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[Time_Traveller]

I noticed how Star Trek's version of the periodic table is different from the Periodic Table in real life but do you think they'll use some of them in the future such as: - http://memory-beta.w.../Periodic_table and http://www.ptable.com/.

[kjaggard]

Honestly I'm trying to remember a story I heard years and years ago about a scientist who said the way we organised the table is all wrong and had a propsed alternative.

Add to that the idea of super atoms and what that means for atomic structures... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superatom

We may have to redefine elements in general.

[Alric]

I wonder how it would work if you build the table entire in 3D. They already have those bottom elements that are supposed to like come out up the table, but what if you built the entire thing in 3D? Heck, what if we had a 3d moving periodic table where elements would move around based on interactions and the differing versions of them in nature, and you could have a element in multiple places at once, and could organize it in multiple different ways depending on your needs at any given moment.

We just need to wait for paper to become obsolete and for 3D projecting computer screens to take over.

[kjaggard]

I did a search for alternate periodic table of elements. There are many listed on wikipedia with images, and there is a web site with a catalouge of different forms. My favorite is this:



I must build one for my home.