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Friday, January 6, 2017

Fun Flag for Tennessine - Element 117


The fun Flag for Tennessine, Element 117, combines the flag of Tennessee with symbols for atoms. 


Fun Flag for Europium - Element 63


Official EU flag, the Inspiration
Europium is named after the continent of Europe.  By replacing the stars with the universal symbol for atoms, we have this fun Europium flag.
To the left is the original inspiration for the Europium fun flag, the official flag of the European Union.

The EU flag has become the de facto flag of the continent of Europe, there are several nations that are in Europe yet not a part of the EU.  Nonetheless it makes a great flag for those who love science and vexillology. 




Americium Fun Flag - Element 95


The 95th Element is named after America.  Not the continent, but rather the America from the United States of America.  Consequently this fun flag showcases element 95 in the canton of the US flag.   Americium was first synthesized in California in 1944 during the Manhattan Project.

"Like any good parrot on the internet that mentions..." Americium, I have to parrot that this element is in nearly every home in the USA.   Because it is used in smoke detectors, aaack, aaackk... because it is used in  smoke detectors.  Polly wants a cracker.... like any good smoke detector... aaack polly... wants Americium in your smoke detector.  Discovery was kept secret for a year.... aaack.

Americium really puts the new definition to the nuclear element in the "Nuclear American Family."  So if you had really good, sensitive Gamma Ray Glasses, you would see a shining glow coming out of your smoke detector.  Rumor has it that people get into heated arguments when standing near smoke detectors.  There was even an unsubstantiated buzz fed like story of man who gained a green tint and had his muscles expand so that his clothes ripped off, and he went into a hulking rage on his roommate. 


Nihonium Element 113 Fun Flag





The Nihonium Fun Flag combines the national flag of Japan with the standard symbol for the Atom with its atomic number in the middle.


Thursday, January 5, 2017

Element 98 Californium Flag


Another fun California flag riff is a flag for the element of Californium. Truly an American element of sorts.  By amazing synchronicity it was made 100 years after California became a state in 1850.  In 1950 this artificial atom was first synthesized in our solar system at the University of California Radiation Laboratory in Berkley.   Typically artificial atoms are impossible to see, but scientists have been able to create enough that you can actually see it and do experiments with it.

This atom has 98 protons in its nucleus, that gives it its atomic properties.  Consequently the basic model of an atom has replaced the red California star.  The number 98 is written in the center, which is reflective of the Z number of this element.  The California Bear is wearing a lab coat, with pens in its pockets.


Monday, January 2, 2017

Flags for the Atoms of the Periodic Table of Elements

Vexillology meets Chemistry!

 I prefer the term Alchemy, it's so much more romantic.  Surely interest in Chemistry would increase if they called it Alchemy.  Just as when Astrology and Astronomy were the same, Chemistry and Alchemy were united long, long ago when our star system was in a different position in the galaxy far, far away.

Nations come and go, so do languages, religions, stories, and ways of life.  Teams, sports, fans, and forlorn heroes from wars long ago all fade from the limelight of history.  Even the stars in the night sky, and the patterns of constellations change and disappear.

One day North America will be no more, as will new oceans and new continents arise on our humble abode which we currently call Earth.  Perhaps beings from distant star systems will arrive and 'discover' our planet and give it a new name and bury our "savage" standard-nothing special culture as a mere footnote, making us speak new languages and demand we live in new ways of life?

But the structure of the atom is as it was as it ever shall be.  Thus it is fitting that these constant elements, or byproducts of star dust that compose our galaxies, planets, bodies, and souls should have a flag.

The colours of the flags are coded to the order found in the Visible Spectrum: 

Red is Coded to 1
Orange is Coded to 2
Yellow is Coded to 3
Green is Coded to 4
Blue is Coded to 5
Indigo is Coded to 6
Violet is Coded to 7
Black is Coded to 8
Pink is Coded to 9 
and White is Coded to 0

Although Pink seems out of place as the 9th number, it seems appropriate to give this color a chance, since we are returning to red in the cycle of our decimal system of numbers.

Using this organic order found in the basic partition of the visible spectrum of Roy G. Biv & P. Black White the atomic or Z number of an element forms the main body of the field.  The stripes on the left and right show us the period.  The stripes on the top and bottom show us the Group Number.





Sunday, January 1, 2017

Infographic on Periodic Table of Elements Flags - Decoded


Notice that Element or Atom flags have the fields coded to the atomic number, also known as the Z number.  Consequently the letter Z makes up the field.