All History articles – Page 51

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2008-08-27T11:29:11Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-300
    Opinion

    Raschig's rings

    2008-08-27T11:15:00Z

    Few who have listened to the music of Richard Wagner can remain indifferent to it.

  • Periodic table of the elements – 11 – Sodium
    Podcast

    Sodium

    2008-08-27T00:00:00Z

    An essential element with a split personality

  • Periodic table of the elements – 38 – Strontium
    Podcast

    Strontium

    2008-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Vegetarian gladiators, red fireworks and a mineral mistaken for barium; they are all under strontium's spotlight

  • 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

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2008-07-31T08:55:07Z

    30 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Opinion

    Dewar's flask

    2008-07-30T08:05:00Z

    A thing of rare beauty which every chemist should have on their mantelpiece

  • 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

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2008-06-30T11:58:14Z

    30 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-300
    Opinion

    Erlenmeyer flask

    2008-06-30T11:08:00Z

    George Bernard Shaw once described Britain and America as being 'two countries divided by a common language

  • 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

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2008-05-28T11:29:02Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain