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Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented by the Alchemical Wizards (Bk 2 Continued)

Alchemical Wizards Make Science Magical

In this periodic table book, 21 Alchemical Wizards present Magical Elements of the Periodic Table. Each wizard wields a magical staff tipped with an element which gives them unique powers. They say, “No Metal – No Magic…and No Technology”. All references below were used to create the book.

Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented By The Alchemical Wizards Book 2 – The 21 elements represented in this book are: Arsenic, Astatine, Barium, Beryllium, Cadmium, Chromium, Hafnium, Neodymium, Palladium, Polonium, Praseodymium, Promethium, Radium, Rhenium, Samarium, Selenium, Silicon, Tantalum, Technetium, Terbium and Thallium.

Arkyn starts out Book 2 of the Alchemical Wizards by introducing the important  element Arsenic on his element page.

Thanelen rounds out the Book 2 elements by presenting facts and  other fun information about the metal, Thalium on his element page. 

 Another elemental favorite is Berwyn, who represents Beryllium. Her power enables her to control and manipulate the bonds between atoms, granting her dominion over the strength and lightness of matter.

Samarinda is truly magical, as Samarium gives her the ability to manipulate, strengthen, or weaken magnetic fields, and by doing so, she can control objects and forces that are influenced by magnets. This enables her to move metallic objects at will, shape magnetic fields into protective barriers, or even generate magnetic pulses to disrupt electronic devices.
 
The Alchemical Wizards, along with their techno-magical unicorn and dragon friends from the first 2 Magical Elements Books are the perfect group to introduce you to metals and other elements in the Periodic Table.  Hopefully, the Magical Elements of this periodic table book will spark an interest in the magical and real world properties of all the metals and other elements known today.  You may be surprised at how prominently they feature in our every day lives. It’s true what the wizards say, “No Metal – No Magic…and No Technology”.

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Reference Links

General Periodic Table Links

General Links – https://www.knowledgedoor.com/2/elements_handbook/element_names_in_other_languages.html

Facts – Alternate Names of the elements – https://periodictable.com/Properties/A/AlternateStandardNames.html

Facts – Derivations of the Names and Symbols of the Elements – https://www.angelo.edu/faculty/kboudrea/periodic/hist_names.htm

Facts – Israel Science and Technology Directory – https://www.science.co.il/elements/

Article – Elements of Surprise – https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/ll/elements-of-surprise/

Video – The weird ways the elements got their names – https://youtu.be/cGEKU0BXtgg

Article – All the things that elements of the periodic table are named after – https://qz.com/702978/all-the-things-that-elements-of-the-periodic-table-are-named-after

Facts – The Elements – http://www.chem.uiuc.edu/rogers/Text3/Tx33/tx33.html

Magnetism of all elements – https://e-magnetica.pl/doku.php/magnetism_of_chemical_elements

Article – Words Made Using Periodic Table Element Symbols – https://www.thoughtco.com/words-made-using-periodic-element-symbols-607526

Article – List of Words Made From Periodic Table Element Symbols – https://sciencenotes.org/list-words-made-periodic-table-element-symbols/

Facts – Glossary of Terms – https://www.breakingatom.com/terms

Facts – periodic – https://www.tel.com/periodic/

Cartoon – element-of-surprise – https://funsubstance.com/fun/152452/element-of-surprise/

Video – Tom Lehrer CHEMISTRY element song – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYW50F42ss8

Video – Six Year Old Genius Arden Hayes on Jimmy Kimmel Live – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E9vj4WmHLM

Video – Element Rap – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAnOUwPfHlk

Article – Transfermium Elements – http://www.chemistryexplained.com/elements/T-Z/Transfermium-Elements.html

Timeline of elements – https://uwaterloo.ca/chemistry/community-outreach/timeline-of-elements/radioactive-elements-1935-2019 

The color of chemicals – https://munsell.com/color-blog/chemistry-fireworks-colors/

Facts – Blogging the Periodic Table – https://docbrown.info/page03/3_34ptable.htm

Article – Blogging the Periodic Table – https://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/elements/features/2010/blogging_the_periodic_table/francium_and_astatine_why_arent_more_elements_named_for_places_in_the_united_states.html

Article – A Periodic Table of Rejected Element Names – https://www.compoundchem.com/2016/01/30/rejectedelements/

Article – Periodic Table of the Elements – https://physics.info/periodic-table/

Article – The Histories Hidden in the Periodic Table – https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/the-histories-hidden-in-the-periodic-table

Not working – https://periodic-table-of-patents.info/interactive-periodic-table-of-patents

Facts – is calcium ca paramagnetic – https://www.bengislife.com/2017/10/is-calcium-ca-paramagnetic-or.html

Article – Elements That Are Liquid At Room Temperature – https://www.wikihow.com/Know-Which-Elements-Are-Liquid-at-Room-Temperature

Astronomy Podcast – https://www.astronomycast.com/

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Praseodymium

Praethec The Wizard With The Praseodymium Tipped Staff

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Article – Atomic Mass – https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/59/praseodymium

Article – Did You Know? – https://www.thoughtco.com/praseodymium-facts-element-59-4125194

Fact – Ore or rock extracted from – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praseodymium

Facts – Ductile? – https://www.britannica.com/science/praseodymium

Slows the speed of light –  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHDb-VjDWeE

Where found in nature – https://www.lenntech.com/periodic/elements/pr.htm

How is it processed: https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/59/praseodymium

Source – https://en.institut-seltene-erden.de/seltene-erden-und-metalle/seltene-erden/praseodym/  

Wiki – Cerite – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerite

Elemental – https://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele059.html

Discovery – https://www.chemicool.com/elements/praseodymium.html

Metal – https://www.sputtertargets.net/blog/what-you-need-to-know-about-rare-earth-praseodymium.html

History – https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/element/Praseodymium 

Generates cold – https://melscience.com/US-en/articles/praseodymium-metal-generates-cold/

Electricity conductor –  https://www.periodic-table.org/praseodymium-chemical-properties/

Electrical conductor – https://www.astrosafe.co/article/praseodymium

Praseodymium alloys – https://lesscommonmetals.com/cast-products/praseodymium/

How we get it – https://www.stanfordmaterials.com/blog/praseodymium-properties-and-uses.html 

Facts  – https://softschools.com/facts/periodic_table/praseodymium_facts/364/ 

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Links and Notes for Praethec’s chemistry inspired magical abilities:

1. Teleportation and Space-Folding

The Magic: Praethec compresses the space between two locations and steps through the fold instead of walking or flying.

The Real Science: This is based on the lanthanide contraction, a real phenomenon where lanthanide atoms (including praseodymium) are smaller than expected because their outer electrons are pulled unusually close to the nucleus, packing more structure into less space than their size suggests.

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2. Compressed Storage (Ring of Catalytic Memory, Amber Pendants)

The Magic: Praethec stores ninety-nine alchemical formulae in a single ring, and catastrophic alchemical potential inside tiny amber vials.

The Real Science: Drawn from the same lanthanide contraction principle above — the idea that lanthanide elements pack more density and structure into less volume than expected.

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3. Catalytic Shielding

The Magic: Praethec’s defensive magic does not block attacks outright — it converts and redirects their energy into something harmless.

The Real Science: Based on the real chemical definition of a catalyst: a substance that speeds up or enables a reaction without itself being consumed or permanently changed by it.

Sources
  • Chemistry LibreTexts — Catalysts  (https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Inorganic_Chemistry/Supplemental_Modules_and_Websites_(Inorganic_Chemistry)/Catalysis/Catalysts)
4. Magnetic Manipulation and Polarity Reversal

The Magic: Praethec can seize metal weapons out of the air, and in the climactic battle, reverse a construct’s magnetic polarity so its own limbs repel each other.

The Real Science: Praseodymium has real magnetic properties and is genuinely used, often alongside neodymium, in some of the strongest permanent magnets made today.

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5. The Monocle of Elemental Sight and Viridian Revelation Light

The Magic: Praethec’s green light pierces illusions, reveals hidden truths, and exposes a material’s true elemental composition.

The Real Science: Based on didymium glass, a real glass made partly from praseodymium (and neodymium) that filters very specific wavelengths of light, which is why it is genuinely used in glassblowing safety eyewear and specialty optics.

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6. Heat Immunity and Thermal Energy Storage

The Magic: Praethec is nearly immune to fire, and can absorb heat and magical energy over time before releasing it all at once in a single concentrated burst.

The Real Science: Praseodymium has a genuinely high melting point of about 931°C (1,708°F), unusually resilient for what otherwise behaves like a soft metal.

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7. The Climactic Unmaking Spell (Reactivity With Water and Acids)

The Magic: In the final confrontation, Praethec unravels the villain’s Null Ore by reaching into its structure the way his element reacts with water, converting instability into something inert.

The Real Science: Praseodymium metal genuinely reacts with water (faster when the water is hot) and dissolves readily in dilute acids, both real and well-documented reactions.

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8. The Iconic Green Glow

The Magic: Praethec’s staff, flames, and magical light are consistently a deep, vivid green throughout the book.

The Real Science: Praseodymium compounds, such as praseodymium(III) oxide, produce genuinely vivid green colors, which is part of why the element’s name comes from the Greek words for “green” and “twin.”

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9. Cindrix’s Fire Breath

The Magic: Cindrix can breathe jets of pale flame and is instinctively drawn to Praethec’s staff.

The Real Science: This is based on real pyrophoricity. White phosphorus genuinely ignites spontaneously on contact with open air, and praseodymium metal shares that same real tendency in finely divided form, which is the in-story reason the two are drawn to each other as chemical “kin.”

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10. Ally Enhancement and Alloy Fortification

The Magic: Praethec can temporarily reinforce weapons, armor, or an ally’s natural abilities without changing what they fundamentally are.

The Real Science: Praseodymium is genuinely used to strengthen magnesium and aluminum alloys, making them harder and more heat-resistant than they would be alone.

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Author’s Fantasy License

While every power above is rooted in a real, documented property of praseodymium or a closely related element, the story adds a great deal that is entirely invented and should not be mistaken for science. In particular:

  • Literal teleportation and instant space-folding are fictional extrapolations of the lanthanide contraction. Real praseodymium does not allow travel, compression of physical space, or storage of objects inside jewelry.
  • All named magical items — the Staff of Viridian Unmaking, the Monocle of Elemental Sight, the Ring of Catalytic Memory, the Scroll of Elemental Indices, and the Everflame Candle — are invented objects with no real-world counterpart.
  • The Null Ore, Malvorn’s constructs, and the ability to “unmake” metal on command or starve on broken metallic bonds are entirely fictional; no real substance works this way.
  • All characters — Praethec, Ophira, Thaddeus, Azurine, Cindrix, and Malvorn — along with the world of MarBryn, the Hollow Crucible, the Cobalt Gorge, the Ferrovane, and the Moon-Star, are fictional creations with no basis in real geography or astronomy.
  • Praethec’s four-hundred-plus-year lifespan, instant wound-fortification spells, and his ability to physically survive volatile magical combat are fictional and not based on any real property of praseodymium.
  • “No Metal, No Magic” and “equivalent exchange” are fictional philosophical and ethical frameworks invented for the story’s world, not recognized scientific laws, though equivalent exchange loosely echoes the real law of conservation of mass, which states that matter is never created or destroyed, only converted.

Promethium

Proctor The Wizard With The Promethium Tipped Staff

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Article – Atomic Mass – https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/61/promethium

Article – Did You Know? – https://www.thoughtco.com/promethium-facts-606581

Fact – Ore or rock extracted from – https://runescape.wiki/w/Promethium_ore_(rock)

Fact – Color of metal, ore or Rock  – https://periodictable.com/Elements/061/data.html

Fact – Electrical? – https://homework.study.com/explanation/does-promethium-conduct-electricity.html

Facts – Ductile? – https://www.britannica.com/science/promethium

Facts – https://www.livescience.com/38128-promethium.html

Wiki – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promethium

Facts – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7366832/

Patent – https://periodic-table-of-patents.info/interactive-periodic-table-of-patents/promethium/

What is nuclear fission https://byjus.com/physics/what-is-nuclear-fission/

Long name – https://episodictable.com/praseodymium/

Discovered – https://www.azom.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7942

Discovery – https://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele061.html

Promethium Compound – https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/first-promethium-complex-created-revealing-mysterious-elements-secrets/

Facts – https://www.britannica.com/science/promethium

Facts – https://periodic-table.rsc.org/element/61/promethium

Obtained – https://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele061.html

Radioactive – https://mineralseducationcoalition.org/elements/promethium/

Facts – https://www.chemistrylearner.com/promethium.html

Facts – https://www.sputtertargets.net/blog/the-rare-earth-element-promethium-an-overview.html

Facts – https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemistry/articles/10.3389/fchem.2020.00588/full

Facts – https://chemistrydictionary.org/promethium/

Ionisation – https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/ionisation-energy-of-promethium-fills-one-of-the-last-holes-in-periodic-table/3010682.article

Facts – https://en.institut-seltene-erden.de/seltene-erden-und-metalle/seltene-erden/Promethium/

Secrets – https://www.livescience.com/chemistry/secrets-of-radioactive-promethium-a-rare-earth-element-with-mysterious-applications-uncovered-after-80-year-search

Malleable – https://mineraly.co.uk/mineralogy/chemical-elements/promethium-pm

Video – https://www.emaze.com/@aootzcwt/Promethuim-T-G–Williams

Friend in Prometheus – https://episodictable.com/promethium/

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Links and Notes for Proctor’s chemistry inspired magical abilities:

Promethium: General Properties, Radioactivity & Rarity

Supports Proctor’s constant, never-resting decay-based power, his faint blue glow, and the fact that he is the only wizard of his kind on MarBryn.

Royal Society of Chemistry — Promethium — https://periodic-table.rsc.org/element/61/promethium

Official element profile covering promethium’s atomic structure, radioactivity, and physical properties.

Los Alamos National Laboratory — Promethium — https://periodic.lanl.gov/61.shtml

A national laboratory’s periodic table entry detailing promethium’s discovery, isotopes, and characteristics.

Live Science — Facts About Promethium — https://www.livescience.com/38128-promethium.html

Accessible overview of promethium’s history, extreme scarcity, and radioactive nature.

Chemicool — Promethium Element Facts — https://www.chemicool.com/elements/promethium.html

Reference facts on promethium’s atomic number, luminescence, and isotopic instability.

Minerals Education Coalition — Promethium — https://mineralseducationcoalition.org/elements/promethium/

Educational summary of promethium as a rare earth element and its practical scarcity on Earth.

Nuclear Fission Origin & Beta Radiation

Supports Proctor’s origin story (power born from a catastrophic fracture) and his transmutation magic, both modeled on real beta decay.

Rare Earth Mining — What Is Promethium? Uses, Properties & Applications — https://rare-earth-mining.com/what-is-promethium/

Explains how promethium is produced as a byproduct of nuclear fission and emits beta radiation.

Purdue University Rare Earth Elements Program — Promethium — https://engineering.purdue.edu/REE/rare-earth-elements/promethium

Academic engineering-program overview of promethium’s production, decay, and beta-emission properties.

RadiaCode — Promethium-147 Isotope Data — https://www.radiacode.com/isotope/pm-147?lang=en

Technical isotope data on promethium-147, the most common promethium isotope and its beta decay behavior.

Lanthanide Contraction

Supports Proctor’s short-range Compression magic, based on the real chemical trend of shrinking atomic/ionic bonds across the lanthanide series.

Encyclopaedia Britannica — Lanthanide Contraction — https://www.britannica.com/science/lanthanide-contraction

A concise, authoritative explanation of lanthanide contraction and its causes.

Chemistry LibreTexts — Lanthanide Contraction — https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Inorganic_Chemistry/Supplemental_Modules_and_Websites_(Inorganic_Chemistry)/Descriptive_Chemistry/Elements_Organized_by_Block/4_f-Block_Elements/The_Lanthanides/aLanthanides:_Properties_and_Reactions/Lanthanide_Contraction

Open academic chemistry reference detailing the mechanism and consequences of lanthanide contraction.

ACS Publications — What is the “Lanthanide Contraction”? — https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00440

Peer-reviewed discussion in Inorganic Chemistry examining the lanthanide contraction phenomenon in depth.

The Name “Promethium” and the Prometheus Myth

Supports the philosophical core of Proctor’s character: power taken and given away rather than granted by authority.

Nature — “Promethium, the New Name for Element 61” — https://www.nature.com/articles/162175a0

The original scientific naming announcement connecting element 61 to the Prometheus myth.

Study.com — Promethium Overview, Element & Uses — https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-promethium-element-facts-uses-history.html

Summarizes the naming history of promethium and its mythological namesake, Prometheus.

Radium

Raele The Wizard With The Radium Tipped Staff

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Article – Atomic Mass – https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/88/radium

Article – Where does element mainly occur? – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium

Fact – Ore or rock extracted from – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/radium

Fact – Color of metal, ore or Rock  – https://periodictable.com/Elements/088/data.html

Fact – Electrical? – https://edurev.in/question/3100658/Which-of-the-following-is-not-a-semiconductor-a-Germaniumb-Seleniumc-Radiumd-SiliconCorrect-answer-i

Facts – Ductile? – https://prezi.com/ehb7kuv96d8a/radium/

Article – Type of Element ie: Transition? – https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/materials-science/learning-center/periodic-table/alkaline-earth-metal/radium.html

The Price of Knowledge – https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/history-and-humanities/people/marie-curie-the-price-of-knowledge-52332/

The Rare Element Radium – https://byjus.com/physics/what-is-nuclear-fission/

Facts – https://www.livescience.com/39623-facts-about-radium.html

The Radium Girls – https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/radium-girls/

Wiki – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium

Curies Isolate Radium – https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/curies-isolate-radium

Pandora’s Box – https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/students/history-101/radium-parti-opening-pandoras-box.html

Metal – https://www.epa.gov/radiation/radionuclide-basics-radium

Conducts electricity – https://www.americanelements.com/radium.html

6th alkaline earth metal – https://www.preciseceramic.com/blog/six-alkaline-earth-metals-their-oxides.html

Alkaline earth metals – https://eureka.patsnap.com/blog/alkaline-earth-metals/

Facts –  https://www.britannica.com/science/radium

Radium Girls book review – https://undark.org/2017/07/20/radium-girls-book-review/

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Rhenium

Renkin The Wizard With The Rhenium Tipped Staff

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Article – Atomic Mass – https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/75/rhenium

Article – Did You Know? – https://briandcolwell.com/15-interesting-facts-about-rhenium/

Article – Where does element mainly occur? – https://mineralseducationcoalition.org/elements/rhenium/

Fact – Electrical? – https://www.qsrarematerials.com/introduction-of-rhenium-a-103.html

Wiki – Magnetic? – https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171011144822.htm

Article – Type of Element ie: Transition? – https://www.britannica.com/science/rhenium

Source of Rhenium – https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/element/Rhenium

Where does Rhenium come from – https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/pp1802P

Source – https://mineralseducationcoalition.org/minerals-database/rhenium/

Source – Columbite – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbite

Elemental Rhenium – https://pubsapp.acs.org/cen/80th/rhenium.html?

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Samarium

Samarinda The Wizard With The Samarium Tipped Staff

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Article – Atomic Mass – https://periodictable.com/Elements/062/data.html

Article – Uses of element – https://www.livescience.com/38162-samarium.html

Article – Did You Know? – https://www.thoughtco.com/samarium-facts-4136761

Fact – Ore or rock extracted from – https://www.vedantu.com/chemistry/samarium

Fact – Discovered Year and Place – https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/62/samarium

Fact – Electrical? – https://infinitylearn.com/surge/chemistry/samarium/

Facts – Ductile? – https://www.xometry.com/resources/

Samarium Element – https://www.britannica.com/science/samarium

Wiki – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samarium

Discovery – https://www.chemicool.com/elements/samarium.html

Rundown About Samarium – https://medium.com/@nanografi/rundown-about-samarium-95bd3cebb139

Samarskite Source – https://www.lenntech.com/periodic/elements/sm.htm

Samarskite Wiki – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samarskite-(Y)

Therapeutic Devices – https://magworks.us/uses-of-samarium/

Portable MRI Device – https://newatlas.com/medical/portable-mri-hyperfine-yale-jama-study/

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Links and Notes for Samarinda’s chemistry inspired magical abilities:

Power-by-Power Source List
1. Rare Sight

Real basis: Samarium belongs to the lanthanides, a group of elements so chemically alike — nearly identical ionic size, the same common +3 charge, and a steady “lanthanide contraction” across the series — that separating one from another is genuinely difficult, even though they are not scarce in the Earth’s crust. In the story, this becomes Samarinda’s power to spot the one false or hidden thing among many similar ones.

• Science Notes — “Rare Earth Elements” (why lanthanides are hard to separate)

• Jefferson Lab — It’s Elemental: Samarium (monazite source, lanthanide classification)

2. The Permanent

Real basis: Samarium-Cobalt (SmCo) magnets are real, extremely strong permanent magnets that resist demagnetization and keep working at high temperatures far better than most other magnet types. Jefferson Lab’s own summary states that SmCo5 magnets “resist demagnetization better than any known material.” In the story, this becomes Samarinda’s ability to form bonds and enchantments that hold permanently, even under extreme stress.

• Jefferson Lab — It’s Elemental: Samarium (SmCo5 demagnetization resistance)

• Stanford Magnets — The Superior Temperature Stability of SmCo Magnets

3. The Seeking Cure

Real basis: Samarium-153 lexidronam (brand name Quadramet) is a real, FDA-approved radiopharmaceutical. It is bone-seeking: it concentrates at sites of high bone turnover, such as cancerous bone lesions, at roughly five times the level found in healthy bone, and its radiation travels only a few millimeters, so the dose stays close to the targeted tissue. In the story, this becomes Samarinda’s power to seek out and dismantle the exact source of a curse or illness without harming anything healthy nearby.

• Drugs.com — Quadramet (samarium Sm-153 lexidronam) Prescribing Information

• National Cancer Institute — Dictionary of Cancer Terms: samarium Sm 153 lexidronam pentasodium

Note: The real drug label itself notes that the precise mechanism by which it relieves bone pain is not fully known — the bone-seeking and localized-radiation behavior is well established, but the full pain-relief mechanism is still a topic of ongoing research.

4. The Dampening

Real basis: Samarium-149 is a genuine, powerful neutron absorber in nuclear reactor physics. Reactor engineers call it a “reactor poison” because it soaks up neutrons that would otherwise continue a chain reaction, acting as a natural brake on reactor power. In the story, this becomes Samarinda’s ability to absorb and safely disperse runaway magical energy before it can cascade out of control.

• IAEA / ANSN — TRIGA Reactors (Safety and Technology): Samarium as a fission-product reactor poison

5. The Lens Arts

Real basis: Samarium has genuine optical and laser applications. Samarium oxide is added to glass to absorb infrared radiation, and samarium-doped glass and optical fiber have been used to build real lasers, including a demonstrated red (651 nm) fiber laser with unusually narrow, precise emission and absorption lines. In the story, this becomes Samarinda’s power to filter out illusions and focus magical energy into a precise beam.

• Jefferson Lab — It’s Elemental: Samarium (infrared-absorbing glass)

• University of Southampton ePrints — Samarium3+-doped glass laser operating at 651 nm

6. The Long Burn

Real basis: Samarium has a genuinely high melting point (about 1,072°C) and reacts only slowly with air, tarnishing over time rather than corroding quickly. In the story, this becomes Samarinda’s magical endurance — reserves that deplete slowly — and a defense that grows more resistant the more she is attacked.

• PeriodicTable.com — Samarium: physical and chemical data (melting point)

• WebElements — Samarium: reactions of the element (tarnishing / reaction with air)

Note: The idea that Samarium’s tarnish layer actively “protects” the metal and makes it progressively harder to damage further is a storytelling extrapolation. The confirmed real fact is simply that samarium tarnishes slowly in air rather than reacting quickly; the self-reinforcing “adaptive defense” framing is fictional.

7. The Memory of Light

Real basis: Samarium compounds show real photoluminescence — they can absorb light energy and re-emit it at a different, visible wavelength, which is also the basic principle behind samarium-doped lasers. In the story, this becomes Samarinda’s rare ability to absorb knowledge and later release it again in a compressed, glowing form.

• University of Southampton ePrints — Samarium3+-doped glass laser (narrow fluorescence and absorption lines)

Note: The specific idea of “storing knowledge” and transmitting it to another person as light is entirely fictional. The real, confirmed science is limited to samarium’s light-absorbing and light-emitting (photoluminescent) behavior, not the storage or transfer of information.

Author’s Fantasy License

Everything below has no basis in real Samarium chemistry or physics. It was invented for the story and should not be treated as science fact:

  • Samarinda herself, the Alchemical Cat, Thaddeus, Perrin, Isolde, Orynthiel, and Thallonrend are entirely fictional characters, as is the world of MarBryn, its single moon, and the “Moon-Star.”
  • The philosophy “No Metal, No Magic” is a fictional worldview invented for this series, not a real scientific or historical principle.
  • The exact named powers — Rare Sight, the Permanent, the Seeking Cure, the Dampening, the Lens Arts, the Long Burn, and the Memory of Light — are fictional abilities. Real Samarium does not grant magic; the story uses its genuine properties only as creative inspiration.
  • Thallonrend’s reactor-temple, his plan to trigger a magical “Ascension” cascade, and the stripped failsafes across MarBryn are entirely invented plot devices, not descriptions of how any real reactor or chemical process works.
  • The companions’ methods of fast travel — Thaddeus’s Cindercart, Perrin’s magnetic field-line jumping, Orynthiel’s moonlight folding, and Isolde’s phase-step boots — are all fictional technology and magic with no real-world basis, even where they are loosely inspired by real magnetism or kinetic-energy concepts.
  • Samarinda’s ability to perceive “frequency mismatches” in disguised people or forged documents, and to physically absorb and later release large bursts of magical energy through her body, are fictional extensions of the real science described above, not literal real-world effects.

Selenium

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Article – Atomic Mass – https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/34/selenium

Article – Did You Know? – https://www.thoughtco.com/interesting-selenium-facts-609110

Article – Where does element mainly occur? – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenium

Fact – Color of metal, ore or Rock  – https://periodictable.com/Elements/034/data.html

Fact – Electrical? – https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Inorganic_Chemistry/Inorganic_Chemistry_(LibreTexts)/08%3A_Chemistry_of_the_Main_Group_Elements/8.11%3A_The_Oxygen_Family_(The_Chalcogens)/8.11.04%3A_Chemistry_of_Selenium_(Z34)#:~:text=Unlike%20sulfur%2C%20selenium%20is%20a,light%20energy%20into%20electrical%20energy.

Wiki – Magnetic? – https://www.nature.com/articles/134497a0

Facts – Ductile? – https://www.quora.com/Which-one-of-the-following-is-brittle-sodium-aluminium-or-selenium

Selenium Element – https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/element/Selenium

Wiki – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenium

What does Selenium look like – https://youtu.be/onDSA4LYCHw?si=FTZEMf8qsrAOP6Sh

Sublime Element – https://chemistrytalk.org/selenium-element/

Selenium Allotropes – https://sciencenotes.org/selenium-facts-element-se-or-34/

Dividing line between metals and non-metals is Selenium – https://galleries.com/minerals/elements/selenium/selenium.htm   

Selenium in soil and groundwater – https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Selenium-HealthProfessional/

Selenium Source – Pyrites – https://www.psanalytical.com/information/selenium.html

Pyrites – https://commonminerals.esci.umn.edu/minerals-o-s/pyrite  

Distribution of Selenium – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0375674219303590

Tuff rocks – https://geologyscience.com/rocks/tuff/

Pyrite wiki – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrite 

Selenium on Pyrite rock – https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/native-selenium-pyrite-smithsonite-1883702666 

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Photoconductivity — Selenice’s Light Absorption & Projection Magic

Chemistry LibreTexts — Chemistry of Selenium (Z=34) https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Inorganic_Chemistry/Supplemental_Modules_and_Websites_(Inorganic_Chemistry)/Descriptive_Chemistry/Elements_Organized_by_Block/2_p-Block_Elements/Group_16%3A_The_Oxygen_Family_(The_Chalcogens)/Z034_Chemistry_of_Selenium_(Z34) An accessible academic overview of selenium’s photoconductivity — how light increases electrical conduction — and its historical use in solar cells, photocopiers, and laser printers. The direct scientific basis for Selenice’s ability to absorb and weaponize sunlight.

Bristol Watch — Selenium Rectifiers and Solar Cells Overview https://www.bristolwatch.com/science/selenium.htm Explains exactly how selenium’s conductivity increases when photons strike it and generate free charge carriers. Covers its pioneering role in photovoltaic research and photoelectric applications.

arXiv — The Reemergence of Selenium Solar Cells https://arxiv.org/html/2604.10329 A detailed research paper tracing selenium’s photoconductive discovery in 1873 right through to modern tandem solar cell research — including the first-ever solid-state photovoltaic device made from selenium in 1876. Provides the deep historical science behind the magic.

News Medical — Selenium History https://www.news-medical.net/health/Selenium-History.aspx A concise history of selenium’s photoconductive uses across photography exposure meters, solar cells, optical printers, and photocopiers.

Allotropic Forms — Selenice’s Three Battle States

Aalto University — Allotropy of Selenium https://wiki.aalto.fi/spaces/SSC/pages/234042954/Allotropy+of+selenium The most thorough publicly available breakdown of all eight selenium allotropes, including the three main forms — red (amorphous, unstable), black (glassy, brittle), and gray (crystalline, stable) — which map directly to Selenice’s Red, Obsidian, and Crystalline battle states.

ChemTalk — The Sublime Element Selenium https://chemistrytalk.org/selenium-element/ Clearly explains that red and black selenium are insulators while gray selenium is a semiconductor, and that red is the most reactive form. Directly supports the story’s Red Form as volatile and explosive, Black as defensive, and Gray as stable and precise.

PMC — Allotrope-Dependent Physicochemical and Optical Properties of Red and Grey Selenium Nanoparticles https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13093878/ Peer-reviewed research demonstrating the real structural and electronic differences between red amorphous and gray crystalline selenium at the nanoscale level, with Raman spectroscopy data confirming their distinct properties.

Royal Society of Chemistry — The Chemistry of Selenium https://books.rsc.org/books/edited-volume/1109/chapter/925535/The-Chemistry-of-Selenium An authoritative scientific chapter from the RSC covering selenium’s multiple allotropic forms, their thermodynamic stability relationships, and how temperature drives conversion between them.

Catalytic Properties — Selenice’s Spell Amplification Magic

Stanford Advanced Materials — Selenium: Element Properties and Uses https://www.samaterials.com/blog/selenium-element-properties-and-uses.html Covers selenium’s multiple oxidation states and their role in both semiconductor and catalytic industrial processes, directly supporting Selenice’s ability to act as a magical catalyst.

ScienceDirect — Selenium Overview https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/selenium Academic overview confirming selenium’s catalytic role in xerography and photovoltaic applications, and explaining its semiconducting and photoconductive nature as an accelerant in chemical reactions.

Antioxidant Properties — Selenice’s Curse & Corruption Cleansing

NIH/PubMed — Selenium as an Antioxidant: Roles and Clinical Applications https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11939285/ A comprehensive clinical review of how selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase (GPx) neutralizes reactive oxygen species and free radicals in the body — the precise biological mechanism behind Selenice’s corruption-cleansing and purification magic.

Science.org — Selenium: Biochemical Role as a Component of Glutathione Peroxidase https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.179.4073.588 The landmark original research paper from Science establishing selenium’s essential role in glutathione peroxidase. The foundational scientific paper for the antioxidant magic in the story.

NIH/PubMed — The Selenoprotein Glutathione Peroxidase 4 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9027222/ Detailed molecular research on how GPX4 eliminates lipid peroxides — harmful free radicals — using glutathione as a cofactor, explaining the precise biochemistry behind Selenice’s passive corruption-resistance aura.

Toxicity Duality — Selenice’s Healing That Can Harm

OAText — Selenium Nanoparticles: Pro-oxidant and Antioxidant Properties https://www.oatext.com/selenium-nanoparticles-an-insight-on-its-pro-oxidant-and-antioxidant-properties.php Directly addresses selenium’s narrow therapeutic window — the razor-thin margin between beneficial trace amounts and toxic excess — which is the core of Selenice’s greatest dramatic tension.

Chemistry Dictionary — Selenium: Uses, Properties and Interesting Facts https://chemistrydictionary.org/selenium/ Notes that selenium becomes severely toxic at doses as small as 500 micrograms, with effects similar to arsenic poisoning. Supports the story’s depiction of selenium toxicity as a real and serious physical threat.

NIH/PMC — Phenylselanyl Group Incorporation for GPx-Like Activity https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7435675/ Research paper confirming that the therapeutic window for organoselenium compounds is very narrow, making precision dosing essential — the exact principle that governs Selenice’s careful metering of her own magic output.

Geological Scarcity — Why Selenium Magic Is Rare & Irreplicable

Britannica — Selenium https://www.britannica.com/science/selenium Confirms selenium composes only approximately 90 parts per billion of Earth’s crust and is almost always found as a byproduct of copper refining rather than in independent deposits, directly supporting the story’s worldbuilding around selenium’s rarity.

USGS — Selenium (Critical Mineral Resources of the United States) https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/pp1802Q The authoritative U.S. Geological Survey scientific report on selenium as a critical and scarce mineral resource, recovered almost entirely as a copper refining byproduct. The definitive government source for selenium’s geological scarcity.

Earth Magazine — Mineral Resource of the Month: Selenium https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/mineral-resource-month-selenium/ USGS-sourced article confirming selenium is too dispersed in the crust to justify mining independently — it must be extracted as a byproduct. Supports the story’s argument that selenium magic is nearly impossible to replicate because the raw material is so hard to source.

WebElements — Selenium Geological Information https://www.webelements.com/selenium/geology.html Concise periodic table reference confirming selenium minerals are rare and the element is normally only extractable as a copper byproduct, reinforcing the scarcity of Selenice’s specific magic.

Semiconducting Properties — Selenice’s Magic Redirection & Circuit Breaking

ScienceDirect — A Review on Selenium and Tellurium Thermoelectric Materials https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0254058425002172 Research covering selenium’s semiconductor behavior in thermoelectric and electronic applications, supporting Selenice’s ability to act as a magical circuit breaker redirecting energy flows.

RSC Publishing — Thermal Conductivity of Selenium Crystals https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/cp/d5cp02310f/unauth A 2025 study confirming selenium’s significant potential in thermoelectric applications through its lattice dynamics and thermal transport properties — the scientific basis for Selenice’s heat-conversion magic.

Thermoelectric Properties — Selenice’s Elemental Energy Harvesting

NIH/PMC — Synthesis and Thermoelectric Properties of Selenium Nanoparticles https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6631964/ Peer-reviewed research on selenium’s thermoelectric power factor — its ability to convert thermal differentials into electrical energy — directly backing Selenice’s ability to harvest a dragon’s breath or a frost giant’s cold and convert it into usable magic.

AIP Publishing — Exploring the Thermoelectric Properties of Tin Selenide Nanostructures https://publishing.aip.org/publications/latest-content/exploring-the-thermoelectric-properties-of-tin-selenide-nanostructures/ Research confirming selenium-based compounds convert waste heat directly into electrical energy, the precise real-world mechanism behind Selenice’s thermal disruption zones in the story.

Silicon

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Article – Atomic Mass – https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/14/silicon

Article – Uses of element – https://www.vedantu.com/evs/facts-about-silicon

Article – Did You Know? – https://www.livescience.com/28893-silicon.html

Fact – Ore or rock extracted from – https://www.britannica.com/science/silicon

Fact – Color of metal, ore or Rock  – https://periodictable.com/Elements/014/data.html

Wiki – Magnetic? – https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-04508-5_29-1

Facts – Ductile? – https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/66202

Looks like – https://www.britannica.com/science/silicon 

Element to thank – https://www.livescience.com/28893-silicon.html

What is Silicon Dioxide – https://www.stonemania.co.uk/blog/what-is-silicon-dioxide

Found in many rocks – https://www.snexplores.org/article/scientists-say-silicon 

Difference between Silica and Quartz – https://www.jksilicas.com/info/differnce-between-silica-and-quartz-20100069.html

Quartz and Silica Minirals – https://www.thoughtco.com/quartz-and-silica-minerals-gallery-4123098 

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The Quartz Web / silicon-lattice signal network — Silonar’s crystal-based communication and data-reading draws on real piezoelectricity, the property that lets quartz convert mechanical stress into electrical signals (and vice versa), which is why quartz has been used in radios, sensors, and timekeeping for a century:

The dormant data-crystals and “geological memory” of the Vaultworks — this maps almost exactly onto real 5D optical data storage in nanostructured quartz glass, developed at the University of Southampton, which can encode vast amounts of information and remain stable for extremely long timescales:

Silicon as the literal foundation of “every technology on the planet” — this is a fairly direct reflection of real semiconductor science, where silicon’s crystal structure and doping properties make it the base material of essentially all modern electronics:

The Glass Plains of Serevath (silicon fused into natural glass by a catastrophic heat event) — this has a real-world analogue in fulgurites, natural glass formed when lightning (or other extreme heat events) fuses silica-rich sand:

The magnetite-rich Ferrous Ridges disrupting compasses and carrying signal — magnetite is a genuinely magnetic iron oxide mineral, and its magnetic/electrical behavior is well documented, supporting both the compass interference and the “natural semiconductor” framing:

Geothermal taps powering Ambervane’s lanterns, and silica’s role in geothermal systems — real geothermal plants draw on mineral-rich crust exactly as described, and silica scaling/behavior is a known engineering factor in these systems:

The “atomic mass of silicon to four decimal places” access code — silicon’s real standard atomic weight is 28.085, giving you a scientifically accurate value if you want the code itself to be numerically correct (28.0855 or 28.085, depending on precision source):

Tantalum

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Article – Atomic Mass – https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/73/tantalum

Article – Did You Know? – https://periodictable.com/Elements/073/index.html

Fact – Electrical? – https://www.geology.arkansas.gov/minerals/metallic/tantalum.html

Wiki – Magnetic? – https://www.xometry.com/resources/materials/tantulum/

Facts – Ductile? – https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/element/Tantalum

Article – Type of Element ie: Transition? – https://www.lenntech.com/periodic/elements/ta.htm

What is Tantalum? – https://www.admatinc.com/facts-about-tantalum/

Why is tantalum important – https://www.refractorymetal.org/why-tantalum-is-important/

How to find columbium tantalum ore – https://dasenmining.com/how-to-find-niobium-tantalum-ore/

How is tantalum found – https://www.samaterials.com/content/how-is-tantalum-found.html

Facinating facts about tantalum – https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/5-fascinating-facts-tantalum-deep-dive-world-tantalite/

Tantalite meanings and uses – https://www.crystaldigest.com/crystals/tantalite/

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Technetium

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Article – Atomic Mass – https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/43/technetium

Article – Did You Know? – https://www.livescience.com/34774-technetium.html

Fact – Ore or rock extracted from – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technetium

Fact – Electrical? – https://periodictable.com/Elements/043/data.html

Facts – Ductile? – https://keystagewiki.com/index.php/Technetium

Article – Type of Element ie: Transition? – https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/materials-science/learning-center/periodic-table/transition-metal/technetium.html

The first Synthetic Metal On Earth –   https://youtu.be/Hu42SH5iAps?si=b7Csl1t4DnrTxapy

Technetium – https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/T/technetium.html

Where does it come from –   https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/element/Technetium    

Where does it come from? –  https://mineralseducationcoalition.org/elements/technetium/   

Elements from the stars –   https://theconversation.com/elements-from-the-stars-the-unexpected-discovery-that-upended-astrophysics-66-years-ago-93916 –

Everything you ever wanted to know about Technetium – https://technetium43.weebly.com/

What is a cyclotron – https://testbook.com/physics/cyclotron

First manmade metal – https://periodic-table.rsc.org/element/43/technetium

Naturally Synthetic – https://episodictable.com/technetium/

Facts – https://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele043.html

Natural Technetium – https://www.nature.com/articles/nchem.271

Technetium History – https://www.webelements.com/technetium/history.html

Electrical Conductor – https://keystagewiki.com/index.php/Technetium

Properties – https://www.periodic-table.org/technetium-periodic-table/

Elements Electrical Conductivity Table – https://angstromsciences.com/elements-electrical-conductivity

Wiki – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technetium

Facts – https://www.americanelements.com/tc.html

Properties – https://www.isoflex.com/technetium-tc

Facts – https://sciencenotes.org/technetium-facts-atomic-number-43-element-symbol-tc/

Facts – https://www.chemicool.com/elements/technetium.html 

Facts – https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/element/Technetium

Articles – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/technetium

Technetium Carbide – https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-just-undiscovered-an-important-transition-metal-compound

Carbide undiscovered – https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160328143120.htm 

Technetium Story – https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/09/24/2695534.htm 

Technetium Star – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technetium_star

Article – https://pubsapp.acs.org/cen/80th/technetium.html?

Article – https://edu.rsc.org/elements/technetium/2020026.article

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General element facts (atomic structure, discovery, properties)

Technetium-99m and nuclear medicine (Decay Vision, biological catalysis)

Half-lives and radioactive decay (the Half-Life Curse)

These sources back up every real-science claim in the book: Technetium’s lack of stable isotopes, its 1937 cyclotron origin, the split personality of Tc-99m (6-hour half-life) versus Tc-99 (211,100-year half-life), its catalytic transition-metal behavior, and its central role in nuclear medicine imaging.

Sources:

Terbium

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Article – Atomic Mass – https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/65/terbium

Article – Did You Know? – https://www.radleys.com/blog/element-of-the-month-terbium

Fact – Ore or rock extracted from – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terbium

Fact – Electrical? – https://periodictable.com/Elements/065/data.html

Article – Type of Element ie: Transition? – https://www.britannica.com/science/terbium

Wiki – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terbium

What does it look like? –   https://www.britannica.com/science/terbium

 Bastnasite – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastn%C3%A4site

Laterite – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/terbium 

Laterite –   https://www.britannica.com/science/laterite

The Laterite story – https://www.new-territories.com/blog/india1/lateritelocationlibrary/

Georgia’s Laterite Deposits – https://eas.gatech.edu/news/hidden-gems-hunting-rare-earth-elements-georgia-kaolins

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1. Luminescent Revelation — Terlin’s power to make hidden things glow and reveal the truth

The Magic: By channeling light through the terbium crystal on his staff, Terlin exposes invisible ink, concealed doorways, disguised creatures, and even lies, all of which fluoresce a telltale color when touched by his magic.

The Real Science: Terbium compounds are famous for emitting a vivid, reliable green glow when exposed to ultraviolet light — a property called fluorescence. This effect is bright, consistent, and hard to fake, which is exactly why rare-earth phosphors like terbium are used in fluorescent lighting, display screens, and glow-based security and anti-counterfeiting applications.

Sources:

→ Terbium — Element Overview and Uses (Chemicool)

https://www.chemicool.com/elements/terbium.html

→ Terbium (Wikipedia overview, including fluorescence and phosphor applications)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terbium

2. Matter-Shaping and Telekinetic Precision — Terlin’s power to reshape metal and stone through resonance, not force

The Magic: Terlin can “persuade” metal and stone into new forms by channeling terbium energy through his staff, and exert fine, precise control over small metallic and mineral objects.

The Real Science: Terbium is a key ingredient in Terfenol-D, an alloy famous for giant magnetostriction — physically changing shape with real force and precision when placed in a magnetic field. This genuine effect converts magnetic energy directly into mechanical movement and is used in real-world sonar transducers and precision actuators.

Sources:

→ Terfenol-D (Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terfenol-D

→ Precision Moves With Magnetostriction (Machine Design)

https://www.machinedesign.com/news/article/21814578/precision-moves-with-magnetostriction

3. “Oxidizing Mode” and “Reducing Mode” — Terlin’s catalytic, adaptive magic

The Magic: Depending on what a situation requires, Terlin can either absorb and neutralize chaotic or corrupted magical energy, or donate stabilizing energy to reinforce something weakened — choosing whichever approach a moment calls for.

The Real Science: Most lanthanide elements are chemically “stuck” holding one fixed electrical charge (oxidation state). Terbium is unusual: it can shift between two stable oxidation states, Tb³⁺ and Tb⁴⁺, letting it accept or donate electrons depending on the surrounding chemistry — a real property that makes it useful as a catalyst.

Sources:

→ Terbium Compounds (Wikipedia — covers Tb³⁺ / Tb⁴⁺ oxidation states)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terbium_compounds

4. Ferromagnetic Fury — Terlin’s rare, emotion-triggered surge of power

The Magic: Under normal circumstances this facet of Terlin’s magic lies completely dormant. But during extreme emotional states — grief, fury, or overwhelming wonder — a sudden surge activates, making him temporarily far more powerful and pulling metallic objects violently toward or away from him.

The Real Science: Terbium is one of only a handful of elements that become ferromagnetic — a true, powerful magnet — but only under specific conditions: in terbium’s case, at very low temperatures, below roughly −54°C (219 K). Above that threshold, the effect simply isn’t present. The story reimagines that real “only under the right conditions” trigger as an emotional one instead of a thermal one.

Sources:

→ Magnetic Properties of Terbium Metal (U.S. Dept. of Energy / OSTI technical report)

https://www.osti.gov/biblio/4280728

→ Terbium (Wikipedia — ferromagnetism and Curie/Néel points)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terbium

5. Containment — Terlin’s power to safely absorb runaway magical energy

The Magic: Terlin can “drink” wild, escalating magical energy out of the air — or even out of a wound — planting his staff and containing a dangerous chain reaction before it can spread or explode.

The Real Science: Terbium has a high neutron-absorption cross-section, meaning it is genuinely effective at capturing neutrons, the particles that sustain nuclear chain reactions. Terbium-bearing materials (often combined with dysprosium) are used in real nuclear reactor control rods, where their job is to absorb excess neutron flux and keep a reaction safely under control rather than letting it run away.

Sources:

→ US Patent: Gray Control Rod Having a Neutron Absorber Comprising Terbium and Dysprosium (Google Patents)

https://patents.google.com/patent/US10650930

6. A Finite Reservoir — the real cost and limitation of Terlin’s magic

The Magic: Terlin’s magic is not freely renewable. Major workings exhaust him meaningfully, and recovery requires real rest and access to terbium-bearing minerals — which is why he is constantly collecting ore samples and studying geology wherever he travels.

The Real Science: Despite the common label “rare earth,” most lanthanides are not actually scarce in the Earth’s crust — but terbium genuinely is among the less abundant of them, and separating it from mixed mineral ores is a slow, specialized, resource-intensive process, which keeps global supply limited.

Sources:

→ USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2025 — Rare Earths (U.S. Geological Survey, official government data)

https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2025/mcs2025-rare-earths.pdf

Author’s Fantasy License

The science above is real and verifiable. Everything below it is invented for the story and has no basis in real chemistry or physics:

  • Terlin, Dorian, Corvindel, Elowen, Malkorath, and every other character in the book are fictional, as is the world of MarBryn itself.
  • No real element grants a person magical abilities. Terbium does not let anyone reveal invisible creatures, detect lies, reshape stone with their mind, absorb “magical” energy, or extend a human lifespan to 147 years — these are all imaginative extensions of real properties, not real effects.
  • Terbium’s real ferromagnetism only appears at extremely cold temperatures (below about −54°C), not in response to emotion. The story reimagines the trigger condition for dramatic effect; the underlying “only under specific conditions” idea is the only part borrowed from real science.
  • The in-world philosophy “No metal, no magic,” the planet MarBryn, its one moon, and the “Moon-Star” are entirely invented worldbuilding with no real-world scientific claim attached to them.
  • Dorian’s Voltstriders, Corvindel’s teleportation (“verdigris flicker”), and Elowen’s full-body liquefaction (“gallium glide”) are fictional abilities loosely inspired by real properties of magnetism, copper patina, and gallium’s low melting point, respectively — none of these real materials actually enable teleportation, liquefying a human body, or magnetic flight.

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Thallium

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Article – Atomic Mass – https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/81/thallium

Article – Where does element mainly occur? – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thallium

Fact – Ore or rock extracted from – https://www.britannica.com/science/thallium

Fact – Electrical? – https://periodictable.com/Elements/081/data.html

Facts – Ductile? – https://byjus.com/chemistry/thallium

Thallium metal – https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ershdb/emergencyresponsecard_29750026.html

Wiki – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thallium

Thallium – https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/T/thallium.html

The most toxic metal on earth – https://youtu.be/ZvgrXJwMm8I?si=uEQCFNbPDwzn7ERB

Thallium Element – https://schoolworkhelper.net/thallium-element-uses-facts/

Source of Thallium –   https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/81/thallium  

Thallous and Thallic – https://wwwn.cdc.gov/TSP/PHS/PHS.aspx?phsid=307&toxid=49

Galkhaite  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galkhaite

Thallium Info – https://mineralseducationcoalition.org/elements/thallium/

Thallium pollution – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412018329507

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Rare Earth Metals

Article – Are They Green or Not? – https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/rare-earth-elements.htm

Facts – Rare Earth Elements: Where in the World Are They? – https://www.visualcapitalist.com/rare-earth-elements-where-in-the-world-are-they/

Facts – turkey rare earth metals – https://www.wired.co.uk/article/turkey-rare-earth-metals

Video – Rare Earth Elements – https://youtu.be/QiQoMDZGCs4

Alloys and Compounds

Article – Alloys – https://flexbooks.ck12.org/cbook/ck-12-middle-school-physical-science-flexbook-2.0/section/5.11/primary/lesson/alloys-ms-ps/

Video – Alloys & Their Properties | Chemistry – https://youtu.be/R8RbkxwtTIE

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Article – The Difference Between Alloys and Compounds – https://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-alloy-and-vs-compound/

Wiki – Antimony Compounds – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Antimony_compounds

Article – Bromine Compounds – https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Bromine_compounds

Wiki – Calcium Bromate – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_bromate

Facts – Erbium Alloys – http://www.metall.com.cn/er.htm

Facts – Fluorine Compound – Fluorocarbon – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/fluorocarbon

Article – Fluorine Compound – Fluoride – https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-1068/fluoride

Facts – Iodine Compound – Povidone-Iodine – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/iodine-compounds

Facts – Metal Alloys From A to Z – https://www.thoughtco.com/list-of-alloys-by-base-metal-603716

Nickel Alloy – Alnico (nickel, aluminium and cobalt) Magnets – https://www.first4magnets.com/us/tech-centre-i1093/information-articles-i1401/alnico-magnet-information-i1412/what-are-alnico-magnets-i1413

Wiki – Potassium Compound – Potassium Sodium Tartrate – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_sodium_tartrate

Article – Potassium Compound – Potassium Chloride – https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/potassium-chloride

Facts – Potassium Compound – Saltpeter or Potassium Nitrate – https://www.thoughtco.com/saltpeter-or-potassium-nitrate-608490

Facts – Potassium Compound – Potassium Bisulfite – https://drugs.ncats.io/drug/QJK5LO891P

Rubidium Compound – Rubidium Carbonate – https://www.worldofchemicals.com/chemicals/chemical-properties/rubidium-carbonate.html

Wiki – Silver Compound – Silver Iodide – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_iodide

Wiki – Tin Alloy – Pewter (tin, antimony, copper, bismuth, and sometimes silver) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pewter

Article – Tin Alloys – http://www.totalmateria.com/Article26.htm

Facts – Wolfram (Tungsten) Alloys – Three Most Common – https://tungco.com/blog/3-common-types-tungsten-alloys-used-today/

Wiki – Tungsten Compound – Tungsten Carbide – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten_carbide

Facts – Vanadium Alloys – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/vanadium-alloys

Facts – Vanadium Compound Aniline – https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Aniline#section=Henry’s-Law-Constant

Article – Xenon – https://www.acsh.org/news/2022/03/07/xenon-stranger-gas-dreaded-chemistry-lesson-hell-16166

Facts – Ytterbium Compounds –https://www.webelements.com/compounds/ytterbium/ytterbium_selenide.html

Facts – Ytterbium Compound – Ytterbium Fluoride – https://www.americanelements.com/ytterbium-fluoride-13760-80-0

Article – Ytterbium Compound – Ytterbium Hydroxide https://www.futureengineers.org/namethatmolecule/gallery/3141

Zinc Compound – Zinc Chloride – https://go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB14533

Zinc – Galvanized Steel (Zinc/Iron Alloy) – https://teampacesetter.com/blog/galvanized-steel/

Allotropes and Isotopes

Wiki – Allotrope – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotropy

Video – Allotrope – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-Q_00aPqpU

Article – Awesome Allotropy – https://www.nature.com/articles/nmat2895

Wiki – Isotope – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotope

Video – Isotope – https://www.khanacademy.org/science/ap-chemistry-beta/x2eef969c74e0d802:atomic-structure-and-properties/x2eef969c74e0d802:mass-spectrometry-of-elements/v/isotopes

Article – Isotope Meaning – https://byjus.com/chemistry/isotope-meaning/

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