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“A soap opera on the molecular level”

Anyone who has studied chemistry at any level has seen the periodic table. Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev published the periodic table of the elements 150 years ago. In this iconic display, he laid our elements in rows based on their atomic numbers, and by design, the elements fell into columns or group with shared properties. A chemistry teacher, gifted in the art of verse, encourages to think of the periodic table of the elements as a cast of dramatic characters.as the head of a research lab at Wellesley college in the U.S., Prof. Mala Radhakrishnan publishes regularly in the top science journals. She is the author of two books of humorous verse: Atomic Romances, Molecular Dances and Thinking, Periodically. They are meant for students of science and science enthusiasts. “Chemistry is drama in which we all revel,/A soap opera on the molecular level.” This is an example of one of her couplets.

THE ATOMS FAMILY Let’s take a look at my family portrait. Up’till today have I always ignored it. My brother, my sister, my parents and I Are proud to be alkali metals. Here’s why:

It’s true that as atoms we’re really quite large By our meagre effective nuclear charge. But our size is a source of our family’s pride; Our electrons can wander both far and wide.

We’re all rather ductile and malleable, And this makes us really quite valuable, Because we will readily ionize, Becoming attractive, a positive prize.

There’s sodium, my sister. She’s over there. Like me, she ought to be sealed up with the care. She’ll react with water or even the air, Giving her electron up anywhere.

And here is potassium He is my brother, Ionically bonding with the things like no other. Quite social like I am, and much like my sister, He just met a halogen, has already kissed her!

My parents, rubidium, cesium are they. They’re dying to give their electrons away. As ours are their properties mostly the same, But they’re so extreme they can put us to shame.

You cannot see francium, here in this snap. He left in a radioactive mishap. The legend reports that he was unstable. To me, his existence is merely a fable.

And there is rumour that’s having a run, That hydrogen’s my illegitimate son. I swear he was left, though, on our front stoop, And we’re not really sure he belongs in our group.

Well, that is our photo, and here my tour ends. You see, in my group there are patterns and trends. The same likely holds true for you,you see- “the apple can’t fall very far from the tree!”