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Polonium

Z 
84
Mass 
209
Lifeforce 
Water
A soft brush removes dust from a record gleaming under a lamp.
Plate · Polonium Polonium takes the charge from the surface, and the dust along with it.

Receptive water: receives, completes, draws toward wholeness. Hungers for what makes it whole. Bound, becomes the conductor of life's processes.

Born in supernova explosions, the death of massive stars scattering their innards across the galaxy.

Family portrait: this element's own portrait is not written yet. Mendeleev left gaps; we label ours.

Tool · Cosmic origin

Where your atoms come from

Po · Supernova

Born in supernova explosions, the death of massive stars scattering their innards across the galaxy.

65 of the 118 elements share this origin.

Choose a stage: click, or arrow keys. · Cosmic nucleosynthesis · current standard model

Tool · Periodic table

Your place in the system

  • Fire
  • Water
  • Air
  • Earth
  • Source

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