Chemistry
In Their Element. Series 2, Phosphorus, Smoke and Lighting. Audio, 28 minutes
How a discovery in boiled urine led to the trade union movement and chemical weapons.
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Test your knowledge of the Periodic Table. The Forum. Video, 00:01:15
Which of these elements belong in the current Periodic Table?
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- Posted22 January 2018
In Their Element. Series 2, Our Lives with Lead. Audio, 28 minutes
Uta Frith assesses the impact of the use and abuse of lead on humanity.
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- Available for over a year
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- Posted5 January 2018
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- Posted5 January 2018
Science Stories. Michael Faraday and his 'instructess' in chemistry. Audio, 28 minutes
Philip Ball tells the story of Michael Faraday and his 'first instructess' in chemistry.
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- Posted27 November 2017
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- Posted16 November 2017
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- Posted9 November 2017
Science In Action. Hidden Secrets of the Great Pyramid. Audio, 27 minutes
Particle physics has helped reveal a tantalising void in the Great Pyramid in Giza
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- Posted5 October 2017
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- Posted4 October 2017
Curious Cases. Rutherford and Fry, The Curious Cake-Off. Audio, 20 minutes
How to make the perfect sponge using the power of science.
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- Posted25 September 2017
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- Posted7 September 2017
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- Posted8 June 2017
In Their Element. Series 1, Silicon - The World's Building Block. Audio, 28 minutes
The key component of rocks, sand and materials from glass and concrete to microelectronics
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In Their Element. Series 1, Carbon - the backbone of life. Audio, 28 minutes
Why is all known life built on carbon?
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In Their Element. Series 1, And then there was Li. Audio, 28 minutes
The element that links the formation of the universe with the functioning of our brains.
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- Posted3 May 2017
In Their Element. Series 1, Oxygen: The Breath of Life. Audio, 28 minutes
Trevor Cox takes a deep breath and tells the story of oxygen on earth and in space.
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- Available for over a year
In Their Element. Series 1, Mercury - Chemistry's Jekyll and Hyde. Audio, 28 minutes
The most beautiful and shimmering of the elements, the weirdest, and yet the most reviled.
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- Available for over a year
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- Posted13 April 2017
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy. Haber-Bosch Process. Audio, 9 minutes
Saving lives with thin air - by taking nitrogen from the air to make fertiliser
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