Story of the Elements

Running by @Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane @foxsoup1019

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Authors Introduction

Luteolin | She/they | 20+

Hi it's Luteolin here. The main artist of Microscopic Tales. Glad to finally have a blog of my original series, since I've been into it for like six years already. I'm responsible for doing main art stuff with more science related knowledge. @octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane

Kizu | They/them | why know my age when u can know my art

Hiiiiii I'm Kizu :P not quite a science student but yea here I am doing this project with Luteolin. Trying to be a science profession by drawing side stories and stuff(hopefully). Lulu says I was kidnapped by them to draw micro tales but that's not true I also enjoy this lol. Anyways enjoy the artworks and stories! @foxsoup1019

And the above picture are two of the elements drawn by us. Welcome Hydrogen and Helium!

Aaaaaand... here's something REALLY cool...

↑↑Check out our very first manga of the project... you won't regret it↑↑

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Gold/Aurum, Atomic no. 79, Au

Their special colour, inert and soft properties make it to be one of the important metals among human history, mainly for decoration and currency (still being a good investment today btw)

Its inertness is somehow due to special relativity and the poor shielding of the f orbital, leaving the s orbital more attracted into the nucleus, therefore making the valence electron less likely to be give away for reaction.

And for its special yellowish colour unlike other metals, is also due to the properties mentioned above, as this affected the energy gap of the electron to be smaller, gold is likely to absorb more light from the visible light spectrum (mainly blue), so the outcome reflection of light has less blue light to make it look silvery/white, making it more prone to yellow, and earn its "golden" legend.

All of the above is only from my memory and pls be noted that I maybe wrong (but it at least should be related)

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Isotope is like siblings to elements, so here you go your average sibling experience

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Antimony sulfide is used to make kohl (eyeliner) back in ancient Egpyt

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Hydrogen bond

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You know the drill, you know the elements

one form insoluble salt, one form the strongest bond in organic chemistry with fluorine.

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Meet the nobles...✨

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Mercury

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Doodle of Lead

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Brief sketch for some of the ancient elements

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Settings abt the bonding from ionic to covalent

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Get into the world of science with manga

Welcome to our blog of Microscopic Tales! Here is our original stories where we recreate chemical elements in human form and performing their slice of life tales. Come and find the very familiar elements and compounds in our pilot manga. All characters have no gender.

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