Ep. 17: If you want to change the element, you have to change the nucleus

Stereo Chemistry

In honor of the International Year of the Periodic Table, Stereo Chemistry explores the stories behind some of the elements in this episode. C&EN and ACS on Campus hosted periodic table pub trivia during the ACS Spring 2019 National Meeting in Orlando, Florida. Inspired by the event, its participants, and its questions, host Kerri Jansen investigated what it takes to make a new superheavy element, starting a half century ago and tracking the making of new elements through time. She tells the tales of scientists commonly associated with shaping the periodic table but also of the unsung heroes behind the scenes.

A script of this podcast is available at our website.

Read all of C&EN's International Year of the Periodic Table stories.

Sign up for C&EN's weekly newsletter at bit.ly/chemnewsletter.

Music credits:

"Rewound" by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

"Plain Loafer" by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under CC BY 3.0.

Image credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/The Regents of the University of California

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In honor of the International Year of the Periodic Table, Stereo Chemistry explores the stories behind some of the elements in this episode. C&EN and ACS on Campus hosted periodic table pub trivia during the ACS Spring 2019 National Meeting in Orlando, Florida. Inspired by the event, its participants, and its questions, host Kerri Jansen investigated what it takes to make a new superheavy element, starting a half century ago and tracking the making of new elements through time. She tells the tales of scientists commonly associated with shaping the periodic table but also of the unsung heroes behind the scenes.

A script of this podcast is available at our website.

Read all of C&EN's International Year of the Periodic Table stories.

Sign up for C&EN's weekly newsletter at bit.ly/chemnewsletter.

Music credits:

"Rewound" by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

"Plain Loafer" by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under CC BY 3.0.

Image credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/The Regents of the University of California

2019-04-21 31 min
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