Saturday, July 17, 2010

happy gallium birthday marta

marta has 31 years, just like gallium has 31 daltons protons.

other similarities are that they both occur in trace amounts in nature, are soft and silvery, and liquefy slightly above room temperature. here's to marta, gallium, and 31.
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6 comments:

  1. caseyJuly 18, 2010 at 4:04 PM

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  2. caseyJuly 18, 2010 at 4:06 PM

    Happy Birthday, Marta! Hope it is an awesome one.
    I love gallium. I will always remember the photo in my freshman chemistry book of it melting in someone's hand.
    Not to bring you down on your birthday, but gallium has 69.7 daltons, on average. But, gallium always has 31 protons. I'm positive. Ha!

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  3. dwstapleJuly 18, 2010 at 4:40 PM

    that's an embarrassing error on my part. I guess I better go back to chemistry school.

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  4. BonitaJuly 18, 2010 at 5:43 PM

    somehow... that's a romantic posting... but the proton/dalton mix up did ruin it a bit for me : p

    Marta is gold in my book... bright gold : )

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  5. emilyJuly 18, 2010 at 6:14 PM

    Happy gallium Birthday Marta! It certainly is an auspicious year. Live it up while you can, I hear Germanium's a real B!

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  6. dwstapleJuly 20, 2010 at 8:02 AM

    here is some additional information on gallium:

    http://www.slate.com/id/2258112/entry/2257317/

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