The Cold War – The Episodic Table of Elements

36. Krypton: It’s A Metric

May 6, 2019

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Comics, Dmitri Mendeleev, France, Geography, International System of Units, James Clerk Maxwell, Napoleon, Nobel Prizes, Radioactivity, Space Exploration, Spectroscopy, The Cold War, William Ramsay

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Like argon, today’s noble gas coincidentally features prominently in science fiction — albeit in name only. But krypton also takes a place in the science factual story of international weights and measures.

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25. Manganese: Undercover Operations

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November 19, 2018

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Bone, Botany, CIA, Comics, Cosmetics, Henry Kissinger, Howard Hughes, Iron Man, Marine Biology, Neanderthals, Paleontology, Prehistory, Sharks, Soviet Union, Stan Lee, Star Trek, The Cold War

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From giant prehistoric sharks to clandestine Cold War projects, manganese is an element that has concealed a lot of secrets.

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21. Scandium: Spoiling For A Fight

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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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