Hydrogen is being impersonated!!
Greetings,
While pondering the acquiescent essence of diethylether – you know, like you do – it came to mind that every atom is most thermodynamically stable with eight valence electrons.
All atoms are stable when they have eight valence electrons, but one exception exists. Hydrogen, the first element on the periodic table, requires only two electrons to be stable. This led me to the inescapable conclusion that ...
Hydrogen is being impersonated!
Umm ... What?[edit | edit source]
Of course you wouldn't know about this, it's just what the impersonator wants you to think! But, naturally, I will explain it to you.
It's really quite simple, when you get down to it.
As everyone knows, hydrogen is the most abundant substance in the known universe. It accounts for approximately 100% of the reality which we see, hear, and taste every day (rounded off to the nearest half-percent, that is). Stars in the main sequence are mainly composed of hydrogen in its plasma state, and even mayonnaise is made of hydrogen (in its condiment state).
So this begs the question, why wouldn't someone, or something, want to impersonate hydrogen? Think of the power you'd have.
But that doesn't make sense ...[edit | edit source]
There's another twist in this tale! Hydrogen isn't quite as abundant as science likes to think! Take a look around the room you're in now. How much hydrogen can you see? Four, maybe five isotopes at best. Even looking around my lab now I can see wood, plastic, metal, leather, polyvinyl chloride, more leather, quark–gluon plasma, imitation leather and even more leather. No hydrogen at all! Blind hydrogynologists will tell you that naturally occurring elemental hydrogen, and even gaseous dihydrogen, is relatively rare on Earth. All I have to say is: how convenient ...
There is simply no other explanation; hydrogen must be being impersonated by a charming, possibly handsome charlatan.
This isn't outside the realms of fantasy. You've got to remember that there are recorded attempts at impersonation. The first attempt at the impersonation of hydrogen occurred in 1909 when Ernest Rutherford designed an experiment which, if successful, would allow him to phase through solid objects as hydrogen, as well as harness its already immense power. Rutherford shot hydrogen atoms at a thin sheet of gold foil to test this theory before beginning his impersonation. However, Rutherford discovered that atoms were structured much differently than he had originally thought, causing him to scrap the project.
The second and final attempt took place in the 1950s and was by James Watson and Francis Crick. Both scientists strove day and night to find the best way to eliminate hydrogen and replace it with themselves. They failed when Watson betrayed Crick, leading Crick to search for more sources of hydrogen to impersonate. Crick's search paid off in the discovery of DNA, a major source of hydrogen.
These attempts, though valiant, would have failed anyway as hydrogen may have been being impersonated long before the 1900s.
Wait, hydrogen isn't the only ...[edit | edit source]
Excellent question. I have another for you; who'd want to impersonate an inert element? Can you tell me that, Mr. Naysayer? I mean, hydrogen has almost infinite power; hydrogen bombs are the most devastating weapons on the planet. Have you ever heard of a helium bomb? I think not.
Impersonating helium would get you what? Control over maybe a few balloons, and a zeppelin that'll never leave the hanger! Who would want that? No, only hydrogen would be worth impersonating. That's why we need to answer the question "who is impersonating hydrogen?"
So who is impersonating hydrogen?[edit | edit source]
Well, that's a difficult question. It's possible that nobody is impersonating hydrogen. No wait ... forget I said that. Someone is definitely impersonating hydrogen, we just don't know who yet. I have alerted several of those in my field to this possibility, but those fools can't see the truth!
As Sherlock Holmes said, however, there are always clues. Yes, I'm pretty sure he said that. It would have to be someone who knows a lot about hydrogen ... someone with lots of scientific equipment and the desire for power ... possibly someone who works in the field of science ... someone like ... well, me.
No, surely it can't be. I mean I've dedicated my life to finding the culprit! You believe me don't you?
Nope[edit | edit source]
Boyle's law! They've gotten to you too!
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Make sure you memorize these for the test!
| 1H Hydrogen | 2He Helium | ||||||||||||||||
| 3Li Lithium | 4Be Beryllium | 5B Boron | 6C Carbon | 7N Nitrogen | 8O Oxygen | 9F Fluorine | 10Ne Neon | ||||||||||
| 11Na Sodium | 12 Mg Magnesium | 13Al Aluminum | 14 Si Silicon | 15 P Phosphorus | 16 S Sulfur | 17Cl Chlorine | 18Ar Argent | ||||||||||
| 19 K Potassium | 20 Ca Calcium | 21Sc Scandinavium | 22Ti Titanium | 23 V Vanadium | 24Cr Chromium | 25 Mn Manganese | 26Fe Iron | 27 Co Cobalt | 28Ni Nickel | 29 Cu Copper | 30 Zn Zinc | 31 Ga Gallium | 32 Ge Germanium | 33 As Arsenic | 34 Se Selenium | 35 Br Bromine | 36Kr Krypton |
| 37 Rb Rubidium | 38 Sr Strontium | 39 Y Yttrium | 40 Zr Zirconium | 41 Nb Niobium | 42 Mo Molybdenum | 43 Tc Technetium | 44 Ru Ruthenium | 45 Rh Rhodium | 46 Pd Palladium | 47Ag Silver | 48 Cd Cadmium | 49In Indium | 50Sn Tin | 51 Sb Antimony | 99Te Tedium | 53 I Iodine | 54Xe Xenon |
| 55 Cs Caesium | 56 Ba Barium | 57-71 La-Lu Lanthanides | 72 Hf Hafnium | 73 Ta Tantalum | 74 W Tungsten | 75 Re Rhenium | 76 Os Osmium | 77 Ir Iridium | 78Pt Platinum | 79Au Gold | 80Hg Mercury | 81 Tl Thallium | 82Pb Lead | 83Bi Bismuth | 84Po Polonium | 85 At Astatine | 86Rn Radon |
| 87 Fr Francium | 88 Ra Radium | 89-103 Ac-Lr Actinides | 104 Rf Rutherfordium | 105 Db Dubnium | 106 Sg Seaborgium | 107 Bh Bohrium | 108 Hs Hassium | 109 Mt Meitnerium | 110 Ds Darmstadtium | 111 Uuu Unununium | 112 Cn Copernicium | 113 Nh Nihonium | 114 Fl Flerovium | 115 Mc Moscovium | 116 Lv Livermorium | 117 Ts Tennessine | 118 Og Oganesson |
| 119Un Uncyclopedium | 120 Ub Unobtanium | 121 Aeo Awesomnium | 122Fa Fartium | 123St Stalinium | 124Ob Obamium | 125Sl Stalloneium | 126 Ad Adamantium | 127 Vb Vibranium | -1SuStupidium | 1/5Bm Brucium | 1/2*Ch Cheesium | 3/4Pl Plotonium | 4.5Op Opium | ∞Hu Homoerectium | |||
| 57 La Lanthanum | 58 Ce Cerium | 59Pr Praseodymium | 60 Nd Neodymium | 61 Pm Pentium | 62 Sm Samarium | 63 Eu Europium | 64 Gd Gadolinium | 65 Tb Terbium | 66 Dy Dysprosium | 67 Ho Holmium | 68 Er Erbium | 69 Tm Thulium | 70 Yb Ytterbium | 71 Lu Lutetium | |||
| 89 Ac Actinium | 90 Th Thorium | 91 Pa Protactinium | 92U Uranium | 93 Np Neptunium | 94Pu Plutonium | 95 Am Americium | 96 Cm Curium | 97 Bk Berkelium | 98 Cf Californium | 99 Es Einsteinium | 100 Fm Fermium | 101 Md Mendelevium | 102 No Nobelium | 103 Lr Lawrencium |
*Technically an atom of Cheesium has an atomic number of four (4), but that's only for the idiotic table.