The periodic table

Amir's periodic table mnemonic:

4: Katie Can Scandalously Titillate Virtuous Cro-Magnon Fellow, Corrupting Nine CuZns, Galling German-Austrian Servants Beyond Kraziness

5: Robby Serves Your Zurich Neighbors More Tacky Russian Rhubarb, Peddling Aged Codfish In Tiny Suburban Tenements In Xanadu

6 and 7: Caesar's Bad Ladies Have Taken What Remains Of Irene's Pathetic Auction, Haggling Til Plebians Buy Ponies At Random For Racing

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Amir notes:

1) "We assume that the elements through argon present no problem to a real chemist."

2) There are only a few cheats: Beyond for Bromine; Tiny for Sn, which is Tin, which I think is a pretty clever substitution and not a cheat; Xanadu for Xenon; Have for Hf, which is Hafnium, again a pretty clever substitution; Of for Os, which is Osmium; and Buy for Bi, which is Bismuth, which is also pretty good.

3) The Lanthanides and Actinides are ignored. Guess he ran out of time.

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