All History articles – Page 46

  • Periodic table of the elements – 46 – Palladium
    Podcast

    Palladium

    2009-02-04T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton explores the secret weapon to purifying hydrogen

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2009-01-28T10:47:39Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Opinion

    Abderhalden's drying pistol

    2009-01-28T08:58:00Z

    Humans have been preoccupied with purity for thousands of years

  • Periodic table of the elements – 15 – Phosphorus
    Podcast

    Phosphorus

    2009-01-28T00:00:00Z

    Nina Notman enlightens us on an element with many uses

  • Periodic table of the elements – 78 – Platinum
    Podcast

    Platinum

    2009-01-21T00:00:00Z

    The story of 'unripe gold', with Katherine Hoxton

  • Periodic table of the elements – 94 – Plutonium
    Podcast

    Plutonium

    2009-01-14T00:00:00Z

    The secret at the heart of the stars – Plutonium with Ian Farnan

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2009-01-08T12:42:47Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-190
    Opinion

    'Perkin's' triangle

    2009-01-08T10:14:00Z

    The vacuum distillation apparatus invented by Leonard Temple Thorne, but with Perkin's name on it

  • Periodic table of the elements – 84 – Polonium
    Podcast

    Polonium

    2009-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Is it a metal, a metalloid or a nonmetal? Johnny Ball deciphers polonium

  • Periodic table of the elements – 19 – Potassium
    Podcast

    Potassium

    2008-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Peter Wothers on how potassium got its name

  • Periodic table of the elements – 59 – Praseodymium
    Podcast

    Praseodymium

    2008-12-24T00:00:00Z

    The 'green twin' from didymium safety glasses

  • Periodic table of the elements – Promethium
    Podcast

    Promethium

    2008-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Enter the world of Greek mythology to reveal the great powers of the element promethium

  • Periodic table of the elements – 91 – Protactinium
    Podcast

    Protactinium

    2008-12-10T00:00:00Z

     Eric Scerri on the mysteries of protactinium

  • Periodic table of the elements – 88 – Radium
    Podcast

    Radium

    2008-12-03T00:00:00Z

    The self illuminating story of element number 88

  • FEATURE-INGOLD-200
    Feature

    Organic pioneer

    2008-11-27T11:23:00Z

    Christopher Ingold's insights into mechanism and reactivity established many of the principles of organic chemistry. John Ridd reveals more about his life and work

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2008-11-27T11:18:48Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Rudolf Signer (1903-1990)
    Opinion

    Signer's Osmometer

    2008-11-27T08:55:00Z

    Signer's elegant apparatus for measuring molecular weights in solution

  • Periodic table of the elements – 86 – Radon
    Podcast

    Radon

    2008-11-26T00:00:00Z

     Katherine Holt on the element that accounts for half of the UK population's annual radiation dose

  • Periodic table of the elements – 75 – Rhenium
    Podcast

    Rhenium

    2008-11-19T00:00:00Z

    One of the rarest naturally occuring elements – and full of surprises – Eric Scerri introduces rhenium

  • Periodic table of the elements – 45 – Rhodium
    Podcast

    Rhodium

    2008-11-12T00:00:00Z

    An element whose rarity and reluctance to react make it oh so special