Bobby’s Internet Nook

Category: Writings

  • Addressing the Group 3 Dilemma: A New Perspective

    Originally written in March 2020 as part of an undergraduate writing project. Abstract Which two elements should be put in group 3 under scandium (Sc) and yttrium (Y) with the d-block elements in the periodic table: lanthanum (La) and actinium (Ac), or lutetium (Lu) and lawrencium (Lr)? More than three decades after William Jensen’s article…

  • Addressing the PFAS Action Act Debate – A Paper

    Should the U.S. government enact the PFAS Action Act of 2019 (H.R. 535) to address the widespread PFAS contamination? Named “forever chemicals,” the family of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) containing over 4000 chemicals has silently permeated into people’s lives since its first appearance in the 1930s. Today, their existence can be found in items…