Periodic Videos is a series of videos about chemical elements and the periodic table, featuring Sir Martyn Poliakoff (“The Professor”), Peter Licence, Stephen Liddle, Debbie Kays, Neil Barnes, Sam Tang and others at the University of Nottingham.
From Periodic Videos. We make a battery with Prime drink, copper coins and zinc washers. Extra footage at: https://youtu.be/rDQhfzazz7s — More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Featuring Professors Darren Walsh and Sir Martyn Polikaoff. Thanks also to Jack Jordan, Adeifeoluwa Jolaosho and Will Balkwill-Western. Cheeseburger in HCl – https://youtu.be/NddZ5ftQb0Q Coke in Liquid Nitrogen…
From Periodic Videos. An old friend returns in this video about making Thalidomide. Here’s the full interview with Edoardo: https://youtu.be/122shwePafM – More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Featuring Martyn Poliakoff, Miriam O’Duill & Edoardo Bandieri (in Italy) The Chem Spider article by Emanuel Bruno Savini & Edoardo Bandieri – https://cssp.chemspider.com/Article.aspx?id=964 A special visitor…
From Periodic Videos. We have a new epic video about Tungsten. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ To learn more about the technicians website we mentioned, see https://www.technicians.org.uk This video features Professor Martyn Poliakoff, Neil Barnes and Alex Kibler. It was filmed, edited and produced by Brady Haran. Thanks to Midwest Tungsten Service…
From Periodic Videos. We look at a published chemical structure for the mythical Spice Melange from the Dune science fiction series. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Featuring Jessie Groves (senior technician), Martyn Poliakoff and Robert Stockman. Thanks also to Finlay Dowton, Konstantina Nikolaou, Albert Reynolds, and Zachary Douglas (who is a postgrad,…
From Periodic Videos. We’re at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where the element Berkelium has "come home" for some cutting edge research. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ With thanks to Professor Polly Arnold and her group for hosting us at LBNL – https://chemistry.berkeley.edu/faculty/chem/polly-arnold And also thanks to the people at Oak Ridge…
From Periodic Videos. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 is awarded to Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots". More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ This video features chemist Martyn Poliakoff and physicist Philip Moriarty, both from the University of Nottingham. Nobel Prize website on…
From Periodic Videos. A new and improved video about Thulium. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Support Periodic Videos on Patreon (and appear on our table): https://www.patreon.com/periodicvideos Videos on all 118 elements: http://bit.ly/118elements Cleve on the discovery of Thulium: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d00008409h&view=1up&seq=714 Thulium I paper by C.James (with the 15,000 crystallisations): https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja02221a007 Thanks to Anthony…
From Periodic Videos. Some phosphorus reactions to mark our 15th anniversary on YouTube. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Phosphorus: https://youtu.be/LSYLUat03A4 Bromine: https://youtu.be/Slt3_5upuSs White Phosphorus: https://youtu.be/U6_-EUcswSc Phosphine and Life on Venus: https://youtu.be/NKWiOwt7eCo Coin Blast: https://youtu.be/Ya-ML8ZUnaw Videos on all 118 elements: http://bit.ly/118elements Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/periodicvideos More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/ Follow us on…
From Periodic Videos. We melt a man made of Gallium – and then torch a Lego Professor! More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Patrons can catch some extended footage here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/84105021 Catch our Gallium video: https://youtu.be/N6ccRvKKwZQ Videos on all 118 elements: http://bit.ly/118elements Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/periodicvideos More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/ Follow us…
From Periodic Videos. A shiny new video about Hafnium. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/periodicvideos And our thanks to Anthony Lipmann for the Hafnium samples. On the Missing Element of Atomic Number 72: https://www.nature.com/articles/111079a0 Videos on all 118 elements: http://bit.ly/118elements More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/ Follow us on Facebook…
From Periodic Videos. Researchers in Japan create Sodium-39 – and pushing the boundaries of the so-called drip line. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Calcium-48: https://youtu.be/CodBk7xewRk Heavy Water: https://youtu.be/hUVzb0fzHsk Superheavy elements: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9eEsN9D48mcm2aX0UDOMgGX3en3WrPmG Videos on all 118 elements: http://bit.ly/118elements Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/periodicvideos More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/ Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/periodicvideos…
From Periodic Videos. A new video about the element Ytterbium. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Videos on all 118 elements: http://bit.ly/118elements With thanks to the Fondation H. Dudley Wright – http://www.hdwright.org And our thanks to Anthony Lipmann for the piece of Ytterbium. Video from Ytterby: https://youtu.be/HTvhgd84_WQ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/periodicvideos More…
From Periodic Videos. We attempt to make some blue Sodium Chloride – at the suggestion of loyal viewer Artem. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Liquid electrons: https://youtu.be/tYjQXjUUvwY Our thanks to Artem: https://t.me/s/ArtemROganov Videos on all 118 elements: http://bit.ly/118elements Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/periodicvideos More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/ Follow us on Facebook at…
From Periodic Videos. Professor Rob Stockman discusses Digitalis – used to save heart patients and poison spies. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Rob Stockman at the University of Nottingham: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/people/robert.stockman More videos featuring Professor Stockman: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9eEsN9D48mccTnZeb7BNuvc6g0ZViO20 An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses by William Withering – https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24886…
From Periodic Videos. Senior Lab Technician Neil Barnes collects a Royal Society Medal for his outstanding work in chemistry labs (and on YouTube). More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Neil has worked at the University of Nottingham since 1977 – and is the man behind most demonstrations and experiments in our videos. Read…