Podcast – Page 20 – The Episodic Table of Elements

24. Chromium: I’ll Be Your Mirror

November 5, 2018

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Alloys, Architecture, Art Deco, Automobiles, Harley Earl, Industrial Design, Jeff Koons, New York City, Pollution, Sculpture, Star Trek

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It might be tempting to speed right on by, but it’s worth stopping for a moment to gaze at element 24.

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23. Vanadium: Beauty In The Background

October 22, 2018

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Abraham Wald, Alloys, Andres Manuel del Rio, Anthropology, Automobiles, Biology, Friedrich Wohler, Henry Ford, Jons Jacob Berzelius, Marine Biology, Multiple Discovery, Mythology, Nils Sefstrom, Star Trek, Weaponry, World War II

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From freeways to firefights to unfathomable depths, vanadium can often be found quietly doing the hardest work.

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22. Titanium: Dignity Over Dentures

October 8, 2018

6:00 am

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Bone, Dentistry, Etymology, Frank Gehry, Guggenheim, Jewelry, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Medicine, Mythology, Nuclear Weapons, Per-Ingvar Branemark, Psychology, Spain, Sports

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Titanium is an element valued as much for its beauty as its strength — provided you can find a genuine sample of the stuff.

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21. Scandium: Spoiling For A Fight

September 24, 2018

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Agriculture, Alloys, Atomic Bonding, Australia, Cricket, Dmitri Mendeleev, Etymology, Illumination, Nuclear Weapons, Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Russia, Sports, Strategic Defense Initiative, Sweden, The Cold War, Transition Metals, United States

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From jet fighters to sporting events to Low Earth Orbit, scandium seems to find itself at the center of conflict.

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