Human Periodic Table from Thailand

Here at periodicvideos we always love a new periodic table!

And here's a nifty one from Thailand.

It came from Thorsten Wollmann.

Thorsten's message said: "I'm a science teacher of The British International School of Northern Thailand and would like to send you some pictures of our last project.

"During the preparation of the project all classes enjoyed watching the videos on your website and your work helped and inspired us to perform a human periodic table, which was then photographed from a hot air balloon last Saturday."

I've put some higher resolution copies of the pics on the periodicvideos Flickr stream.

The recipe for Dr Walsh

I've just posted a video from our recent trip to Dublin.

Midway through the video (below), Dr Darren Walsh uses a clever contraption to count the atoms in his body (based on his weight).

A few people have asked to see the full details in the list.

Dr Walsh has kindly supplied it.



Oxygen Mass: 41.925 kg Atoms: 1.578273 x 10^27
Carbon Mass: 11.61 kg Atoms: 5.821916 x 10^26
Hydrogen Mass: 6.45 kg Atoms: 3.854385 x 10^27
Nitrogen Mass: 1.935 kg Atoms: 8.320665 x 10^25
Calcium Mass: 967.5 g Atoms: 1.453978 x 10^25
Phosphorus Mass: 645 g Atoms: 1.254234 x 10^25
Potassium Mass: 161.25 g Atoms: 2.484017 x 10^24
Sulphur Mass: 161.25 g Atoms: 3.028875 x 10^24
Sodium Mass: 96.75 g Atoms: 2.534716 x 10^24
Chlorine Mass: 96.75 g Atoms: 1.643656 x 10^24
Magnesium Mass: 32.25 g Atoms: 7.991844 x 10^23
Iron Mass: 0.387 g Atoms: 4.174249 x 10^21
Fluorine Mass: 2.3865 g Atoms: 7.565841 x 10^22
Zinc Mass: 2.064 g Atoms: 1.901418 x 10^22
Silicon Mass: 1.29 g Atoms: 2.766434 x 10^22
Rubidium Mass: 0.2967 g Atoms: 2.090874 x 10^21
Strontium Mass: 0.2967 g Atoms: 2.039516 x 10^21
Bromine Mass: 0.18705 g Atoms: 1.409945 x 10^21
Lead Mass: 0.10965 g Atoms: 3.187365 x 10^20
Copper Mass: 0.0645 g Atoms: 6.113421 x 10^20
Aluminium Mass: 0.056115 g Atoms: 1.252637 x 10^21
Cadmium Mass: 0.04644 g Atoms: 2.488263 x 10^20
Cerium Mass: 0.036765 g Atoms: 1.580373 x 10^20
Barium Mass: 0.019995 g Atoms: 8.769378 x 10^19
Tin Mass: 0.01548 g Atoms: 7.854101 x 10^19
Iodine Mass: 0.01032 g Atoms: 4.897965 x 10^19
Titanium Mass: 0.008385 g Atoms: 1.055066 x 10^20
Boron Mass: 0.044505 g Atoms: 2.479453 x 10^21
Selenium Mass: 0.012255 g Atoms: 9.348007 x 10^19
Nickel Mass: 0.00903 g Atoms: 9.266406 x 10^19
Chromium Mass: 0.001548 g Atoms: 1.793135 x 10^19
Manganese Mass: 0.010965 g Atoms: 1.202121 x 10^20
Arsenic Mass: 0.01677 g Atoms: 1.348152 x 10^20
Lithium Mass: 0.0019995 g Atoms: 1.735051 x 10^20
Mercury Mass: 0.012255 g Atoms: 3.679738 x 10^19
Caesium Mass: 0.0013545 g Atoms: 6.138313 x 10^18
Molybdenum Mass: 0.008385 g Atoms: 5.262907 x 10^19
Germanium Mass: 0.008385 g Atoms: 6.953443 x 10^19
Cobalt Mass: 0.0013545 g Atoms: 1.384305 x 10^19
Antimony Mass: 0.007095 g Atoms: 3.509624 x 10^19
Silver Mass: 0.000645 g Atoms: 3.601465 x 10^18
Niobium Mass: 0.1032 g Atoms: 6.690322 x 10^20
Zirconium Mass: 0.387 g Atoms: 2.55514 x 10^21
Lanthanum Mass: 0.00903 g Atoms: 3.915446 x 10^19
Tellurium Mass: 0.00774 g Atoms: 3.65345 x 10^19
Gallium Mass: 0.00774 g Atoms: 6.686175 x 10^19
Yttrium Mass: 0.007095 g Atoms: 4.806566 x 10^19
Bismuth Mass: 0.007095 g Atoms: 2.044842 x 10^19
Thallium Mass: 0.007095 g Atoms: 2.090835 x 10^19
Indium Mass: 0.0001806 g Atoms: 9.473721 x 10^17
Gold Mass: 0.00903 g Atoms: 2.761265 x 10^19
Scandium Mass: 0.00903 g Atoms: 1.209801 x 10^20
Tantalum Mass: 0.00903 g Atoms: 3.00571 x 10^19
Vanadium Mass: 0.01677 g Atoms: 1.982778 x 10^20
Thorium Mass: 0.00008385 g Atoms: 2.17649 x 10^17
Uranium Mass: 0.00008385 g Atoms: 2.121711 x 10^17
Samarium Mass: 0.00000645 g Atoms: 2.583689 x 10^16
Tungsten Mass: 0.00000645 g Atoms: 2.113161 x 10^16
Beryllium Mass: 0.000003225 g Atoms: 2.155324 x 10^17
Radium Mass: 0.00000000000000645 g Atoms: 1.718954 x 10^07

And here is the automatically generated pic of Dr Walsh on the scales at Science Gallery!