Nuclear Weapons – Page 3 – The Episodic Table of Elements

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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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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2. Helium: Above All That

January 15, 2018

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Annie Besant, Astronomy, Atomic Bonding, Atomic Structure, Glass, Joseph von Fraunhofer, Multiple Discovery, Norman Lockyer, Nuclear Weapons, Occultism, Pierre Janssen, Spectroscopy, The Big Bang

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This week, we try to interact with helium, even though it really doesn’t want to. Plus, we explore the occult side of chemistry, as described by the theosophists.

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