• Elemental

  • By: RNZ
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Elemental

By: RNZ
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  • Summary

  • To celebrate 150 years of the periodic table, get to know the back story of every element with our entripid scientific hosts.
    (C) Radio New Zealand 2024
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Episodes
  • Zirconium - shape-shifting time capsule

    Zirconium - shape-shifting time capsule
    Dec 22 2019
    Zirconium is a shape-shifting tough cookie, that is a tale of gemstones, medical implants and nuclear reactors, says Allan Blackman from AUT in ep 98 of Elemental.
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    13 mins
  • Zinc - more useful than you realise

    Zinc - more useful than you realise
    Dec 19 2019
    Zinc is a very useful metal that turns up in everything from sunscreen to paint, & galvanised metals to cereals, as well as brass instruments, says Prof Allan Blackman in ep 97 of Elemental.
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    13 mins
  • Yttrium - here's that village Ytterby again

    Yttrium - here's that village Ytterby again
    Dec 15 2019
    Yttrium is yet another element named after the village of Ytterby and is important in the development of high temperature superconductors, says Allan Blackman from AUT in ep 96 of Elemental.
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    8 mins

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