IUPAC – The Episodic Table of Elements

64. Gadolinium: Three Wise Men

July 13, 2020

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Etymology, Finland, Gustav and Heinrich Rose, IUPAC, Jean-Charles Galissard, Johan Gadolin, Magnetism, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Medicine, Porcelain, Ytterby

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Like Luke Skywalker, today’s tale takes a farmboy to greatness.

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4. Beryllium: The Modern Sisyphus

January 29, 2018

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Enrico Fermi, Etymology, Italy, IUPAC, Labor, Los Alamos, Mineralogy, Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin, Nuclear Weapons, Pliny the Elder, Rome, United States

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As we try to dive deep into beryllium, we discover its irritating tendency to send us back to the beginning.

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0. Everything The Light Touches

January 1, 2018

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Alexandre-Emile Beguyer de Chancourtois, Dmitri Mendeleev, France, IUPAC, John Newlands, Lothar Meyer, Multiple Discovery, Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Periodic Table, Russia, Television, Theodor Benfey

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In this episode, learn how Dmitri Mendeleev overcame a difficult childhood to become known as the Father of the Periodic Table.

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