Laboratory Equipment – The Episodic Table of Elements

37. Rubidium: What’s Cooler Than Being Cool?

May 20, 2019

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Bose-Einstein Condensate, Etymology, Gustav Kirchhoff, Laboratory Equipment, Lasers, Robert Bunsen, Satyendra Nath Bose, Spectroscopy, States Of Matter, Thermodynamics, Ultracold Experiments

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Rubidium is more explosive than the alkali metals above it on the table, but it’s much more interesting when it’s standing almost perfectly still.

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5. Boron: Working Hard, Or Hardly Working?

February 5, 2018

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Crystal Structure, Glass, Hardness, Joseph von Fraunhofer, Laboratory Equipment, United States, World War II

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Today, we look past boron’s hard exterior to get acquainted with its softer side. Its confusing, gooey, softer side.

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