Yeah, having a little bit of Plutonium on the desk is not a great idea ;-)

And yet, you said it anyway....

They could have used teeny tiny slivers of lead for the radioactive elements with short half-lives since that's how most of them would end up by the time the product was delivered. Somewhere at my parents house I have a very old periodic table somewhat like this one, and it has a little dot of Radium paint in the Radon box because Radon is a product of Radium decay.

Considering the half life of the most heaviest elementa they would not be there too many hours even if originally included.

If it goes without saying, it doesn't need to be said.

Don't care I want one!

Can you tell me how they get the gases into this table?

its still cool

I was about to say....SODIUM AND URANIUM INSIDE THIS THING??????

Plus some of them decay almost instantly

yes because if they were there they would both be in the hospital

I was gonna say, if that's a complete set, enjoy your radiation poisoning...

Hahahahaha

That sound you heard....yeah, that was the fun flying away nerd.

OK but I would like to know what's going on with the noble gases which look like metals... as do nitrogen and oxygen...

I thought that you typed “it goes without saying” but then said the thing that goes without saying

Yeah, I read the tilte and thought WHAT?!?!?! and was rahter relieved to see all the symbols :-D

I'm sorry to say that's just a fake copy of this one: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/36969846/heritage-periodic-table-collectors-edition During the original kickstarters many copies like the one posted here appeared. Much cheaper and much faster produced than the real one, being fake. For example, notice the gas elements aren't gas at the one posted here. There are also color discrepancy in other elements. But keeping in mind that's a fake, it's good enouh and probably completely worth for the few money it might have costo.

Yeah, it would have been a very bad day for him passing airport security...

Yep. Would have been fun to have a piece of plutonium!

That's true and it's fair.

I thought uranium was dangerous on a desk..

They could have used a picture

Well they're radioactive so they can't put them there.

Prudent, but STILL way cool.

Uhm it still has elements and is still rare-

None of what u said makes sense to me. Proof I am not a science geek. So wish I was.

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Did you REALLY need to tell us that!? Not only can we SEE IT, but most of us that got past 7th grade KNOW THAT ALREADY!

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Zooming in reveals that those squares contain bubbles, probably of the gasses in question. They would have been injected into the acrylic with a syringe before it cured.

Liquid mercury is a restricted substance in many countries. The Aluminium sample is fine - it's clearly an artefact from the camera as it's showing up almost the same with the silver. The gases are bubbles injected into the plastic, presumably while it was setting.