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Tag Archives: elements
An elemental excursion
Last December I was fortunate enough to find myself in Sweden for almost a week to join in with the celebrations surrounding the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. It’s hard to put into words just what that was like (although … Continue reading
Posted in History of science, Life in general
Tagged #chemnobel, 2016 nobel prize in chemistry, arrhenius, chemistry, elements, erbium, feringa, gadolin, history of chemistry, molecular machines, nobel, nobel medal, nobel prize, periodic table, rare earths, sauvage, stoddart, terbium, vaxholm, ytterbium, ytterby, yttrium
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The heaviest naturally occurring element on Earth?
OK, let’s make sure that we’re clear on the question first. By ‘heaviest’, I mean the element with the largest atomic number. By ‘naturally occurring’, I mean pretend that humans have never existed on this planet (probably would have turned … Continue reading
Posted in Quiz time!
Tagged americium, berkelium, californium, chemistry, curium, earth, einsteinium, elements, emsley, fermium, heaviest element, isotopes, naturally occurring, neptunium, neutron capture, plutonium, primordial elements, transuranic, uranium, wikipedia
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The periodic table of Twitter
So, you’re a chemist and you’ve finally decided to find out what all the fuss is about with this thing called Twitter. You decide to sign up, but, for whatever reason, you don’t fancy using your own name. Maybe an … Continue reading
Posted in Fun
Tagged bacon, chemistry, drrubidium, elements, naughty xenon, periodic table, twitter
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