Q: What do you call an element that spends all its time playing hockey on horseback?

A: Polo-nium!


Video: The Fuss about Uranium

You'll have seen or read in the news about how some countries are trying to develop nuclear weapons, and how some countries are trying to stop them. The element uranium lies below all of this fuss, so let's try to understand its chemistry.

In this video, Prof. Martyn Poliakoff & his associates of the University of Nottingham, UK explain the chemical properties of uranium:

(Video titled "periodicvideos - August 25, 2008 - See some real life uranium in this new video about element number 92 - the so-called "bogeyman of the periodic table". "sourced from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8vVZTvJNGk&feature=related)

Tags :     Everyday Chemistry     Pitchblende     uranium     Uranium fission     uranium isotopes    


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