Elemental music: Interactive periodic table turns He, Fe, Ca into Do, Re, Mi. Hydrogen has a scale pattern; zinc "sounds like an angelic vocalist singing with vibrato." ...

In chemistry, we have He, Fe and Ca—but what about do, re and mi? Hauntingly beautiful melodies aren't the first things that come to mind when looking at the periodic table of the elements.

This graphic, spotted by inhabitat, presents the information found in a traditional periodic table with pictographs and labels indicating where you might encounter each element in your life.

For example, iron is necessary for producing haemoglobin, a protein found in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. Zinc helps our cells work properly, grow ...