Storistir Mugs

Description: The actinides are not only radioactive, but they have been used in warfare. Little Boy was an uranium bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Fat Man was a plutonium bomb dropped on Nagasaki.

Description: The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Iron, element 26, is very abundant on earth and in stars. Iron is needed to help carry oxygen to the blood in animals, and is crucial in making chlorophyll in plants. The Latin for iron or "firmness" is ferrum, which is why the symbol for Iron is Fe.

Description: The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Lanthanum, element 57, is the lead of the Lanthanides, and the largest and most reactive of the rare earth elements. Lanthanum is soft enough to be cut with a knife, and is used in flint, arc lighting, clear glass, optical devices, hydrogen-powered vehicles, and electronic devices.

Description: The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Uranium, element 92, was named after the planet Uranus. Little Boy was the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima using Uranium 235, an isotope that can fissile and sustain a nuclear chain reaction.

Description: The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Gold, from the Latin Aurum or shining dawn, is one of the seven metals of antiquity, and the symbol for the sun. Gold is malleable, ageless, bright, inert and durable through time. It has uses beyond coinage and jewelry, such as in medicine, dentistry and plating of electronic components. The largest gold nugget found was the Welcome Stranger.

Description: This holiday design is added to elements to brighten the season. Oganesson is part of the Group 18 noble gas family, although it is predicted to be a solid rather than a gas at room temperature.

Description: The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Sodium, element 11, is also known as Natrium, derived from natron, a type of soda. Sodium is an alkali metal that is reactive with water. Sodium (Na), by itself, is not table salt (NaCl). Sodium is needed in the body for conducting nerve impulses, contracting/relaxing muscles, and maintaining proper balance of water and minerals.

Description: The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Bromine, element 35, is part of the halogen family. Bromine was name after the Greek word bromos meaning stench and is considered hazardous, playing a part in depleting ozone and oxidizing mercury. Yet, ironically, its compounds are used as flame retardants.

Description: The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Strontium is not radioactive typically. However, Strontium-90 (Sr-90) is, since it's a man-made byproduct of nuclear fission and waste. If you look at the Periodic Table of Elements, Strontium sits right below Calcium. Sr-90 is a health concern because if ingested, it acts like calcium and can cause cancers of the bone, bone marrow and surrounding tissues.