Element 120 - Periodic Table of Videos

[dedly13]

interesting video, i want your tie!

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

I'm sort of curious why they don't take a more direct route... instead of combining titanium and californium, why not some other combination like chlorine and lawrencium.

I guess my real question is, how do they decide on which atoms to throw at which atoms.

Of coarse cost and other properties like their state at a given temp/pressure are important.

I'm just wondering that's all :)

[NiamOfAsuras]

The professor has an awesome tie :D

[iLuvTofu20]

I like how the professor said, "I don't know." It was so sincere and I respect that!

[yittymitty11]

does it have to be califorium (<- not sure on how its spelt) and titanium why not try some other elements like whatever element 80 is and 30 is it might be easier

[thechosenonedman5176]

@yittymitty11 It's californium. They're doing it with certain isotopes in hopes that certain arrangements of neutrons will form. The elements being used are probably chosen because they believe them to be the most likely to fuse together because of their own quantum stability's.

[RandyJ007]

Love the tie :-)

[SYamooraSY]

can't they do this with any two elements?

[sm0kingJay]

"Why do they do that"

"I don't know" - still goes on to explain it as much as possible <3

[Yunituber]

@sm0kingJay I'll always pay attention to everything someone that says "I don't know" will say.

[kludgedup]

That is an awesome tie.

[stardude692001]

It would be nice if anyone was trying to make the kinds of exotic matter that we need to build starship drives and wormhole bridges.

[frank083]

3:56 "and you can see, It's quite a harde process" hahahaha

[Lefty7788tinkatolli]

Make a vid about ellement 126 :P

[commetsmasher]

just think, one day you might need a bigger tie! ^-^

[cptorangutang2]

@commetsmasher hahaha clever!

[azmanabdula]

smash 2 uranium atoms together XP *lead vests on?*

[johnclavis]

These videos are so great, you learn something even when the professor begins with "I don't know"!

[dlMrINSPECTORlb]

i dont know why but i would describe this guy as adorible

[Tmaker197812]

I count all the stars I've seen but still don't understand what sky really means ))) ... 

[TheCaptainLulz]

They should call 120 Unobtanium.

[ThingE05]

@TheCaptainLulz HAHA



[svagert]

but will it blend ?

[nurdsmart]

i like your ties <3

[XeroGees]

@uut0 not with the way atoms work. The quantum mechanics of the situation are difficult to explain, but such a "binary element" would e highly unstable. It would be more like a compound than single element.

[azmanabdula]

@XeroGees i think i know what he means...

what if the nucleus was 2 nucleus (es) with electrons flipping around them both(cloud whatever),

its not how atoms work but what would you need to do to make that happen?

too deep for current technology ; P

[daggerheart03]

The way he says 22 = Epic :D

[Lilaan]

Periodic table necktie... bad ass >:D

[MroStudios]

You are "quite fun" ;) I love you doc.

[uut0]

Would it be possible for the nucleus of a super heavy element to be binary, like binary stars but then with nuclei?

[VoxNeruda]

Californium + Titanium = CalTit

[ThePetarski]

@VoxNeruda Californium is Cf(?), and Titanium is Ti.

Therefore, CfTi.

[MrTobi48]

....And bombard it with lighter elements*hitting the earth with a ball multiple times*

[CaryTheEagle]

Hey Periodic Videos. I was wondering, If you had a choice to pick the name of 120? (If it is discovered of course).

--Cary

[ijunkie]

What happens at 172?

[jappafreak]

Thanks to your videos, I'm now the top student in my AP Chem class!

[viikraam]

I thought Tony Stark already did that!

[PressianGueorguiev]

Oh man, I've contemplated elements past 118 and 2-3 days later I come back to Periodic videos and I find this!

[01rai01]

That tie makes sums it all up

[legofoxanimations]

I like your tie

[popcornculturejunkie]

@legofoxanimations I agree. Best...tie...ever! :D

[kaczmarek3007]

Btw. Magic! he puts a big ball into a bigger ball and comes out smaller balls!

[kaczmarek3007]

Their MUST be a final element eventually. no?

[deoxy999]

@kaczmarek3007 Maybe.

[TheReaverOfDarkness]

I am opposed to the search for element 120 on the grounds that Californium is spiky and may hurt the people living on Titanium.

[Jedaprin1]

Why Not Send the Neutron of californium Into Titanium, Unless the Element is too Heavy to travel at those speed ?

[TheReaverOfDarkness]

@Jedaprin1 Probably because a Cf nucleus is much more massive than a Ti nucleus. If you hit a Ti nucleus with a Cf nucleus, it's probably a lot less likely to stick, and would more likely just shatter it.

Nah I kid, the speed is relative. But it's probably easier to manipulate a Ti atom.

[macronencer]

To happily say "I don't know" without embarrassment and later on to enthusiastically call the potential re-working of the periodic table "quite fun"... these are marks of a true scientist :)

[Draxis32]

I have to say that I've never seen such a Chemist Enthusiastic as Mr Poliakoff since the demise of Mr Linus Pauling.

Mr Poliakoff is truly worthy of his merits and should spread the joys of being a chemist all around the world

[r0galik]

It will decay, but will it blend?

[Sh33un]

We have to discover another way of making these heavy elements. Arranging neutrons and protons individually, for example.

[Ralphgtx280]

Will you be visiting the university of Adelaide ?

[periodicvideos]

@Ralphgtx280 The Prof gave two lectures there last week!

[photonman54]

they should make explodium

[mightyfinejonboy]

but what if it does not decay?can it still be detected ?

[BunBun002]

@mightyfinejonboy Our current understanding of physics indicates that it will definitely decay.

[LightLink1992]

so will element 120 be a Earth alkalimetal?

or have simular characteristics?

[sethboy66]

i can't wait until element 1280 is made, oh and did i mention i am from teh future? :D oh and in the future we no longer use the word 'the' we use 'teh'

[1997xander]

@UnbiasedIntellectual

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAha

Oh wait, you're serious, lemme laugh even harder

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[rageagainstthebath]

Superheavy, stable elements. Wow! We could use it instead of depleted uranium, like for supersmall airplane balancing weights, or (which personally I don't like) rifle bullets.

I bet there are smarter uses of superdense materials than I have picked, but anyhow! Let's just hope for it!

[Trillios]

@rageagainstthebath it shouldnt be used for rifle bullets, lead is as heavy anyone should go.... but a new material for bullets would be nice, just to "shake" stuff up

[GranTubone]

It would be nice to have e video explaining the supposed properties of this element based on its periodicitiy. And why would this element be better in applications instead of the ones in the same group.

[balletrocks92]

Theoretically if Element 120 is formed, it will be placed below group 2 elements; it is mentioned that this element will be more stable as compared to the other heavy elements. What I am curious to know is that if it is categorised as group 2 elements whereby reactivity increases down the group, wouldn't Element 120 be more dangerous than other group 2 elements? If it is more dangerous, why is it that scientist are constantly making dangerous elements? I'm interested to know why :)

[1997xander]

@balletrocks92

One atom ain't gonna do shit.

[sethboy66]

@balletrocks92 you have completely forgotten the fact that they could easily be wrong, but yes the farther you go down in group 2 elements the more reactive they are. if we get more reactive than francium we could be in trouble :)

[lukacarroll]

@balletrocks92 im not sure if this is part of what youre asking but the when he says they'll be more stable he means how likely/quickly the nucleus will decay, as opposed to its chemical reactivity. i dont think theres any doubt however that it will be quite chemically unstable given its valency.

[AngelixArch]

@UnbiasedIntellectual

Oh dear Lord... A troll. On these videos. Even I'm Catholic, and I KNOW that science bases this world... You're an IDIOT. No wonder everyone hates religious people. We have plenty of hardcore Bible readers who are ignorant fools, just like you... And then you have me who loves God for the universe that he created and all the wonderful things we get to learn in it. Idiot.

[Sassar]

The one dislike is element 120.

[luckviewer777]

my girlfriend has her period on the table

[ThePizzahero1]

Is there a chance of making a new and stable, not decaying element?

[saff3356]

@ThePizzahero1 no, all stable elements are already present in nature

[FHomeBrew]

So... Will the professors tie get longer or will they shrink the text? Maybe they'll print the island of stability on a bow-tie so he can wear them both :p

[quosmo1]

i really enjoyed it when he, as experienced and knowledgeable as he is, said simply 'i dont know' ... its important to be able to say 'i dont know' sometimes, and often people don't... when they should.

[hardcorezoo]

@themaskedcrusader the amount of element created will be extremely small. Your fears are unfounded

[edbapemo]

Hey bro! Nice snow fro.

[JustinRiedyk]

@periodicvideos Damn your talk at Perth is on a day I have to work. Hopefully someone films it.

[TheDustninja]

a lot of i don't knows we don't knows has science gone stale in its current path??

[Tekarien]

@TheDustninja The edges of science are always full of "I don't know" and "We don't know." Worry when there aren't any more open questions; that's when science has gone stale.

[TheDustninja]

@Tekarien yeah maybe

[ravenheart93]

I hope s isn't a dumb question but, if you combine the nucleus of two atom wouldn't it be a weird form of chemical or a new element? I guess what I'm asking is, wouldn't it be the same as just combining elements to make a chemical?

[gavinplaysbass]

@ravenheart93

If you combine the nuclei of two atoms into one new, larger nucleus then you have a new element. A chemical would be if two atoms simply bonded with conventional chemical bonds (which involves the electron orbits and not the the nuclei actually joining). Hope that helps

[ravenheart93]

@gavinplaysbass Thanks, that makes since, that's what I thought but I didn't want to be wrong.

[TheHDreality]

@ravenheart93 Not really, in a chemical reaction the atoms are only held together by electrostatic charge due to shared or donated electrons having a negative charge that attracts the nucleus of what it's bonded to, if you mix the nuclei of two atoms you change the number of protons in the atoms which is what defines the type of atom.

[ravenheart93]

@TheHDreality Thanks.

[fluffymole0913]

Perfect stereotype of the wacky professor :P

[spyrolad]

Where can I get that tie?

[matchbook69]

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[Callium1456]

I thought he was trolling with his hair

[you1my1]

السلام عليكم ورحمه الله وبركته is your hair real or its cotton candy ??????????????????????????????

[kakapopopipi1]

Your Hair Is AWESOME!!!

[QwoPhasaArius]

hehe.....love your last commnt there, professor :) we all know you'll have a red letter day!

[TheSahib3]

Your tie is AWESOME!!!

[guilopescorrea]

I think element 120 should be named Pk, Poliakoffium.

[1997xander]

@guilopescorrea

Apparently you'd have to be dead for 150 years before they can use your name.

[Key3812]

@guilopescorrea I think Afronium

[khyehickey]

@Key3812 LOL

[Surtak]

When a man simply says "I don't know", that's when you know you're dealing with a scientist.

[Tingawinga5]

That is the coolest tie ever!

[Erde04]

so they just ignore element 119, you guys are so mean to it...

[MidnightRedemption]

SEND THAT TO THE LHC!! :D

[KsE636]

this was a good one

[sikaisvirins]

as I understand, atoms move each nearly with speed of light. so they collide with almost with double speed of light. Why they dont try hit each atom in angle, instead of direct hit. speed might be little above light speed in collision, but atoms wouldn have to stop imidietly. is this tried, what I'm saying?

[Surtak]

@sikaisvirins

I'm not sure what you mean, hitting atoms at an angle? The nucleï are basically round, however you hit them it will be a "direct" hit.

[1RadicalOne]

Ah...have you not heard of a glancing blow?

[sikaisvirins]

@Surtak

I mean to make collision like in X shape.

nuclei are round and in collision they split if they are too heavy. it might prevent it, allowing make more heavy elements.

perhaps. I fantasize. :D

[Surtak]

@sikaisvirins

You mean like hitting the same nucleus with more than one particle at the same time? And then have those incoming particles perpindicular to each other?

There is no way you could be that precise. :)

[maurotamm]

what would the expected decay would be for new "stable" elements - still just a fractions of a millisecond?

[Dizzyheights]

A physicist friend told me that an atom with an even number of protons or an even number of neutrons is more stable than an atom with odd numbers of protons or neutrons is because the atom with an even number of protons or neutrons is more stable (lower binding energy) due to pairing effects. Though Im not a physicist, just a lowly organic chemist.

[Idkkeponer1]

Gotta love professor Poliakoff's face at 6:54

[ajtgarber101010]

Why did they choose Californium and Titanium? Why not some other combination of elements that still adds to 120?

[KillcrazeWoW]

The discovery of a stable element 120 would revolutionize our way of thinking about atoms. With new, super-heavy, usable elements, our science and technology would have the potential to make huge leaps forward in regards to quantum physics. Stable, super heavy elements would help facilitate fission reactions, anti-gravity rings, and much much more.

[SlideRulePirate]

"Neutrons and protons in the nucleus form shells..." I've never heard of that before. As Spock would say, "Fascinating."

[pullarius1]

Making new elements by smashing old ones together at significant fractions of C. Chemists 500 years from now will look back on this like we do at cavemen banging rocks together.

[Paskalmk1]

OMG i was just reading the nature journal and pete licence is mentioned in a green chemistry news

[mooooooooimacow]

if only you came out to northholm grammar whilst you are here!

[havenomouth]

I was wondering. Do we think that these elements exist in the cosmos? I could Imagine californium being created. Would it exist long enough for it to crash into an atom that would turn it into #120? Are we creating new things that have never existed before or recreating things that certainly have happened or maybe have happened?

[dot1337]

@havenomouth I believe that these newly synthetic elements are just that, synthetic, man-made. Although, Californium was detected after the nuclear testing were done back in the 50's and 60's. These super-heavy elements have almost no chance of existing in the universe.

[havenomouth]

The Prof is all "I don't know..." Then breaks down how the "shells" that are formed make it more stable. I love this guy.

[themaskedcrusader]

Wouldn't creation of element 119 be extremely dangerous? All group 1 elements are extremely volatile, and they get increasingly volatile as you go down the periods. So, wouldn't element 119 react extremely violently with any water vapor in the surrounding air? If so, then it makes sense to skip it for safety reasons rather than merely scientific reasons.

[dot1337]

@themaskedcrusader The point of these experiments is to create at least 1 atom of the element. You would need billions and billions of atoms to even have at least a micro gram of the element. As the professor said, it takes weeks to months to even have a chance to produce an atom of such element. One atom reacting with water wouldn't do much. Not to mention that these elements have extremely short half-lives, so they would decay into other elements almost right away.

[Paskalmk1]

just a question, if there is a chance this new element gets to be in this "island of stability" then how is it supposed to decay under this stability, or if they ever make one of this atoms then how will they know they got it

[iantheuncountable]

Could you do a video on quasicrystals?

[Falcrist]

I'd love to see a new iPhone made from 120-ium, and look forward to a world with 120-ates in our chemistry.

You can do it professor! I believe in the power of the hair! =D

[BoboDoboRobo]

Them hands. THEM HANDS.

[docatomics]

...if you haven't a hammer heavy enough

~nor a anvil hard enough,

=then such a undertaking will first need to reproduce a furnace where such super critical density are forged and may remain stable

[earthmatrix432]

And, here is a second video on the schemata of the elements with an arrangement up to 120 elements. youtube.com/user/earthmatrixed­itions#p/a/u/2/Yqjy9lLfuco

[earthmatrix432]

Check out one of my videos youtube.com/user/earthmatrixed­itions#p/a/u/1/_Z55Ep_RXas

[earthmatrix432]

I have been showing distinct arrangements on the neutronic schemata of the elements for the past twelve years theschemata-dot-com. The neutron count is similarly as regular as the electron count. I invite you to take a look.

[mathtek1]

It's obviously Poliakoffium or Bradium.



[sjacpswbs03162005]

@mathtek1 Or Neilium ;P

[St00sh13]

What is the temporary name of element 120? (UnUnBiDecium ?)

Also, if the next row of elements can be made, will there also be a row after Actinides, Lanthinides, .... ?

[nVidia6000]

I would like to have my iphone shell made out of element 120. : D

[TheMasterminding]

@nVidia6000 Then it would decay just as fast as Apple's batteries...

[xja85mac]

Californium production is at the microgram scale, so probably they use a light metal target with a very thin Cf coating on the surface.

Great video!

Bye.

[AussieEvonne]

@Brady, LOL at your last comment about the shake up in the world of designing and making periodic tables. Of course, more elements means more ties for the Prof's collection.

[periodicvideos]

@AussieEvonne and a periodicvideos website re-design!!!

[aopdjasldksa]

@periodicvideos How many ties does the professor have now? haha

[Slartibartfass13]

@AussieEvonne But what if they find lots and lots more elements? His tie could get so long he'd get all tangled up and hurt himself! D:

[cynikalX]

why do they decide to use californium and titanium? why that combo? why not, for example, vanadium and berkelium? or even why not two neodyniums? I dont know anything about super heavy element creation so pardon my ignorance.. for that matter, what do they hope to learn, esp with how short lived a half life the heavier the element is? information/learning is one thing, but the resulting creation doesn't seem very practical :(

[GnomeClubProductions]

You're tie is amazing, just saying

[MyRandomboy]

wat is the point of another element

[MyNamesNotLuke]

@MyRandomboy I completely agree, what's the point of understanding How the world works around us. From Planets, stars, Solar systems, to microbes and molecules. If information doesn't serve an immediate purpose then it's useless, right?

[docatomics]

@MyNamesNotLuke ...only to the useless ?

[trespire]

Yesss ! Titanium (again) my favorite element.

But why do we need to smash it up ? :~\

[bubbleshield50]

@trespire some people just want to watch the world burn.

[spokehedz]

6:56 - This is why I love scientists. They are not afraid to say "I don't know" to a question, even on camera. Why? It's not a negative for them to not know something--they just go and find out! People seem to think that IDK means "I don't WANT TO know" which is why I think IDK has such a negative connotation outside of the scientific world.

[phillipdogyface]

momy where do other heavy elements come from?

well you see when a bigger element likes a smaller element very much...

[sluppy88]

It's like agame of minesweaper :)

[TheMasterminding]

Will the nucleus be blue IRL as well? And would it be safe to handle an iPhone made out of it? :p

[TheDoctorV2point0]

if that is your real hair........awsome.

[downfader2]

Who knows, given the right conditions what we can create and the uses we can put those creations to!

[glitchflame]

he is soooooo awesome!

[nagromgreen]

Thumbs up for the professor's tie.

[MrJoBilly]

Then is it possible to make gold out of Iridium when you shoot hydrogen atoms at it?

[nagromgreen]

@MrJoBilly Yes, they have made elements into gold, it's just way too expensive to do, the result is worth less than the experiment.

[trancecyberian]

Thanks again, Mr. Professor!

Cheers from a colleague in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[rogerdotlee]

@Tagno25: I don't know for sure, but I believe it might have something to do with inertia. It would be the rough equivalent of tossing a superball at a bowling ball vs. throwing two golf balls together. Once you get to relativistic speeds, you'll have a better chance of not blowing your target atom to, well, atoms if it is more massive than the beam atom. Another way to look at it would be firing a 9mm bullet at a cannonball vs. two 357 slugs. The numbers may equal, but the cannonball wins.

[therealjordiano]

If you want to find a stable superheavy element, it won't decay in the detector, so how will you know you've found one :S

[soundofgeek]

@therealjordiano Stability is relative. They're not hoping to find a totally non-radioactive element - just hoping to get one with a long enough half-life to let us study it and maybe use it. Americium's probably not a bad example - atomic number 95, only discovered in 1944, radioactive (half-life of a few hundred years), and now widely used in domestic smoke alarms.

[therealjordiano]

@soundofgeek I see

[tagno25]

what about launching Neodymium at Neodymium or some other combination? Why Californium and Titanium?

[gkslysr]

Nice necktie!

[stormwalkernz]

Welcome to the southern hemisphere Prof - you should come to New Zealand we would love to have you over here.