Channel: Periodic Videos
Category: Science & Technology
Description: An extensive video about Californium, which reportedly costs up to $27m per gram. We go to where it's made in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ This video features Professor Martyn Poliakoff at the University of Nottingham. And Julie Ezold and Rose Boll at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Oak Ridge National Laboratory: ornl.gov Also thanks to Andrew Gaunt for providing photos relating to the paper "Isolation and characterization of a californium metallocene": nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04027-8 Thanks to The Royal Society of Chemistry for supporting this episode: rsc.org Videos on all 118 elements: bit.ly/118elements Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/periodicvideos More chemistry at periodicvideos.com Follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/periodicvideos And on Twitter at twitter.com/periodicvideos From the School of Chemistry at The University of Nottingham: bit.ly/NottChem This episode was also generously supported by The Gatsby Charitable Foundation Periodic Videos films are by video journalist Brady Haran: bradyharan.com Brady's Blog: bradyharanblog.com Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- eepurl.com/YdjL9