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Superheavy Elements pt 2 (77)

Author
Karl Kruszelnicki
Published
Sun 08 Apr 2018
Episode Link
https://shirtloadsofscience.libsyn.com/sos_76-kit-chapman-elements-pt-1-0

Before the Space Race there was a race to find and name new elements. Atom smashers and reactors were the tools to make new super-heavy metals - unknown on earth. Who leaked the announcement of two new radioactive elements on a Children's Quiz show ? Transfermium wars - What were they ? Who died getting Einsteinium ? Chemistry World journalist and author, Kit Chapman, tells Dr Karl about the people behind the unpronounceable names with big atomic numbers at the bottom of the table and the race that is still running. 

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