CHEMISTRY

6/21/21

The element Nickel was the culprit
behind the biggest extinction in Earth's history ...

251 million years ago

The volcanic eruptions lasted about 2 MILLION years.
How anything survived is beyond imagination.

The Siberian Traps


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9/18/17

Scientists may have discovered what caused The Great Oxygenation Event
and initiated plate tectonics around 2.5 billion years ago.
The story revolves around the most abundant element in the Earth's mantle ...

olivine


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8/25/16

Feynman got one wrong (3:40).

What is the maximum size of an element?


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12/23/14

Basic atomic theory: how atoms bond (2:23)




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12/19/13

The rules of chemistry must be expanded to accomodate a new discovery


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4/4/12

Hunting the Elements (1:53:07)

Detailed Table Of The Elements


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10/14/11

History of Chemistry (parts 1-3, ~1 hour each)


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7/19/11

Scientists determine how half of the Earth's heat is created ...

radioactive decay


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11/15/04

Carborane, the world's strongest acid, has been created in the lab


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