The story of how the elements were discovered and mapped begins with the alchemists who questioned that the world...
Professor Jim Al-Khalili looks at how the early scientists' bid to decode the order of the elements was driven b...
Spec references J248: C2.2a, C2.2b, C2.2c J250: C2.2a, C2.2b, C2.2c. This video explains the arrangement of the periodic...
Robert Bunsen was a German chemist responsible for the invention of the Bunsen Burner.
Gallium is in a liquid state over the widest range of temperatures than any other element.
Norman Lockyer recorded a new yellow line by observing the sun through London smog and, assuming the new element to be a metal, named ...
Cavendish accidentally discovered hydrogen, the first elemental gas, when experimenting with air.
Lavoisier was the first scientist to define what an element was.
Spec references J248: C2.2i J250: C2.2i. An account of how Mendeleev arranged the elements by atomic mass t...
Mercury is fourteen times heavier than water, and so dense even a steel bolt will float in it.
The story of how Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen.
Spec references J248: C2.2i J250: C2.2i. A quick recap of how the periodic table is arranged including groups, period...
Spec references J248: C4.1a. Demonstration of reactions of lithium, sodium and potassium with water (Contains hi...
Spec references J248: C4.1a J250: C4.1a. Professor Jim Al-Khalili describes properties of potassium and some of its u...
Silicon was discovered by Jöns Jacob Berzelius, a Swedish chemist, in 1824 by heating chips of potassium.
Phosphorus was discovered when Brandt was attempting to isolate gold from his urine.
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