The Elements
A hitchhiker's guide to the elements. John Emsley, University of Cambridge, takes you on a tour of the Periodic Table.
The Elements
The Elements
John Emsley, University of Cambridge, takes you on a tour of the Periodic Table. In this issue: not just another form of silver, it's pure platinum
The Elements
John Emsley, University of Cambridge, takes you on a tour of the periodic table. In this issue: It's lazy, it's hard working, it's colourless, it's colourful - it's argon
The Elements
John Emsley, University of Cambridge, takes you on a tour of the periodic table. In this issue: Wear it sparkling on your finger, zirconium is also key to nuclear energy
The Elements
John Emsley, University of Cambridge, takes you on a tour of the periodic table. In this issue: Once so essential, now mired in controversy is bromine
The Elements
John Emsley, University of Cambridge, takes you on a tour of the periodic table. In this issue: Once the destroyer of cities, magnesium is now an energy saver
The Elements
John Emsley, University of Cambridge, takes you on a tour of the periodic table. In this issue: Americium emits deadly radiation - but every home should have some
The Elements
John Emsley, University of Cambridge, takes you on a tour of the periodic table. In this issue: gold - colourful in the colours it exhibits, and in its chemistry and uses
The Elements
John Emsley, University of Cambridge, takes you on a tour of the Periodic Table. In this issue: a knock-out element, xenon changed chemical theory of the noble gases
The Elements
John Emsley, University of Cambridge, takes you on a tour of the Periodic Table. In this issue: forget iron and aluminium, titanium is the metal of the future
The Elements
John Emsley, University of Cambridge, takes you on a tour of the Periodic Table. In this issue: long neglected, indium is essential for solar cells and flat-screen TVs
The Elements
John Emsley, University of Cambridge, takes you on a tour of the Periodic Table. In this issue: Can this most vicious of elements, Fluorine, be tamed?
The Elements
John Emsley, University of Cambridge, takes you on a tour of the Periodic Table. In this issue: seeing red? that will be europium
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Antimony revisited
The intriguing chemistry of antimony, one of the earliest elements to be discovered
Mendeleev - the man and his legacy...
A look at the life and work of Russia's most famous chemist, who died 100 years ago
The Periodic Tables of Mendeleev
How Mendeleev corrected the atomic weights of In, Ce and U, and thus constructed the remarkable Periodic Table of 1871
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Introducing Chemistry in its element: a tour of the periodic table. A leading scientist or author tells the stories behind the elements in each weekly five minute podcast
