Elemental

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To celebrate 150 years of the periodic table, get to know the back story of every element with our intrepid scientific hosts.

Science 98 recordings 2019 → today 2 episodes a week updated Dec 22, 2019

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Zirconium - shape-shifting time capsule contributed by Lukas · Dec 22, 2019

Zinc - more useful than you realise contributed by Lukas · Dec 19, 2019

Yttrium - here's that village Ytterby again contributed by Lukas · Dec 15, 2019

Ytterbium - yet another element named after Ytterby contributed by Lukas · Dec 12, 2019

Xenon - a stranger in search of strange particles contributed by Lukas · Dec 10, 2019

Vanadium - Model T Fords, big batteries & sea squirts contributed by Lukas · Dec 8, 2019

Uranium - first radioactive element to be discovered contributed by Lukas · Dec 5, 2019

Tungsten - highest melting point of any metal contributed by Lukas · Dec 1, 2019

Titanium - light, strong & quite pretty contributed by Lukas · Nov 28, 2019

Tin - from whistles to organ pipes & anti-fouling paint contributed by Lukas · Nov 26, 2019

Thulium - the most laborious of the lanthanoids contributed by Lukas · Nov 24, 2019

Thorium - potential source of cleaner nuclear energy contributed by Lukas · Nov 21, 2019

Thallium - the poisoner's poison contributed by Lukas · Nov 17, 2019

Terbium - turns up in old TVs & new Euro notes contributed by Lukas · Nov 14, 2019

Tellurium - usually associated with gold contributed by Lukas · Nov 10, 2019

Technetium - the first synthetic element contributed by Lukas · Nov 7, 2019

Tantalum - a tantalising chemical element contributed by Lukas · Nov 3, 2019

Sulfur - king of bad smells contributed by Lukas · Oct 31, 2019

Strontium - from sensitive teeth toothpaste to nuclear fission contributed by Lukas · Oct 27, 2019

Sodium - a salt of the earth spectator contributed by Lukas · Oct 24, 2019

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