Plutonium - Periodic Table of Videos
What would you do if you spilt the UK's entire stock of plutonium onto your wooden work bench? More links in description below ↓↓↓ Support Periodic Videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com...
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So when I was taught as a student, I was taught by a chemist at Cambridge school Alfie Maddock. Who during the Second World War was working in Canada on Plutonium chemistry. And one night he managed to spill the entire UK's supply of Plutonium. Which was only 10 milligrams onto the bench in the lab. And so rather then saying 'oh dear I have spilt it', he went and got a saw and sawed a large chunk out of the bench, and burned the wood, and got back 9.5 of the 10 Mg that he spilled. And nobody would have known except at that point, he was too tired to repair the bench. So they came down in the morning, and there was a large hole in the bench, to show what he had done. Ok so Plutonium. I think Plutonium is quite well known for the fact...
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So when I was taught as a student, I was taught by a chemist at Cambridge school Alfie Maddock. Who during the Second World War was working in Canada on Plutonium chemistry. And one night he managed to spill the entire UK's supply of Plutonium. Which was only 10 milligrams onto the bench in the lab. And so rather then saying 'oh dear I have spilt it', he went and got a saw and sawed a large chunk out of the bench, and burned the wood, and got back 9.5 of the 10 Mg that he spilled. And nobody would have known except at that point, he was too tired to repair the bench. So they came down in the morning, and there was a large hole in the bench, to show what he had done. Ok so Plutonium. I think Plutonium is quite well known for the fact...
