All elements articles – Page 6

  • Periodic table of the elements – 28 – Nickel
    Podcast

    Nickel

    2009-03-18T00:00:00Z

    How Kupfernickel inspired Nickel, with Andrea Sella

  • Periodic table of the elements – 41 – Niobium
    Podcast

    Niobium

    2009-03-11T00:00:00Z

    How Greek mythology informed an element, as presented by Jon Steed

  • Periodic table of the elements – 7 – Nitrogen
    Podcast

    Nitrogen

    2009-03-04T00:00:00Z

    Peter Wothers enlightens us on the many attributes of nitrogen (including blowing things up)

  • Periodic table of the elements – 102 – Nobelium
    Podcast

    Nobelium

    2009-02-25T00:00:00Z

    The element with more names than most

  • Periodic table of the elements – 76 – Osmium
    Podcast

    Osmium

    2009-02-18T00:00:00Z

    The element that's also a smellement, as told by Quentin Cooper

  • Periodic table of the elements – 8 – Oxygen
    Podcast

    Oxygen

    2009-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Mark Peplow gives the oxygen of publicity to, well, oxygen.

  • Periodic table of the elements – 46 – Palladium
    Podcast

    Palladium

    2009-02-04T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton explores the secret weapon to purifying hydrogen

  • Periodic table of the elements – 15 – Phosphorus
    Podcast

    Phosphorus

    2009-01-28T00:00:00Z

    Nina Notman enlightens us on an element with many uses

  • Periodic table of the elements – 78 – Platinum
    Podcast

    Platinum

    2009-01-21T00:00:00Z

    The story of 'unripe gold', with Katherine Hoxton

  • Periodic table of the elements – 94 – Plutonium
    Podcast

    Plutonium

    2009-01-14T00:00:00Z

    The secret at the heart of the stars – Plutonium with Ian Farnan

  • Periodic table of the elements – 84 – Polonium
    Podcast

    Polonium

    2009-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Is it a metal, a metalloid or a nonmetal? Johnny Ball deciphers polonium

  • Periodic table of the elements – 19 – Potassium
    Podcast

    Potassium

    2008-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Peter Wothers on how potassium got its name

  • Periodic table of the elements – 59 – Praseodymium
    Podcast

    Praseodymium

    2008-12-24T00:00:00Z

    The 'green twin' from didymium safety glasses

  • Periodic table of the elements – Promethium
    Podcast

    Promethium

    2008-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Enter the world of Greek mythology to reveal the great powers of the element promethium

  • Periodic table of the elements – 91 – Protactinium
    Podcast

    Protactinium

    2008-12-10T00:00:00Z

     Eric Scerri on the mysteries of protactinium

  • Periodic table of the elements – 88 – Radium
    Podcast

    Radium

    2008-12-03T00:00:00Z

    The self illuminating story of element number 88

  • Periodic table of the elements – 86 – Radon
    Podcast

    Radon

    2008-11-26T00:00:00Z

     Katherine Holt on the element that accounts for half of the UK population's annual radiation dose

  • Periodic table of the elements – 75 – Rhenium
    Podcast

    Rhenium

    2008-11-19T00:00:00Z

    One of the rarest naturally occuring elements – and full of surprises – Eric Scerri introduces rhenium

  • Periodic table of the elements – 45 – Rhodium
    Podcast

    Rhodium

    2008-11-12T00:00:00Z

    An element whose rarity and reluctance to react make it oh so special

  • Periodic table of the elements – 111 – Roentgenium
    Podcast

    Roentgenium

    2008-11-05T00:00:00Z

    An element that needs just the right conditions in order to get a successful collision