It's Rare And Expensive, But It's All Relative

It's Rare And Expensive, But It's All Relative
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The periodic table hierarchy has spoken! This meme perfectly captures how chemists view elements based on their rarity. Iron and aluminum? Basic peasants. Gold? Sometimes a king, sometimes just another commoner depending on who you're comparing it to. But Francium and Astatine? Those are the untouchable gods of the element world - so rare that the total amount of naturally occurring astatine on Earth is less than a microgram, and francium's most stable isotope has a half-life of just 22 minutes. They're the elements that make chemists whisper in reverence and wallet-conscious lab directors break into cold sweats. Next time someone brags about their gold jewelry, just whisper "francium" and watch their element superiority complex crumble.

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