A set of thirty-six chemical elements, anagrammed into a different set of thirty-six elements.
hydrogen + xenon + barium + tantalum + boron + praseodymium + iridium + hassium + plutonium + thallium + germanium + scandium + thulium + einsteinium + erbium + cadmium + beryllium + tin + actinium + seaborgium + carbon + fluorine + indium + osmium + nitrogen + potassium + lead + protactinium + silicon + lutetium + rhenium + mercury + argon + neodymium + platinum + thorium = lanthanum + oxygen + terbium + radon + samarium + dysprosium + iodine + bohrium + aluminium + chromium + palladium + tungsten + lithium + caesium + dubnium + meitnerium + niobium + ytterbium + gallium + arsenic + iron + sodium + nobelium + francium + astatine + strontium + copper + gadolinium + yttrium + selenium + curium + chlorine + promethium + gold + uranium + antimony |
Also, if you replace each element with its atomic number (= position in the periodic table), there is still equality.
H + Xe + Ba + Ta + B + Pr + Ir + Hs + Pu + Tl + Ge + Sc + Tm + Es + Er + Cd + Be + Sn + Ac + Sg + C + F + In + Os + N + K + Pb + Pa + Si + Lu + Re + Hg + Ar + Nd + Pt + Th
1 + 54 + 56 + 73 + 5 + 59 + 77 + 108 + 94 + 81 + 32 + 21 + 69 + 99 + 68 + 48 + 4 + 50 + 89 + 106 + 6 + 9 + 49 + 76 + 7 + 19 + 82 + 91 + 14 + 71 + 75 + 80 + 18 + 60 + 78 + 90
=
La + O + Tb + Rn + Sm + Dy + I + Bh + Al + Cr + Pd + W + Li + Cs + Db + Mt + Nb + Yb + Ga + As + Fe + Na + No + Fr + At + Sr + Cu + Gd + Y + Se + Cm + Cl + Pm + Au + U + Sb
57 + 8 + 65 + 86 + 62 + 66 + 53 + 107 + 13 + 24 + 46 + 74 + 3 + 55 + 105 + 109 + 41 + 70 + 31 + 33 + 26 + 11 + 102 + 87 + 85 + 38 + 29 + 64 + 39 + 34 + 96 + 17 + 61 + 79 + 92 + 51 |
[= 2019]
Furthermore, if you take the letter values (A=1, B=2, C=3 etc.) of each element
abbreviation (e.g. lanthanum (La) = 12+1 = 13)
and add them up, the sum of each side is the same -
yet another level of equality, making this a "triply-true" anagram.
H + Xe + Ba + Ta + B + Pr + |
8 + 29 + 3 + 21 + 2 + 34 + |
= |
|
La + O + Tb + Rn + Sm + Dy + |
13 + 15 + 22 + 32 + 32 + 29 + |
|
[= 737] |
NOTES:
(1) I spent some time thinking about the conflicting spellings which exist for
three elements: aluminium/aluminum, caesium/cesium, and sulphur/sulfur. I decided
that the "right" thing to do was to use the IUPAC-standardized names, a list of which
can be found on the IUPAC web site.
Note that Caesium is listed as the preferred spelling for that
element, with cesium as a (presumably) acceptable alternative,
and the same for Aluminium/aluminum. But note that Sulfur (yes,
the "American" spelling!) is the only spelling listed
for that element. From this I conclude that the "right"
spellings to use for these three elements is Caesium, Aluminium,
and Sulfur. As it turns out, I don't use Sulfur above, just the
other two. At any rate, the anagram uses only the IUPAC-preferred
spellings for all elements, which I think makes it an improvement
over all my previous chemical anagrams.
(2) A side note for those who might be interested: element 110
was given a name by IUPAC (Darmstadtium (Ds), after Darmstadt,
Germany where it was discovered) only very recently, in August
2003. I allowed inclusion of this element if need be, but I didn't
end up using it.