Robert Bunsen – 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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7. Nitrogen: Taking The Good With The Bad

February 19, 2018

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Adolf Hitler, Agriculture, Alfred Nobel, Belgium, Biology, Clara Immerwahr, Ernest Rutherford, Etymology, Fritz Haber, Germany, Gilbert Lewis, Guano, Pharmaceuticals, Poetry, Poisons, Robert Bunsen, Women In Science, World War I, World War II

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Today we meet one man who’s responsible for the death of millions — and the survival of billions.

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