Professor Poliakoff discusses the paths to elements 119 and 120. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Filmed on the banks of the Volga, in Dubna.
========== I'm in Dubna in Russia, the birthplace of six super-heavy elements. We are on the knavish
набережная Менделеева (the Mendeleev Embankment). And here I am next to the statue of Dmitri Mendeleev and what I want to tell you about Is the things that I've learnt in the last few days about the chances of making the super-heavy elements; 119 [and] 120. So these are really special because they will begin the eighth period, the eighth row of Mendeleev's table. before I came here, two days ago, I thought that there was real questions whether or not it was possible ever to make these elements I now realize it's much more a technical problem People can see how this should be done, but they can't quite work out which is the best way. So let me try and explain to...