Oxidation states Memes

Just a chemistry professor pointing out that while most metals get the adjective "metallic," iron gets "ferrous" or "ferric" depending on its oxidation state. The fact that we don't call iron "ironic" is, well... exactly that. The title "Hi, Fe 3+ And Fe 2+ (:" is just rubbing salt in the wound by greeting the iron ions by their formal oxidation states instead of using their proper adjective forms. Chemistry nomenclature strikes again.

When your chemistry teacher says you'll use the periodic table for the rest of your life, they weren't kidding! The meme brilliantly transforms Iron Man into his isotopic variants - regular Iron (Fe), Iron(III) with its +3 oxidation state shown in green, and the less common Iron(III) in bronze. That high school periodic table knowledge finally paying off in superhero nomenclature! The creator deserves extra credit for accurately representing chemical notation while simultaneously creating what is possibly the nerdiest Marvel franchise expansion ever conceived.