Ytterby Road Trip - Periodic Table of Videos

[sedwarg]

0.36 I sat there before going to Corfu :p

[Typho0n86]

How did all those elements get there?

[Lonegertr]

So you took Woke up at 2:00 AM, took 3 plane flights and travelled up a snowy hill to look at a plaque with 31 words on it?

[eggs808]

awesome, i had to do a project on yttrium in Chemistry class

[BryanCrysis]

Come on man! dress for the weather... jeans and trainers in inches of snow :p

very cool video though, keep them up.. would like to see more field trip videos like this one, really great :)

[archaedemos]

back in the 1700's wow they were still trying to make gold and junk yet ! lol

[Jokkkke]

Why ask if they can speak english xD

English is an official language in sweden

[trevor6744]

Does it not snow in England?

[otakucode]

I absolutely love all of the videos that you guys produce, you are doing a great service to the world. The less people afraid of chemistry and chemical names, the better the world is. I have one big question about this mine that you didn't address in any of the videos from it though... that is, Why are all of those elements there? Why did so many relatively unique elements get formed in one place and in such concentrations? Was it volcanically active, or the site of tectonic plates rising?

[clarepawling]

There is a typo in this video's descriptive text: "Erbim" [sic].

[periodicvideos]

@clarepawling thanks... extra sets of eyes always appreciated by this lone worker!!!!

[alphakristjan]

Amstredam eih ? :D 

[ThePeaceableKingdom]

Were these elements first found in samples from there, or are they exclusively found in samples from there? If the latter, Why? (Did I miss it? If so, sorry!)



[maurotamm]

Any plans for making any videos for Carbon nanotubes - you can find a lot yea. But mostly they just show the 3d model or the baked forest and only explain what it is.

Rather somethign that would perhaps actually show it / a "thread" of nanotubes etc - a visual representation of how strong it actually is.

Its like saying there are billions of stars (doesn't feel special), unless u actually see that many visually on photos.

[MegaMonkeyExtreme]

'an historical'

'an'?!

Just because it sounds right, doesn't mean it is... Silly Americans.

[19Tranc3r92]

YOU GUYS WENT ALL THE WAY THERE JUST FOR THIS VIDEO?!!?!? HOLY CRAP YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!!

[Filaxsan]

So...did he fall? :D

[endospores]

some one needs to spend less time in the lab, and more time exercising....

[ericwongty]

1:05 to fuck in that car lol

[DarbysBored]

anyone else expecting a horrible blair witch project ending as they ventured further :)

great video! tks for posting :)

[IMakeOrWatchVideos]

I thought I have seen this video.

[ScienceBroadcast]

I love that you actually take the time to visit historic landmarks such as this. The fact that you went all the way up there shows a lot about your dedication and general interest in what you do. Keep up the good work! (Oh, and next time you're on a trip, stop by Norway - I'm sure we can set you up with a visit to our Teknisk Museum (The Norwegian Museum of Science, Technology and Medicine) and have a look at some of the things we have to offer :D)

[japanesepoptart]

you guys should make videos about all the hormones and biological molecules! I think It would be cool to know about the very molecules that make us tick :D

[GortMcTabs]

no fall? booo!:-)

[clodester]

they surely didn't analyze the same rock for a 100 years....They must of collected more than 1 sample to test.... Prob one of the best vids in terms of the origins of chemistry. Amazing!

[spinseffing]

the worst thing you can hear when getting directions is "no wait, sorry..."

[bemanos12345]

nice

[ilikemoney8]

thumbs up if you love sweden more now...

[skadogg22]

I thought you said Terbium twice until I read the description!

[Copernicium277]

What's with Thulium Holmium and Gadolinium?

[drosprey]

Periodic videos are awesome.

Brady, are you planning any more bibledex videos?

[periodicvideos]

@drosprey funnily enough we just had a meeting about a new series of Bibledex videos... it is going to be very cool... I wrote a short bit about it on the periodicvideos blogpsot... stay subscribed to bibledex because they will be starting soon!

[drosprey]

@periodicvideos Great, I love science, I am a third year bio sci undergrad, but I also love learning about theology and the bible. Also I added your blog to my favorites so that I can stay up to date.

[afhdfh]

Swedish people speak such good English!!!

[psionicman]

lol how cold were your feet... not exactly prepared for trudging through the snow it looks like

[byront37]

This is a great video. As a amateur geologist/rockhound to be able to see a site where these mineral/elements are found is great. My question i, did you collect or tak any rocks from there? God knows you could not have stopped me from collecting a few rocks from there.

[periodicvideos]

@byront37 you are not supposed to take rocks from the site, so of course we did not! ;)

[ronaldinhoca]

we want our proff.

[ndyt]

Glad you all didn't get hurt, looked pretty doggy climbing around on those rocks in the snow and ice!

[kalsikum]

Reminds me of minecraft :P

[dd4dash]

HAHA, in America, the small rental car you get is a Chevy Cobalt, in Europe, the small rental car you get is a Mercedes Benz. I wonder why this is?

[Mees401]

Aah, Sverige, good memories on Tyresta National Park.

[managarm1349]

awesome, what a great trip

[macnutz]

Thanks, this is a first viewing of this for me.

[lugosky02]

Brady, I have a proposal. I think it would be a lot of fun if the hosts of both of your channels, Periodic Table of Videos and Sixty Symbols of physics, prepare a quick 30-50 minutes lecture about their research area. It shouldn't be something too fancy, just anything they would do when they go out to other universities to offer a seminar.

[jjwhitty1]

yttrium, terbium, erbium and terbium... any more?

[hanzithaking]

wuhuu you flew over Denmark and i live there :P

[panynja]

Nice video guys. :D Sweden looks really cold.

[olehenriksn]

Oh and hello from your brothers and sisters in Norway, all you swedish viewers. We all love you :)

[olehenriksn]

by the looks of your clothes, you werent prepared for Swedish environment :p Greetings from Norway!

[kanjitard]

All devoted chemists must do a pilgrimage to Ytterby once in their lifetime.

[crinoid1919]

sweet trip! thanks for the histroy lesson :D

[P00P0STER0US]

That was a fun trip! Lucky for them the locals spoke great English. I hope they had a good breakfast, and a nice hot cup of tea after that snowy excursion.

[madjimms]

Why would someone dislike these wonderful videos?!? :'-(

[alanjtory]

Way cool guys. Cheers from the US. I wish I could go to cool historical chemistry sites :(

[s4m5on]

crazy brits dont you know the steering wheel belong on the left side of the car

[WHIREAS]

Sweden for the win!! :D

[TheBurningSeraphim]

i hate coopers but i liked the mercedes

[TheBurningSeraphim]

i hate coopers

[crusiatusblack]

Cool video!

[NytzaYoz]

This is nice :)

But i still find it more interesting when the proffessor guy presents stuff (he's more charismatic, i guess :P ) Nice channel, and video, but the ones in the lab are the best :P

[MrDannyArcher]

does the moment at 2:59 remind you of modern warfare 2 spec ops?

[MusicMan20061210]

I didn't mind watching it again.

But...There are direct flights between London and Stockholm!

Lol

[doggydidadoodoo]

also, take me with you next time pleasethanks :D

[freedomgeek2]

I'm not sure I agree these elements still would not be discovered now without that cave. Surely it would delay our discovery of these elements, surely our scientific understanding would be retarded to an extent but I do not think it would do so by that much.

[doggydidadoodoo]

That Arrhenius isn't the chemist famous for the Arrhenius equation/plot, is he? o.o

[puncheex]

@doggydidadoodoo: Yes, and for the original theory about CO2 and global warming.

[neogeo328]

@doggydidadoodoo I was wondering that too.

[neogeo328]

@doggydidadoodoo The famous Arrhenius we know is Swedish, but the years the guy said above doesn't match the one of the Arrhenius we commonly know.

[imalwayswatchingu00]

Now that was great, I appreciate their work!

[yoshinibble123]

Chemistry-based sightseeing? Fantastic!

[lizardX11]

Awesome Video - Thanks for Uploading in Higher Quality :)

[polishtradeer]

Thanks for the video.

[raymondo900]

excellent video guys

[clarkcolt45]

"it's not much to see, i'm sorry" 1:35

Well, she's probably not into chemistry! LOL

[ctso74]

@clarkcolt45 I'm just glad I wasn't along. I would have said something inept like, "Quite all right. We hear that all the time."

[101techkid]

Sverige har faktiskt en väldigt intressant historia bakom sig :)

[WHIREAS]

@101techkid indeed.

[Gypopotamus]

you guys are like my chemistry teacher.... but awesome!

[TheHDreality]

@Gypopotamus they are chemistry teachers, but awesome

[TeoTheAwesome]

@calumisdead wat

[mance1234]

hello

[Supacalaz]

It's amazing how many locals speak english!

[Borridd]

@Supacalaz Something like 90% of Swedes can speak english :)

[pokerpara3]

@Borridd Because their movies aren´t dubbed. All parents , show these comics undubbed first- huge impact.

[PlastKladd]

@Borridd probably 100% feels like it here.

[FHomeBrew]

@Borridd Wish those statistics were the same all over the world.

[Carutsu]

@Borridd Yeah, and high quality english most of the time.

[rathat48]

@Borridd Then why am I bothering to learn Swedish!?

[rageagainstthebath]

@Borridd Yes, that's what I loved about Sweden. Contrary to what I've experienced in Norway, though. In Norway I've spent 3 weeks and two people knowing fluent English that I've met were 8 year old girl showing us around the camp site and the homeless helping me out with choosing a beer at the supermarket. It's a shame.

[Xc31]

@rageagainstthebath try the french speaking part of Belgium, they know english perfectly but will just look at you as if you were speaking chinese, and always respond in french like you tried to talk english to them just for fun.

[rageagainstthebath]

@Xc31 I think the reason is that they are aiming for German tourists. After all, I've been to tourism sites mostly. They always tried to respond me in German or tried to make up some answers in English, but it was mostly incomprehensive.

Well, no big deal. It's still far worse in my fatherland after all.

[Xc31]

@rageagainstthebath at least they tried, none of that in Belgium. Ive been in Poland once, although they dont speak english, Polish people were mostly friendly and helpfull, and Ive had a lot of fun shooting of fireworks from what apeared to be some sort of weapon shop, because we showed some money and pointed at the fireworks the guy was selling, he emideatly took them outside and started showing them without 1 word spoken, in Belgium they would act like you're retarded.

[rageagainstthebath]

@Xc31 You've got a good point here. You're probably right their will to try communicating with us was a good side of the issue. Now when I think of it, this didn't happen to us in Belgium, Netherlands or Switzerland.

[Lleanlleawrg]

@rageagainstthebath I'm Norwegian and pretty much everyone I know can make themselves understood in English. Okay, not many are fluent, but that goes for all the Scandinavian countries. Where in Norway were you? I live in the South.

[rageagainstthebath]

@Lleanlleawrg That's a case too. We were on the north. We travelled to Nordkapp from Finland, then we headed towards south, through Tromso, Lofoten, Narvik, Bodo, Trondheim, Alesund and went straight back to Swedish ferry port, leaving Oslo unvisited.

I contacted some Norwegians from the south though, using clear english, on our social club's chat. It's not that I put all Norwegians into a single bag, I just regret those on the tourist sites do poor job trying to meet my tourism requirements.

[Lleanlleawrg]

@rageagainstthebath Ah but that explains it then, the Northern parts invest less in international tourism. For a decent tourist experience I'd recommend travelling during the summer, particularly in June and August, starting in Oslo and just following the coast towards Aust-Agder (where I live), then Vest Agder, Rogaland then Hordaland and possibly Sogn og Fjordane. Great scenery and the vast majority will communicate just fine in English in my experience. Check out YT ?v=ypG-VKSAivs btw!

[rageagainstthebath]

@Lleanlleawrg Thanks for the tip, but we chose northern Norway simply because we can't afford the south. We had a three-week supply of canned food in our trunk, and occasional purchase of ten times more expensive bread made us upset enough. We paid an average polish daily wage for just crossing the highway on the other side of it.

So, yeah.. Anyways it's good to know the reasons of the way the things are. Thanks for everything I learned from you tonight!

[Lleanlleawrg]

@rageagainstthebath You're very welcome. And welcome back whenever. But yes, it is ridiculously expensive compared to Sweden or Poland which judging by your post, you seem to be from. Btw, I visited Poland nearly a decade ago in a school trip. Ferry from Sweden to Poland, then drove to Krakow, stayed there three days and then out of the country towards Prague. I really liked Krakow, I found Wieliczka particularly fascinating. I also visited Auschwitz 1 & 2 KZ camps which made quite an impact.

[rageagainstthebath]

@Lleanlleawrg Since we brought almost entire food supply along, it wasn't that bad. The entrance fees to all the museums were not THAT bad, and fuel costs almost the same as in Poland. It was painful when we started encountering roads you are supposed to pay for. A nasty surprise was somewhere in middle of Norway, where the pay booth was in the MIDDLE of the road we tried to get past.

And Nazi death camps is something I think everyone should see, just not to let this happen again. Peace!

[nellux]

@Borridd Parlent-ils aussi le français?

[Borridd]

@nellux Not very much do, sorry :P

[culwin]

@Borridd Sadly, only about 85% of Americans are fluent :(

/is American

//Just a joke

[audveltadmuna]

@Borridd more like 99,382%

[Serostern]

@Supacalaz Almost 100% of the swedish over the age of 12 speak english.

Maybe not great english, but understandable.

[NarutoSSj6]

@Serostern really? 50% of those over 12 are retired and most of those have probably forgotten english.

[Serostern]

@NarutoSSj6 ANYONE still bright enough not to be locked up either in a small padded cell or an old folks home can form a coherent sentence as a response to "where is *****?"

[dumle29]

@Supacalaz basically it counts for scandinavia. english is our second language. about 90% speak english, 40-60% does it very very well.

im from Denmark

[periodicvideos]

Apologies to those who've seen this... It's one of my favourite periodicvideos and I thought it was overdue to be uploaded at higher quality! Brady

[lXlNismo11lXl]

@periodicvideos Thanks For The Video, It Was Very Interesting.