Podcast – Page 15 – The Episodic Table of Elements

41. Niobium: No More Tears

July 15, 2019

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We delve into elemental etymology today, and get to investigate a chemical phenomenon.

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40. Zirconium: Burning Up, Melting Down

July 1, 2019

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Earthquakes, Electricity, Fukushima, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Mineralogy, Mythology, Nuclear Accidents, Nuclear Power, Radioactivity, Tsunamis

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Today, we reach the last element on the periodic table — but only alphabetically speaking.

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39. Yttrium: It’s A Quiet Village

June 17, 2019

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Carl Axel Arrhenius, Carl Mosander, Electricity, Etymology, Friedrich Wohler, Japan, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, Johan Gadolin, Lasers, Michael Collins, Mining, Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Space Exploration, Superconductors, Sweden, Television, Ultracold Experiments, Ytterby

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Welcome to the sleepy Swedish town of Ytterby. I hope you like it, because we’ll be spending an awful lot of time there later in the series.

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38. Strontium: Little Town

June 3, 2019

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Atomic Structure, Mining, Nuclear Weapons, Pharmaceuticals, Radioactivity, Russia, Television, Women In Science

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Let’s look past the bad reputation this element has to learn how it’s an essential part of an idyllic childhood.

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