Storistir Tapestries

The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Tennessine, element 117, was created through teamwork. Oak Ridge provided the Berkelium (97) to Russia, which was then blasted by a beam of Calcium (20) to make Tennessine.

The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Helium is a noble gas. It's lighter than air and escapes the atmosphere. Even though the sun makes a lot of helium, it's a relatively rare element on Earth. Helium was in fact first noted in outer space!

There's love in science--taking beryllium beauty inside! Just don't eat it since beryllium is carcinogenic.

Nobelium appeared to have been named inadvertently. Russia was first to synthesize this element in 1956 and the US in 1958. However, the Nobel Institute of Physics in Sweden was the first to announce its discovery in 1957. By the time IUPAC addressed the issue, the name Nobelium had already stuck for element 102.

Krypton is an element name, not just Superman's home planet!

The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Nobelium, element 102, appeared to have been named inadvertently. Russia was first to synthesize this element in 1956 and the US in 1958. However, the Nobel Institute of Physics in Sweden was the first to announce its discovery in 1957, which was approved by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) before later experiments disproved the Swedish claim. By the time IUPAC addressed the issue, the name Nobelium had already stuck.

Beryllium is not a perfect metal, and can cause damage to the lungs. Yet, for all its flaws, it is a heck of an element.

It's a work in progress! It's funny what an alkaline earth metal symbol can inspire.

Have fun with Beryllium on the light, carcinogenic side, just like the element!

It feels good to express some things with the lightest Alkaline Earth Metal.

Hydrogen may be the smallest element, but it is mighty! Hydrogen is lighter than air and provides lift. But watch out! The Hindenburg, roughly the size of the Titanic, and was powered and destroyed by hydrogen!

The poetry for Beryllium is in the form of a haiku or rather three consecutive haikus. Beryllium is a very light, tough, carcinogenic metal. Berylliosis is a form of metal poisoning. Bertrandite is an ore of beryllium. More illustrations along with facts and factoids that inspired this poem can be found in the illustrated Storistir storybook of Mary and Litted.

A simple message from a beautiful element.

The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Livermorium, Element 116, is a Chalcogen that is radioactive, short-lived, and man-made with no known uses.

The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Yttrium, element 39, is a transition metal, and is considered one of the rare earths sharing the same column as the Lanthanides. Yttrium is named after Ytterby, a village in Sweden, which has four elements name after it. Yttrium is used in lasers, ceramics, electronics and other applications.

The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Strontium is not radioactive typically. However, Strontium-90 (Sr-90) is, since it's a man-made byproduct of nuclear fission and waste. If you look at the Periodic Table of Elements, Strontium sits right below Calcium. Sr-90 is a health concern because if ingested, it acts like calcium and can cause cancers of the bone, bone marrow and surrounding tissues.

The Carbon poem is an excerpt from the Storistir Periodic Table of Elements Stories & Poems book. You can listen to some of the element poems at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFlBDfwRZP1-uq1dAbGSV1A. Artwork in Redbubble may be modified from those in the storybook to appear better for products.

The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Xenon, element 54, like most of the Noble Gas family, is inert/unreactive, although fluorine, oxygen and even nitrogen can be exceptions under the right conditions. Xenon is often used in antibacterial UV lamps to disinfect medical and food processing environments.

AI has taken the news by storm the last few months along with concerns about what it could mean for the human race. Where are we on the path? This is a Storistir elemental interpretation of the path we're heading down currently.

The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Promethium, element 61, is the last lanthanide to be discovered. It is also the only lanthanide that is naturally radioactive. Promethium is named after Prometheus, the Titan who was tortured by having his liver eaten each day for giving fire to mankind.

The actinides are not only radioactive, but they have been used in warfare. Little Boy was an uranium bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Fat Man was a plutonium bomb dropped on Nagasaki.

The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Antimony, element 51, is derived from the Greek stibi, meaning mark since it was used for blackening eyebrows and eyelashes. Other uses of antimony include hardening bullets, creating flame-retardant materials, and strengthening the lead in storage batteries. Antimony is about ten times more toxic than lead and is also a cumulative poison.

The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Samarium, element 62, was named after the mineral samarskite. Samarium is used in magnets, lasers, and nuclear reactors, and is also used in datig rocks and fossils.

The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Cesium, element 55, is one the few elements that has a golden hue. Cesium has been used for drilling; for removing oxygen in vacuum tubes; for coating heated cathodes; and for determining relatively precise time. Cesium is an alkali metal with a low melting point.

The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Indium, element 49, came from the Latin indicium, which means violet or indigo, the color of the spectrum line noted for the element. Indium is soft and is often used with Tin to make Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) used in touch screens, flatscreens, and solar panels.

The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Molybdenum is a funny sounding element, yet it is an essential element for plants and animals. The number 42 is also apropos since according to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, it's the answer to life!

The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Tellurium, element 52, was derived from the Latin name Tellus, meaning Earth. Interestingly, Tellurium is more plentiful in space than on Earth. Tellurium is toxic, and causes a reported smell of garlic odor in the breaths of those with tellurium exposure or poisoning. It is after all part of the Chalcogen family along with Sulfur.

The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Actinium, element 89, leads the Actinides (elements 89-103). Actinium is naturally found in trace amounts in uranium ore, and was first extracted in pitchblende residues.

The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Gallium was named after France (Gallia) and also rooster (Gallus) in Latin. The melting point of gallium is 85.58 degrees farenheit so it can melt in warm to hot liquid. Gallium spoons have been made as part of pranks. However, Gallium can severely irritate and burn the skin and eyes, and may also damage liver and kidneys.

The Lanthanides include Lanthanum, Cerium, Praseodymium, Neodymium, Promethium, Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium, Terbium, Dysprosium, Holmium, Erbium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Lutetium

The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Thallium has been used in the past as a rat poison, but was banned in many countries due to potential human harm, accidental or otherwise. Thallium is used in the manufacture of electronic devices and as a geochemical detector of solar neutrinos. Thallium is quite poisonous and can affect the nervous system, lung, heart, and liver.

The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Neon, element 10, can certainly light up the night, but only the reddish glow is truly neon. The word neon is derived from the Greek neos, meaning new. Neon is part of the noble gas family in Group 18, the elements in last column of the classic Periodic Table of Elements.

The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Phosphorus, element 15, is needed for life, but can also destroy life horribly. White phosphorus used in warfare is considered a war crime. White phosphorus can cause severe burns down to the bones, and these burns can reignite when exposed to oxygen.

The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Radon is a noble gas, albeit a radioactive one. Like most noble gases, radon is colorless, tasteless, and odorless at standard conditions. Radon can cause cancer, and is the seconding leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S. Radon is often created from the radioactive decay of radium, thorium, or uranium.

There are 15 transactinides currently, which are all man-made, short-lived and difficult to create. Can you name all 15?

The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Magnesium, element 12, is lighter than aluminum and wheels made with magnesium alloys typically work better for handling and performance purposes, but they are much more expensive than aluminum wheels. Magnesium is also needed for health, supporting hundreds of chemical reactions in the body. Magnesium rich foods include avocadoes, figs, kelp, soybeans, nuts and seeds.