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minus-squareArtemisimetrA@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoThe fact that Thorium and Uranium are just “probably not a good idea” makes me think that the scale is based on licking like an ore that contains them rather than the pure element
minus-squareandros_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI’m pretty sure I could get away with licking my uranium ore sample. Not going to test it apropos of nothing though. A lot of those trans-uranium (and astatine) aren’t going to exist in lick-able quantities anyway.
The fact that Thorium and Uranium are just “probably not a good idea” makes me think that the scale is based on licking like an ore that contains them rather than the pure element
I’m pretty sure I could get away with licking my uranium ore sample. Not going to test it apropos of nothing though.
A lot of those trans-uranium (and astatine) aren’t going to exist in lick-able quantities anyway.