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Tag Archives: Periodic Table
Sniffing out the mystery chemistry of superheavy atoms
Remember the periodic table from your high school classroom? The table orders elements by how the valence electrons in their atoms are arranged. However, quantum physics calculations predict that in elements with atomic number greater than 103, the electrons are … Continue reading
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Tagged berkelium, dubnium, FIONA, flerovium, gas chromatography, gas-filled separator, holmium, livermorium, magnetic rigidity, Periodic Table, physical chemistry, radioactive decay, rutherfordium, special theory of relativity, superheavy elements, valence electrons
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A Periodic Table of history lessons
This is pretty cool. Twitter user @jamiebgall tweeted this picture he’d made of the Periodic Table, showing each element alongside the nationality of its discoverer. It’s so simple, yet it says a lot about different countries’ scientific programs and, if … Continue reading