Samarium - Periodic Table of Videos

[AZURA888]

another unknown element for most of mortals of the group of rare earths.

[WeaselWJ]

Samarium!

[douro20]

Samarium-cobalt alloys are used as very powerful magnets- not nearly as strong as the highest grade of neodymium-iron-boron magnets but close.

[jq747]

Nice vid and all.... but the cameraman needs to lay off the Redbull, he can't seem to keep it still. "This is Samarium... there it is! no here it is! over there again!"

[Almontmarine]

argon reacts with fluorine to make "ArF".

[Busterlanger1]

@Almontmarine Ummmmmmmm, no. 

[DevilMaster]

@Busterlanger1 Ummmmmmmm, yes. Look up "excimer" on Wikipedia.

[bushiyo2]

@Busterlanger1 Argon can use Florine as a Ligand under highly pressurized or highly energetic conditions to form a stable coordination complex in a high energy state.

Which changes the reactivity of the Argon. Then the complex can be stimulated to release some of it's energy which makes it "metastable" it then breaks apart into loose atoms and produces ultraviolet radiation. Thus you can make and Argon-Florine laser. lol u mad bro?

[Busterlanger1]

@bushiyo2 lol, trolls, no I'm not mad, thanks for informing me otherwise though! :)

[douro20]

@AgentCROCODILE

Only at very high temperatures.

[Anastius]

@Almontmarine Only when excited by a power source, and ArF is highly unstable.

There are some stable compounds like argon fluorohydride (HArF) but they're not easy to make nor that stable (HArF was discovered first, in 2000, and breaks apart above -256°C). Generally speaking, noble gas compounds are very rare: helium and neon, for example, have none.

[xarlz159]

a million dollar smile

[HOUSEMD75]

It's a funny name for an element for me, because "szamár" means donkey in hungarian, and in hungarian it sounds something like donkeynium. :D

[cassiavc]

@HOUSEMD75 Cool!

[basherofnoggins]

'basically to stop them going boom' =]

[Desmaad]

Nuclear reactors don't so much go "boom" as melt. The reason is, nuclear power is generated by heat produced via fission, which is captured by generating steam and putting it through turbines. Thus, when the reaction runs away, it generates too much heat for the system to handle.

[Bissmarkpl]

@Desmaad and then goes boom ^^

[cardshifter]

Only ten comments on this video,  and with all its views.

[homousios]

the good Samarium!

[DeltaPhi79]

"Basically to stop them from going boom." I loved that.

[Hackerfromthe90s]

Ask for a bucket of Samarium. See what response you get!

[DevilMaster]

@Hackerfromthe90s Probably the same response as that guy who entered a pharmacy and asked for "one pound of mofeen".

[culwin]

That is some awesome packaging.

[onelasssttime]

There are alot of very funny things about this vid...(nevermind, lol)..

[AlwaysReadTheLabel]

Can imagine that gentle laugh at the end developing into a full-on cackle-of-doom in time...

[silverchill1]

@AlwaysReadTheLabel i bet he did and they cut it out lol

[meat78]

ken stine STOP WAITING YOUR TIME

[atomic7732]

huh?