered the range with a silly grin and never knew that old atomic #34 was their own personal prairie Paxil!
“What good is this stuff to me?” you ask…
It makes stainless steel stainless, glass clear to see through, solar cells charge you up, and lots of itsy-bitsy electric stuff work.
Selenium is like the “key grip” of the periodic table. We don’t quite know what it does but it would be missed if it didn’t show up to work tomorrow!
So lets hear it for Selenium (or moon in Greek)!