Elements – Page 6

  • Periodic table of the elements – 16 – Sulfur
    Podcast

    Sulfur

    2008-08-13T00:00:00Z

     An element with a hellish reputation

  • Periodic table of the elements – 73 – Tantalum
    Podcast

    Tantalum

    2008-08-06T00:00:00Z

    The element that makes modern electronics so easy to lose

  • Periodic table of the elements – 43 – Technetium
    Podcast

    Technetium

    2008-07-30T00:00:00Z

    One of Mendeleev's predicted elements, technetium is now a go-to element in medical imaging

  • Periodic table of the elements – 52 – Tellurium
    Podcast

    Tellurium

    2008-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Named after the Greek for Earth, this element helps us capture power from the Sun

  • Periodic table of the elements – 65 – Terbium
    Podcast

    Terbium

    2008-07-16T00:00:00Z

    A colourful element with a multitude of uses

  • Periodic table of the elements – 81 – Thallium
    Podcast

    Thallium

    2008-07-09T00:00:00Z

    'The poisoner's poison', immortalised by Agatha Christie in The pale horse

  • Periodic table of the elements – 90 – Thorium
    Podcast

    Thorium

    2008-07-02T00:00:00Z

    The element that once illuminated the world's cities

  • Periodic table of the elements – 69 – Thulium
    Podcast

    Thulium

    2008-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Named for a mysterious land in the north, Thulium celebrates Scandinavian culture

  • Periodic table of the elements – 50 – Tin
    Podcast

    Tin

    2008-06-18T00:00:00Z

     The element that gave birth to the Bronze Age and changed the course of industry

  • Periodic table of the elements – 22 – Titanium
    Podcast

    Titanium

    2008-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton explores the key to brightness

  • Periodic table of the elements – 74 – Tungsten
    Podcast

    Tungsten

    2008-06-04T00:00:00Z

    How the Swedish name for 'heavy stone' informed an element's future

  • Periodic table of the elements – 92 – Uranium
    Podcast

    Uranium

    2008-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Infamous for its role in nuclear energy, this element is also responsible for geothermal heat and beautiful green glass

  • Periodic table of the elements – 23 – Vanadium
    Podcast

    Vanadium

    2008-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Any colour you like, as long as it's black. Or red, blue, green, yellow...

  • Periodic table of the elements – 54 – Xenon
    Podcast

    Xenon

    2008-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Bright lights and a bright future for an element discovered at the end of the nineteenth century

  • Periodic table of the elements – 70 – Ytterbium
    Podcast

    Ytterbium

    2008-04-23T00:00:00Z

     The lanthanide that can counter the counterfeiters

  • Periodic table of the elements – 39 – Yttrium
    Podcast

    Yttrium

    2008-04-16T00:00:00Z

    In lasers, televisions and superconductors, yttrium is a wide ranging supporting character

  • Periodic table of the elements – 30 – Zinc
    Podcast

    Zinc

    2008-04-09T00:00:00Z

    We're still very intimate with this element that was known to the ancients

  • Periodic table of the elements – 40 – Zirconium
    Podcast

    Zirconium

    2008-04-02T00:00:00Z

    It holds the key to nuclear energy, and it's got a gem-like name