All Atoms and bonds articles – Page 59

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    Feature

    Quasicrystals scoop prize

    2011-10-28T08:49:00Z

    The 2011 Nobel laureate in chemistry, Daniel Shechtman, fought hard to win acceptance of his discovery: quasicrystals. Laura Howes tells how perseverance led to the ultimate recognition

  • Evans balance schematic
    Opinion

    The Evans balance

    2011-06-30T09:50:00Z

    Easy to use and robust, the Evans or JM balance has been on the market in various forms since 1974

  • Nitrogen triiodide detonating
    Podcast

    Nitrogen triiodide

    2011-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Brian Clegg introduces a compound that detonates at the touch of a feather

  • Pink nitroglycerine tablets scattered on a black background
    Podcast

    Nitroglycerine

    2011-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Peter Wothers investigates a medicinal compound with a very explosive beginning

  • Periodic table of the elements – 89 – Actinium
    Podcast

    Actinium

    2010-06-09T00:00:00Z

    A primordial element, and one of the first additions to Mendeleev's periodic table

  • Periodic table of the elements – 13 – Aluminium
    Podcast

    Aluminium

    2010-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Kira Weissman introduces the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust: aluminium

  • Periodic table of the elements – 95 – Americium
    Podcast

    Americium

    2010-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Brian Clegg discusses a substance that was first introduced to the world via a kids' radio show

  • Periodic table of the elements – 51 – Antimony
    Podcast

    Antimony

    2010-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Phil Ball introduces an element that once sparked a long and bitter war

  • Periodic table of the elements – 18 – Argon
    Podcast

    Argon

    2010-05-12T00:00:00Z

    John Emsley introduces an element with uses that range from double glazing to laser eye surgery

  • Periodic table of the elements – 33 – Arsenic
    Podcast

    Arsenic

    2010-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Bea Perks introduces a deadly poison that also finds use in paints, fireworks and medicine

  • Periodic table of the elements – 85 – Astatine
    Podcast

    Astatine

    2010-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Mark Peplow introduces the element often described as the rarest naturally occurring element in the world

  • Periodic table of the elements – 56 – Barium
    Podcast

    Barium

    2010-04-21T00:00:00Z

    RoAdina Payton discusses a metallic alkaline earth metal that is never found in nature in its pure form

  • Periodic table of the elements – 97 – Berkelium
    Podcast

    Berkelium

    2010-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Eric Scerri introduces one of only two elements named after a university

  • Periodic table of the elements – 4 – Beryllium
    Podcast

    Beryllium

    2010-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Richard Van Noorden introduces an element that has given us gorgeous gemstones, spark proof tools for the oil industry and a deadly lung condition

  • Periodic table of the elements – 83 – Bismuth
    Podcast

    Bismuth

    2010-03-31T00:00:00Z

    The story of a heavy metal that could make spoons vanish in a hot cup of Victorian tea

  • Periodic table of the elements – 107 – Bohrium
    Podcast

    Bohrium

    2010-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Eric Scerri tells the story of a transuranium element first synthesised by cold fusion in 1981

  • Periodic table of the elements – 5 – Boron
    Podcast

    Boron

    2010-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Pat Bailey introduces an element known for split personalities, parachute molecules, and swapping partners

  • Periodic table of the elements – 35 – Bromine
    Podcast

    Bromine

    2010-03-10T00:00:00Z

    An element that has given us drugs, insecticides and fire extinguishers

  • Periodic table of the elements – 48 – Cadmium
    Podcast

    Cadmium

    2010-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Steve Mylon with a painful lesson about a heavy metal

  • Periodic table of the elements 55 Caesium
    Podcast

    Caesium

    2010-02-24T00:00:00Z

     Peter Wothers shares the story of his favourite element: caesium