Proposed Periodic Table Changes

[Paseo Del Norte]

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Thought I'd see what people think of the changes to the atomic mass of 10 elements. I've posted on other sites (non-physician) and the response has been overwhelmingly negative.

However, this seems very intuitive, appears to represent the natural world more accurately, seems to account for samples containing more or less of a certain isotope/s and in fact much easier when it comes to measurement IMHO.

Links for reference:

http://iupac.org/publications/pac/asap/PAC-REP-10-09-14/

 

[Bernoull]

Thought I'd see what people think of the changes to the atomic mass of 10 elements. I've posted on other sites (non-physician) and the response has been overwhelmingly negative.

However, this seems very intuitive, appears to represent the natural world more accurately, seems to account for samples containing more or less of a certain isotope/s and in fact much easier when it comes to measurement IMHO.

Links for reference:

http://iupac.org/publications/pac/asap/PAC-REP-10-09-14/

if those 10 elements include radioisotopes, maybe medical physicists, biomedical engs, nuclear medicine docs would be interested somewhat... otherwise the whole thing seems entirely academic to me, something only NIST scientists would be passionate about....

 

[Dwindlin]

Thought I'd see what people think of the changes to the atomic mass of 10 elements. I've posted on other sites (non-physician) and the response has been overwhelmingly negative.

However, this seems very intuitive, appears to represent the natural world more accurately, seems to account for samples containing more or less of a certain isotope/s and in fact much easier when it comes to measurement IMHO.

Links for reference:

http://iupac.org/publications/pac/asap/PAC-REP-10-09-14/

My only reaction. . .

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[Paseo Del Norte]

However, it does not seem like a real problem if we transition to these new changes. I understand many people are worried about additional burden to students and so on; however, the proposed changes do not seem like a big deal to me.