Ytterby – The Episodic Table of Elements

65. Terbium: The Joy of Tedium

July 27, 2020

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Acids & Bases, Acoustics, Alloys, Carl Gustaf Mosander, Jons Jacob Berzelius, Magnetism, Mineralogy, X-rays, Ytterby

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For more than one reason, element 65 makes the short list of “most annoying elements.”

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64. Gadolinium: Three Wise Men

July 13, 2020

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Etymology, Finland, Gustav and Heinrich Rose, IUPAC, Jean-Charles Galissard, Johan Gadolin, Magnetism, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Medicine, Porcelain, Ytterby

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Like Luke Skywalker, today’s tale takes a farmboy to greatness.

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39. Yttrium: It’s A Quiet Village

June 17, 2019

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Carl Axel Arrhenius, Carl Mosander, Electricity, Etymology, Friedrich Wohler, Japan, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, Johan Gadolin, Lasers, Michael Collins, Mining, Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Space Exploration, Superconductors, Sweden, Television, Ultracold Experiments, Ytterby

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Welcome to the sleepy Swedish town of Ytterby. I hope you like it, because we’ll be spending an awful lot of time there later in the series.

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