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Tag: elements

21 Feb 201921 Jun 2020 ÒscarAzAl Chemistry

Hydrogen and helium broke the periodic table

Hydrogen (H) and helium (He) are two elements with things in common beyond their initial h. They are both gas at room temperature and nonmetals. They are the elements with the lowest atomic number and the most abundant elements in the universe. However, they do have differences. Hydrogen can be combined with most elements of … Continue reading Hydrogen and helium broke the periodic table

8 Feb 20196 Feb 2019 ÒscarAzAl Chemistry

Drag queen stories: the periodic table

Yesterday, 7th of February, was the Periodic Table Day. You didn't think I had forgotten, did you? You know I love talking about this wonder of chemical systematisation. But this time it is Lana Vuli who does, with an adaptation of my 12-y/o ramblings. Lana, drag queen scientist since January 2017, lets you know how … Continue reading Drag queen stories: the periodic table

17 Sep 201717 Sep 2017 ÒscarAzAl Chemistry

Technically funny doctor-to-be

For the last two weeks I’ve neglected everyone and everything in order to meet the deadline for my PhD thesis text, which I’m supposed to submit in a week. But I took that one morning off. Two weeks ago Dr Matthew Murtha invited me to his Technically Funny radio show (Tue-Thu, 10 am – 12 … Continue reading Technically funny doctor-to-be

7 Feb 201722 Aug 2017 ÒscarAzAl Chemistry

(Unofficial) Periodic Table Day

It might not be popular as it’s not an official international day, but today, 7th of February, is periodic table day. There’s always geeks celebrating whatever they obsess over. The National Periodic Table Day Foundation was created with quite a transparent objective. They chose the 7th of February because on that day John Newlands—who invented … Continue reading (Unofficial) Periodic Table Day

2 Dec 201621 Oct 2018 ÒscarAzAl Chemical terminology, Chemistry

Final names for the new chemical elements

Something that affects me as a chemist and a terminologist has happened. I'm obviously not talking about my sprained wrist after falling off my bike, which forced me to write this post with only my right hand. Yes, that happened, but it affects me many additional parts of my life. The IUPAC (International Union of … Continue reading Final names for the new chemical elements

20 Jun 201022 Nov 2018 ÒscarAzAl Chemistry

Ramblings about the periodic table

[Speech for the Consecutive Interpreting course, 2007] Dear classmates, I’m going to take the advantage of the centenary of the death of Mendeleev —who must be in hell for laughing at the right theory of one of his contemporary chemists—, I resolved to ramble about the periodic table of the elements. I’m not going to tell the … Continue reading Ramblings about the periodic table

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