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When you really want to suck all the air out of a room, barium will help you out.
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40. Zirconium: Burning Up, Melting Down
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Today, we reach the last element on the periodic table — but only alphabetically speaking.
39. Yttrium: It’s A Quiet Village
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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.
30. Zinc: The Lecture Circuit
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Learn about some of Italy’s most renowned chemists and how they inspired a most gruesome quest to conquer death.