Movie Science – The Episodic Table of Elements

54. Xenon: Ignoble Gas

February 10, 2020

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Art & Science, Atomic Structure, IBM, Ions, Movie Science, Neil Bartlett, Oxidation, Photography, Poetry, Russia, Sports, Surgery, Ultracold Experiments, William Ramsay

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Truly strange things start to happen when you breathe this rarefied air.

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46. Palladium: The Old Razzle Dazzle

September 23, 2019

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Astronomy, Automobiles, Cold Fusion, Etymology, Martin Fleischmann, Movie Science, Music, New York City, Nuclear Power, Platinum Group, Poetry, Protocol, Richard Chenevix, Stanley Pons, William Hyde Wollaston

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Those people who’ve been involved with palladium’s history seem to harbor a dubious predilection for stretching the truth.

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