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Tag Archives: elements
Elements of research
I’ve seen a few periodic tables doing the rounds on Twitter where people have filled in the elements that they’ve worked with. This is not a new thing — I’ve seen these over the last few years — but with it currently … Continue reading
Posted in Fun
Tagged #IYPT, #IYPT2019, chemical elements, elements, lab work, periodic table
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Periodic car Scrabble
Sources: Elements (the periodic table, duh) | Scrabble words | International licence plates
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Tagged #IYPT, #IYPT2019, car registration, elements, periodic table, Scrabble, two-letter words, Venn diagrams
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Promethium unbound
At some point in the last few years I volunteered to write one of the In Your Element essays that appear on the last page of each issue of Nature Chemistry. Anne, the editor who looks after the series, has … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged aliens, chemical elements, elements, francium, in your element, jacs, nature, periodic table, pnas, prometheus, promethium, przybylskis star, segrè, technetium
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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
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Tagged bacon, chemistry, drrubidium, elements, naughty xenon, periodic table, twitter
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