Periodic VideosThe Professor with a tale to tell - and lessons learned about chickens and Project Blue Peacock. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Nuclear Landmines and Chickens - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2020-05-12 | The Professor with a tale to tell - and lessons learned about chickens and Project Blue Peacock. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9The Hauksbee Medal (awarded to Neil) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2022-12-01 | 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.
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9The Colours of Hydrogen - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2022-11-16 | We explode some "Green Hydrogen" and discuss the other colours available. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9The Acid Bathtub in Breaking Bad (reviewed by The Professor)Periodic Videos2022-11-03 | The Professor reviews episodes 2 and 3 of Breaking Bad, featuring the notorious HF acid bath... see our previous episode 1 review at: youtu.be/89PCYdMRtjQ More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Click Chemistry (Nobel Prize 2022) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2022-10-14 | The 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to three scientists for pioneering "Click Chemistry". More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Featuring Martyn Poliakoff, Miriam O'Duill and Christopher Merrett.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 was awarded jointly to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry"
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Burning Magnesium in Nitrogen - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2022-09-01 | Magnesium in Nitrogen... More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Iodine Satellites - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2022-07-22 | Iodine is the fuel in a new way to propel satellites. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
This video features Sir Martyn Poliakoff from the University of Nottingham.
More on the Iodine propulsion can be found at https://www.thrustme.fr
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Poaching an Egg in Piranha Solution - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2022-06-11 | After previous videos with chicken, now we try an egg. More acid videos: bit.ly/Acid_PV More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Californium (new) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2022-04-26 | An extensive video about Californium, which reportedly costs up to $27m per gram. We go to where it's made in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
This video features Professor Martyn Poliakoff at the University of Nottingham. And Julie Ezold and Rose Boll at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Also thanks to Andrew Gaunt for providing photos relating to the paper "Isolation and characterization of a californium metallocene": nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04027-8
Thanks to The Royal Society of Chemistry for supporting this episode: rsc.org
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Yttrium (new) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2022-03-19 | Here is a new and improved video about Yttrium. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Featuring Sir Martyn Polikaoff and Neil Barnes. Including superconductors and YInMn Blue.
Thanks to The Royal Society of Chemistry for supporting this episode: rsc.org
Special thanks to: Anthony Lipmann for donating the Yttrium metal, Mas Subramanian for donating the YInMn Blue And Merck at Sigma Aldrich for donating the Yttrium Chloride.
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9The Most Massive Molecule - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2022-02-18 | The theoretical molecule Oganesson Tetratennesside is the largest possible with five atoms - but is it possible!? More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Glassblowing - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2022-01-20 | Conor Howell-Bennett is a Scientific Glassblowing Technician at the University of Nottingham's Chemistry Department. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9A Tram is named after The Professor - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-12-16 | A Nottingham tram is named "Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff". More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Nipponium - The Element that Wasnt - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-12-12 | The "discoveries" of element 43 and 75 could have seen Japan recognised on the Periodic Table much earlier. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Featuring Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff from the University of Nottingham.
Thanks to The Royal Society of Chemistry for supporting this episode: rsc.org
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Chicken Leg in Piranha Solution - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-12-01 | As promised, following from our previous video: youtu.be/4WOKQMOyYoU More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Piranha Solution Eats StuffPeriodic Videos2021-10-22 | Episode sponsored by MEL Science and their monthly science boxes - get 50% off your first box at melscience.com/s8o and use promocode PV50 More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
MEL Science (our episode sponsor) is not affiliated with the University of Nottingham. ad #melscience #melchemistryThe 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-10-09 | Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan win the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis". More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Discussed by Martyn Poliakoff, Pete Licence and Liam Ball at the University of Nottingham.
Filming and editing in this video by Sean Riley and James Hennessy.
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Hot Glass SHATTERS in WaterPeriodic Videos2021-09-29 | We dunk various samples of red-hot glass into cold water. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
We used quartz and borosilicate.
Featuring Conor Howell-Bennett and Professor Martyn Poliakoff.
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Thallium (new) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-09-07 | A new video about the element Thallium. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Featuring Professor Martyn Poliakoff and Neil Barnes.
Thanks to The Royal Society of Chemistry for supporting this episode: rsc.org
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9HEAVY WATER (and stopping Germany building an Atom Bomb) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-08-10 | The professor receives a sample of heavy water - and tells an interesting story about it. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Flesh-Destroying Chromic Acid - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-07-18 | Chicken legs in chromic acid - plus we re-visit sulfuric acid with a new approach. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Clouds of Ammonium Chloride - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-06-01 | Today we do some demonstrations with Ammonium Chloride. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Why Molybdenum is named after Lead - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-05-22 | Professor Polikaoff dusts off his ancient Greek (and some old wiring) to discuss the naming of Molybdenum. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Ultrawhite Paint (with Barium Sulfate) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-04-30 | Scientists believe a special "ultrawhite" paint could be a better way to cool homes and save energy - it uses particles of Barium Sulfate (Sulphate). More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Featuring Sir Martyn Poliakoff and Senior Technician Neil Barnes from the University of Nottingham.
Ultrawhite BaSO4 Paints and Films for Remarkable Daytime Subambient Radiative Cooling: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.1c02368 Press release: https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2021/Q2/the-whitest-paint-is-here-and-its-the-coolest.-literally..html
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Einsteinium (new) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-03-23 | A new video about the element Einsteinium. Videos on all 118 elements: http://bit.ly/118elements More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Making Hydrogen (and a big mess) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2021-03-14 | Senior technician Neil Barnes re-enacts a favourite experiment from his childhood, reacting aluminium and sodium hydroxide to produce hydrogen. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Piecing Together the Periodic Table JigsawPeriodic Videos2021-03-01 | We've made videos about all the elements (and are always updating them with new videos) - see them at http://bit.ly/118elements More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Music by Alan Stewart. A clean version of the music will be released on our Patreon page, where you can also support the project: patreon.com/periodicvideos
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9The Prof watches Breaking Bad (at last)Periodic Videos2021-01-19 | Sir Martyn Poliakoff discussing the pilot episode of Breaking Bad --- See also the review of episodes 2 and 3: youtu.be/jA_tde6lUHI
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Lutetium - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2020-12-01 | New video on the element Lutetium... Check out http://KiwiCo.com/PeriodicVideos for 50% off your first month of any subscription. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Some featured papers... Urbain's discovery paper: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3099v/f759.table Die Zerlegung des Ytterbiums in seine Elemente: api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:197766399 Crystal Growth and Properties of (Lu,Y)3Al5O12: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2003.08.060 Early Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer with PSMA-Targeted Radioligand Therapy Prolongs Life: http://www.snmmi.org/NewsPublications/NewsDetail.aspx?ItemNumber=29473 Meteorite zircon constraints on the bulk Lu−Hf isotope composition and early differentiation of the Earth: pnas.org/content/112/17/5331
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Dissolving Coins in Nitric Acid - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2020-11-11 | We put Nitric Acid through its paces, including dissolving coins. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Phosphine and Life on Venus - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2020-09-20 | Following reports of Phosphine in the Venusian atmosphere, and associated speculation about life... More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Activation Energy (and exploding bags of Chlorine) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2020-09-03 | The Professor discusses activation energy - and we flash some light onto bags of Chlorine and Hydrogen. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9The Anti-Frizz Comb (and other curiosities)Periodic Videos2020-08-23 | Professor Martyn Poliakoff shows us a few strange family objects from his Nottingham home. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9The Curious Case of the Xenon Balloon - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2020-08-04 | Professor Poliakoff gets more (or less) than he bargained for with some Noble Gas balloons. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Black Nitrogen - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2020-07-12 | Researchers discover a new form of Nitrogen. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Discussed by Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff from the University of Nottingham.
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9The Manhattan Project (extra) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2020-06-25 | Extra footage with The Prof... from this video about the core of atom bombs: youtu.be/QLZMzsRB86E More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
See the first time Sir Martyn told us the Alfie Maddock story (we now think it is more likely that he spilt 10 micrograms, not milligrams, give the time and circumstances): youtu.be/XLufmakbiU0
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9The Plutonium Core of an Atom Bomb - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2020-06-18 | Professor Martyn Poliakoff discusses atom bombs with a Plutonium core - including the crucial role of Gallium. Extra footage from this interview at: youtu.be/KyEn4On9S-8 More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Is the Periodic Table Upside Down?Periodic Videos2020-06-04 | Featuring Professor Martyn Poliakoff from The University of Nottingham. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
The Nature Chemistry paper being discussed is here: rdcu.be/bvAnS
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Surprise Signature - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2020-05-24 | The Professor is surprised to find TWO Ernest Rutherford signatures in a book on his shelves. Check Objectivity at: http://bit.ly/Objectivity More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Patrons can download hi-res images of the signature and periodic table here (thanks for your support, everyone): patreon.com/posts/37472419
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Accidents and Regrets (and chocolate biscuits)Periodic Videos2020-04-29 | The third of our 2020 Q&A series. See the trilogy at: bit.ly/ProfQandA More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9The Professors Car and Watch (Q&A with The Prof)Periodic Videos2020-04-07 | More viewer questions answered by The Prof... See more here: bit.ly/ProfQandA More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Indium (extra bit) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2020-03-17 | A little bit extra from our main video at: youtu.be/TviX7V-ay5I Special thanks to the Great Courses Plus: http://ow.ly/h2E130qpmJD More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Indium - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2020-03-15 | Here's a our new video about Indium. Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/h2E130qpmJD More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Cheese and Climate Change (Q&A with The Prof)Periodic Videos2020-03-03 | Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff answers some viewer questions. See more here: bit.ly/ProfQandA More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Making Acid Rain (INDOORS) - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2020-02-13 | Check out our Acid Rain demonstration. Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/periodicvideos More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Featuring Sir Martyn Poliakoff and Neil Barnes from the University of Nottingham.
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9Arsenic - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2020-01-08 | A brand new video on the element Arsenic. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Correction: Hay-on-Wye is in WalesThe X-10 Nuclear Reactor - Periodic Table of VideosPeriodic Videos2019-11-27 | The X-10 at Oak Ridge was the first continuously-running nuclear reactor. It paved the way to larger-scale Plutonium production.... More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
This was recorded behind the scenes at Oak Ridge National Laboratory - ornl.gov
Our thanks to everyone there, especially James Roberto who featured in this video.
Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Lithium Ion BatteriesPeriodic Videos2019-10-11 | The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded for work on Lithium Ion Batteries by Akira Yoshino, M. Stanley Whittingham, and John B. Goodenough. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
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