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Lithium Revisited

I am coming back to revisit an element that I examined very early in the process of learning about the color of the spectra from individual materials. Lithium, is predominantly green, though it has orange, red and infrared in its fingerprint. I now understand that the colors are emitted by electrons as they return to…

Tones of Potassium

Potassium is the 19th element. It is a soft silvery metal easily cut with a knife. Its density is less than water and it floats, however, it is so reactive that it spontaneously catches fire when it touches water, burning with a purple flame. It is one of the most highly reactive elements and is…

Vanadium

Vanadium is the 23rd element. There is a bit more information on the blog post: Tones of Vanadium. Orange Violet Ultraviolet Vanadium Scale Vanadium Sound Sketch

Chromium

Chromium is the 24th element. See other details at the blog post: Tones of Chromium. Green Violet Ultraviolet Chromium Scale Chromium Sound Sketch

Manganese

Manganese is the 25th element. See more about this element in the blog piece, Tones of Manganese. Violet Ultraviolet Manganese Scale Manganese Sound Sketch

Cobalt

Cobalt is the 27th element. See Tones of Cobalt for how cobalt is used in the body. All of the elements colors are in the ultra violet range. If I take them an octave lower they have the following colors: Red Green Blue Cobalt Scale Cobalt Sound Sketch

Nickel

Nickel is the 28th element. Though it does not have a known use in the body, some plants and bacteria utilize nickel. See Tones of Nickel to learn more. All of the colors are in the Ultra-Violet range. Nickel Scale Nickel Sound Sketch

Copper

Copper is the 29th Element. See the Tones of Copper for more information. Ultra Violet Green Copper Scale Copper Sound Sketch

Zinc

Zinc is the 30th Element. See more at The Tones of Zinc. Ultra Violet Blue Zinc Scale Zinc Sound Sketch

Arsenic

Arsenic is the 33rd element in the periodic table. See Tones of Arsenic for the blog description. All of the tones are in the ultra violet range for Arsenic. Arsenic Scale Arsenic Soundscape

Selenium

Selenium is the 34th element. See the blog post, Tones of Selenium, for more information.

Bromine

Bromine is the 35th element in the Periodic Table. See Tones of Bromine for a description. The highest tones are in the infrared part of the spectrum. The middle tones are red and the highest tones are blue. For some of the tones I have included their octave, either 1 above or below the…