Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements/PTG/state-of-matter

PTG (talk)
Periodic Table Graphics

Themes
(the sciences)
WT:ELEM

Graphics
(the presentations)

Blocks
(BLOCK) (talk)

State of Matter
(SOM) (talk)

Micro-PT
(MICRO) (talk)

Metal-Nonmetal
(M-nonM) (talk)

Resources
(sets, more)

See also this parallel talk

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Elements § Emergency edit: remove fontcoloring State-of-Matter

Current version (~2020)

• • Set:  "2020"  ()
  • Theme=categories
  • Set-page=000000
  • Set-tests=[[2020/tests]]
  • Status=Live
  • Descr=current live set
  • dob=2020-11-30
  • link1=[[{{Periodic table}}]]

Developing

• • Set:  "2021-som1"  ()
  • Theme=000000
  • Set-page=000000
  • Set-tests=[[2021-som1/tests]]
  • Status=dev
  • Descr=solve wl-blue contrast issue
  • dob=2021-01-23

State of Matter theme

• PTG/theme-state-of-matter

• In this theme, as a science, there is discussion on SoM should be noted as "of the real world material" (like O₂, diamnd/graphite C), or plasma-phase (more physical) property. WT:ELEM.

Emergency edit: fontcolors into black (2021-01-23)

See also this parallel talk: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Elements § Emergency edit: remove fontcoloring State-of-Matter

• All fontcolors are set to be black. Contrast problems too bad. -DePiep (talk) 19:13, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Details (2021-01-23)

These two edits did it:

[1] ({{Element_color}})

[2] {{Periodic table legend/State of matter}}

Mainspace articles affected:

• Chemical element
• Timeline of chemical element discoveries
• Periodic table
• Period 3 element
• Valence (chemistry)
• Standard atomic weight
• Naming of chemical elements

2020

Color set

By font color

• A  solid → #000000 
• A  liquid → #000000 
• A  gas → #000000 
• A  unknown phase → #000000 

Wikilink blue

• A  wikilink → #0645ad 
• A  wikilink visited → #0B0080 Note: wikilink, visited

Legend=empty by Emergency edit.

State of matter

Contrast

PTG: Contrast check for SoM font colors ("2020") (current live set) · Set definition: PTG/set/2020
sort	name	bg	font	ratio	conf w3c		lum [0–1]	Hue [0–360]		HSL Sat [0–1]	HSL Lum [0–1]		HSV Sat [0–1]	HSV Val [0–1]	RGB dec [0–255]	note
																​
61	s-block	#ff9999	#000000	10.27	AAA		0.46	0	​	1	0.8		0.4	1	255-153-153	AlkMetal
61	s-block	#ff9999	#cb0000	2.9	none											H, He
61	s-block	#ff9999	#646464	2.89	none											Unk
61	s-block	#ff9999	#0645ad	4.17	none											wl
62	p-block	#fdff8c	#000000	19.86	AAA		0.94	61	​	1	0.775		0.451	1	253-255-140	solid
62	p-block	#fdff8c	#007000	5.99	AA											Br
62	p-block	#fdff8c	#cb0000	5.61	AA											N, O, F etc.
62	p-block	#fdff8c	#646464	5.6	AA											Unk
62	p-block	#fdff8c	#0645ad	8.06	AAA											wl
63	d-block	#99ccff	#000000	12.44	AAA		0.57	210	​	1	0.8		0.4	1	153-204-255	solid
63	d-block	#99ccff	#007000	3.75	none											Hg
63	d-block	#99ccff	#646464	3.5	none											Unk
63	d-block	#99ccff	#0645ad	5.05	AA											wl
64	f-block	#9bff99	#000000	17.16	AAA		0.81	118.8	​	1	0.8		0.4	1	155-255-153	solid
64	f-block	#9bff99	#646464	4.83	AA											Unk
64	f-block	#9bff99	#0645ad	6.97	AA											wl
65	g-block	#fd99ff	#646464	3.15	none		0.51	298.8	​	1	0.8		0.4	1	253-153-255	UNK all in g-block
65	g-block	#fd99ff	#0645ad	4.54	AA											wl

Combinations not present

PTG: Contrast check for SoM font colors ("2020") (current live set) · Set definition: PTG/set/2020
sort	name	bg	font	ratio	conf w3c		lum [0–1]	Hue [0–360]		HSL Sat [0–1]	HSL Lum [0–1]		HSV Sat [0–1]	HSV Val [0–1]	RGB dec [0–255]	note
																​
61	s-block	#ff9999	#007000	3.1	none											----
63	d-block	#99ccff	#cb0000	3.51	none											----
64	f-block	#9bff99	#007000	5.17	AA											----
64	f-block	#9bff99	#cb0000	4.85	AA											----
65	g-block	#fd99ff	#000000	11.18	AAA											----
65	g-block	#fd99ff	#007000	3.37	none											----
65	g-block	#fd99ff	#cb0000	3.16	none											----

Blind PT

Periodic table (WP:PTG, set="2020")
	☐	☐	☐					☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
◯	氫																氦
◯	鋰	鈹										硼	碳	氮	氧	氟	氖
◯	鈉	鎂										鋁	矽	磷	硫	氯	氬
◯	鉀	鈣					鈧	鈦	釩	銅	鋅	鎵	鍺	砷	硒	溴	氪
◯	銣	鍶					釔	鋯	鈮	銀	鎘	銦	錫	銻	碲	碘	氙
◯	銫	鋇	鑭	鈰	鐠	鐿	鎦	鉿	鉭	金	汞	鉈	鉛	鉍	釙	砈	氡
◯	鍅	鐳	錒	釷	鏷	鍩	鐒	鑪	𨧀	錀	鎶	鉨	鈇	鏌	鉝	鿬	鿫 "xxxline-height:1em;"

2021-som1

(lol name/id: has nothing to do with SoM because we don't want to go back to (SoM)-fontcolors). -DePiep (talk) 01:03, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

• Topic 'block bg colors' move to Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements/PTG/blocks#Block-wl color contrast. -DePiep (talk) 17:40, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

SOM-icons

April 5, 2021

Periodic table

Group	1	2		3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Hydrogen & alkali metals	Alkaline earth metals														Pnicto­gens	Chal­co­gens	Halo­gens	Noble gases
Period ①	hydro­genH1																		he­liumHe2
②	lith­iumLi3	beryl­liumBe4												boronB5	carbonC6	nitro­genN7	oxy­genO8	fluor­ineF9	neonNe10
③	so­diumNa11	magne­siumMg12												alumin­iumAl13	sili­conSi14	phos­phorusP15	sulfurS16	chlor­ineCl17	argonAr18
④	potas­siumK19	cal­ciumCa20		scan­diumSc21	tita­niumTi22	vana­diumV23	chrom­iumCr24	manga­neseMn25	ironFe26	cobaltCo27	nickelNi28	copperCu29	zincZn30	galliumGa31	germa­niumGe32	arsenicAs33	sele­niumSe34	bromineBr35	kryp­tonKr36
⑤	rubid­iumRb37	stront­iumSr38		yttriumY39	zirco­niumZr40	nio­biumNb41	molyb­denumMo42	tech­netiumTc43	ruthe­niumRu44	rho­diumRh45	pallad­iumPd46	silverAg47	cad­miumCd48	indiumIn49	tinSn50	anti­monySb51	tellur­iumTe52	iodineI53	xenonXe54
⑥	cae­siumCs55	ba­riumBa56		lute­tiumLu71	haf­niumHf72	tanta­lumTa73	tung­stenW74	rhe­niumRe75	os­miumOs76	iridiumIr77	plat­inumPt78	goldAu79	mer­curyHg80	thalliumTl81	leadPb82	bis­muthBi83	polo­niumPo84	asta­tineAt85	radonRn86
⑦	fran­ciumFr87	ra­diumRa88		lawren­ciumLr103	ruther­fordiumRf104	dub­niumDb105	sea­borgiumSg106	bohr­iumBh107	has­siumHs108	meit­neriumMt109	darm­stadtiumDs110	roent­geniumRg111	coper­niciumCn112	nihon­iumNh113	flerov­iumFl114	moscov­iumMc115	liver­moriumLv116	tenness­ineTs117	oga­nessonOg118
				lan­thanumLa57	ceriumCe58	praseo­dymiumPr59	neo­dymiumNd60	prome­thiumPm61	sama­riumSm62	europ­iumEu63	gadolin­iumGd64	ter­biumTb65	dyspro­siumDy66	hol­miumHo67	erbiumEr68	thuliumTm69	ytter­biumYb70
				actin­iumAc89	thor­iumTh90	protac­tiniumPa91	ura­niumU92	neptu­niumNp93	pluto­niumPu94	ameri­ciumAm95	curiumCm96	berkel­iumBk97	califor­niumCf98	einstei­niumEs99	fer­miumFm100	mende­leviumMd101	nobel­iumNo102

Legend: State of matter
	Gas
	Liquid
	Solid
	Phase unknown

Icons & templates

DePiep (talk) 22:11, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

{{Element cell-named/som-image}} -- cell

Icons background

Icon images development

These sets of icons are mentioned:

• LP03, 2021-01-18 [3]

Solid: A black cube, like

Liquid: A black teardrop, like

Gas: A black cloud, like

Unknown phase: A black question mark, like

• YBG, 2021-01-25 [4]

- a cloud for gasses

- a drop for liquids

- a cube for solids

• DePiep, 2021-01-27

DePiep (talk) 22:11, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

• DePiep, Unicode characters
• U+1F4A7 💧 DROPLET
• U+1F322 🌢 BLACK DROPLET
• U+286A ⡪ BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2467

Responses & commentary

Worth thinking about: Plasma (physics) phase? -DePiep (talk) 22:19, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

No. -DePiep (talk) 22:08, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Plasma is not needed in a PT context, though if there were any chance the icon set would be used in contexts broader that the PT, it would be a plus to have a coherent set of four. But not sufficiently a plus that it should derail progress.

Any of these would work for me. DePiep's has the interesting characteristic that when presented as shown above they look like a candle with a flame and smoke. YBG (talk) 07:40, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

OK, won't create a plasm one then (Double sharp also note this at WT:ELEM). Will work on a PT-implementation. As I mentioned before, for recognisability when font-size small, I prefer the simple 2D ones. And yes, a candle :-) BTW, I think the gas-dots are not randomly enough, can't help thinking about domino tiles ;-) -DePiep (talk) 12:06, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

I think there might be some benefit to having 3-D effects visible at larger sizes provided they automagically disappear into invisibility at smaller sizes.

As to making the dots more random, consider these possibilities (1) remove the 2nd-from-bottom dot on the left; (2) make some of the dots a different size or different shape.

YBG (talk) 06:07, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

re "3D when in larger sizes" -- in which situation would this help? 2D-to-3D (icon-to-image!) does not make its legend superfluous (iow image still needs clarification). And when these are in here, there are about 5–9 data facts per cell. So imo no need for extra details. We surely should see a full PT mockup first (also, because I think that supports my points ;-) ). Working on this. -DePiep (talk) 22:20, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

FWIW, my favourite is LP03's, but I'd be fine with any. Double sharp (talk) 08:00, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Se my reply to YBG above. -DePiep (talk) 22:20, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

• First demo in PT: {{Periodic table/som-image}}. -DePiep (talk) 21:26, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

The more I think about it - and now especially that I've seen your example - the more I think that the 3D effect is helpful. These black rectangles look to me like so many scraps of carbon paper. YBG (talk) 06:30, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

+1 Double sharp (talk) 07:16, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

−1 We have to show 118 statuses, and showing a pattern with it. So better use icons/symbols, not images.

As with background colors, to do so icons or symbols can do this; a picture does not help at all. The profit is: once you know the mental-easy meaning of a well-chosen symbol, only once, one cannot unknow it and one will recognise it easily by looking not by 'interpreting'. Best illustration for this: A-B-C-... Would you be helpd reading a book or paper when the alphabet was 3D? Images? Above this, the cell has much more info (esp. text and numbers), which makes it hartder to distinguish details (like, giving meaning to serif/non-serif font distinction). All in all, the question here is presenting information, not eh documenting it. -DePiep (talk) 18:00, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Information

Now the result for Fl (predicted liquid) seems to be formally published: [5]. So if one wanted, one could definitely write a cited predicted state for the transactinoids too: all solid, except Cn and Fl liquids. (It may be useful in some cases even if we eventually decide not to do it for the main PT.) Double sharp (talk) 09:17, 1 March 2021 (UTC)