[Kalzium] kalzium icon proposal

[Marcus D. Hanwell]

On Sunday 27 May 2007 20:23:35 Alexandr Goncearenco wrote:
> On Sunday 27 May 2007, noemie scherer wrote:
> > Hello,
> > Here are three icon proposals for kalzium :
> >  C  : a diamond
> > Hg : a thermometer
>
> that's a bit strange to me to see a mercury thermometer with a red liquid.
> Red colored thermometers are typically alcohol-based.
> You even colored the reservoir in shiny silver, but the tube has red liquid

I was just about to say the same thing - red liquid is usually alcohol and it 
made me think of an alcohol based thermometer. Would be great if you could 
alter it to use the same shiny silver as the reservoir.
>
> > Pb : a bullet (this one was not in the idea list)
>
> let's make peace, not bullets!
> I can imagine a lead-acid battery, but this seams to be taken by Sb and Li.
> But the best could be a fishing-rod with a lead sinker. That's why it is
> called plummet/plomb/plombino/plomo (Pb).
>
I really like the bullet and I think rightly or wrongly a lot of people think 
of bullets when they think of lead - I'll pump you full of lead! I suppose it 
will change to armour piercing depleted uranium soon... The technology moves 
on ;-)

Love the work and welcome :)

Marcus


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