Triply-True Elements by Mike Keith
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A set of thirty-six chemical elements, anagrammed into a different set of thirty-six elements.
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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
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Also, if you replace each element with its atomic number
(= position in the periodic table), there is still equality.
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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
H
1 |
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He
2 |
Li
3 |
Be
4 |
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B
5 |
C
6 |
N
7 |
O
8 |
F
9 |
Ne
10 |
Na
11 |
Mg
12 |
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Al
13 |
Si
14 |
P
15 |
S
16 |
Cl
17 |
Ar
18 |
K
19 |
Ca
20 |
Sc
21 |
Ti
22 |
V
23 |
Cr
24 |
Mn
25 |
Fe
26 |
Co
27 |
Ni
28 |
Cu
29 |
Zn
30 |
Ga
31 |
Ge
32 |
As
33 |
Se
34 |
Br
35 |
Kr
36 |
Rb
37 |
Sr
38 |
Y
39 |
Zr
40 |
Nb
41 |
Mo
42 |
Tc
43 |
Ru
44 |
Rh
45 |
Pd
46 |
Ag
47 |
Cd
48 |
In
49 |
Sn
50 |
Sb
51 |
Te
52 |
I
53 |
Xe
54 |
Cs
55 |
Ba
56 |
La*
57 |
Hf
72 |
Ta
73 |
W
74 |
Re
75 |
Os
76 |
Ir
77 |
Pt
78 |
Au
79 |
Hg
80 |
Tl
81 |
Pb
82 |
Bi
83 |
Po
84 |
At
85 |
Rn
86 |
Fr
87 |
Ra
88 |
Ac#
89 |
Rf
104 |
Db
105 |
Sg
106 |
Bh
107 |
Hs
108 |
Mt
109 |
Ds
110 |
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* |
Ce
58 |
Pr
59 |
Nd
60 |
Pm
61 |
Sm
62 |
Eu
63 |
Gd
64 |
Tb
65 |
Dy
66 |
Ho
67 |
Er
68 |
Tm
69 |
Yb
70 |
Lu
71 |
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# |
Th
90 |
Pa
91 |
U
92 |
Np
93 |
Pu
94 |
Am
95 |
Cm
96 |
Bk
97 |
Cf
98 |
Es
99 |
Fm
100 |
Md
101 |
No
102 |
Lr
103 |
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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
H
1 |
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He
2 |
Li
3 |
Be
4 |
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B
5 |
C
6 |
N
7 |
O
8 |
F
9 |
Ne
10 |
Na
11 |
Mg
12 |
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Al
13 |
Si
14 |
P
15 |
S
16 |
Cl
17 |
Ar
18 |
K
19 |
Ca
20 |
Sc
21 |
Ti
22 |
V
23 |
Cr
24 |
Mn
25 |
Fe
26 |
Co
27 |
Ni
28 |
Cu
29 |
Zn
30 |
Ga
31 |
Ge
32 |
As
33 |
Se
34 |
Br
35 |
Kr
36 |
Rb
37 |
Sr
38 |
Y
39 |
Zr
40 |
Nb
41 |
Mo
42 |
Tc
43 |
Ru
44 |
Rh
45 |
Pd
46 |
Ag
47 |
Cd
48 |
In
49 |
Sn
50 |
Sb
51 |
Te
52 |
I
53 |
Xe
54 |
Cs
55 |
Ba
56 |
La*
57 |
Hf
72 |
Ta
73 |
W
74 |
Re
75 |
Os
76 |
Ir
77 |
Pt
78 |
Au
79 |
Hg
80 |
Tl
81 |
Pb
82 |
Bi
83 |
Po
84 |
At
85 |
Rn
86 |
Fr
87 |
Ra
88 |
Ac#
89 |
Rf
104 |
Db
105 |
Sg
106 |
Bh
107 |
Hs
108 |
Mt
109 |
Ds
110 |
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* |
Ce
58 |
Pr
59 |
Nd
60 |
Pm
61 |
Sm
62 |
Eu
63 |
Gd
64 |
Tb
65 |
Dy
66 |
Ho
67 |
Er
68 |
Tm
69 |
Yb
70 |
Lu
71 |
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# |
Th
90 |
Pa
91 |
U
92 |
Np
93 |
Pu
94 |
Am
95 |
Cm
96 |
Bk
97 |
Cf
98 |
Es
99 |
Fm
100 |
Md
101 |
No
102 |
Lr
103 |
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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
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[= 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.
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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
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8 + 29 + 3 + 21 + 2 + 34 +
27 + 27 + 37 + 32 + 12 + 22 +
33 + 24 + 23 + 7 + 7 + 33 +
4 + 26 + 3 + 6 + 23 + 34 +
14 + 11 + 18 + 17 + 28 + 33 +
23 + 15 + 19 + 18 + 36 + 28
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=
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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
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13 + 15 + 22 + 32 + 32 + 29 +
9 + 10 + 13 + 21 + 20 + 23 +
21 + 22 + 6 + 33 + 16 + 27 +
8 + 20 + 11 + 15 + 29 + 24 +
21 + 37 + 24 + 11 + 25 + 24 +
16 + 15 + 29 + 22 + 21 + 21
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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.
This anagram won an Anagrammy in October 2003 (Special Category).
Updated: May 10, 2016
