Germanium - Periodic Table of Videos

[pvtjamesryan3]

god damn this guy is fucking stupid.

What a fucking worthlesss bag of shit.

He must have got his degree in Zimbabwe.

[LV07TSK]

What? Prof. Poliakoff is WRONG......Gallium is the first element (after hydrogen) on the P.T. to be named for a country: France, which used to be called Gaul.

[altermann555]

@sinspawn1024 yes ofc... we also learn a language called: Denglish... :)

[IIXXIIXX]

@sinspawn1024 no

[xato909]

awesome :D

[croutonicus]

Surely Gallium is the first element named after a country? (Named after Gaul, the old name for France)

[FamilyofSupernatural]

@croutonicus It is.

[Versudan]

Visible light is reflected but infrared isn't? How bizarre...

[stuntpea]

Whoa! Infra red light goes through it but visible light doesn't.  That's cool!

[r2studios]

I use germanium transistors in electronic projects, there are about 80 of them in my mixing desk which i sit at regularly!..Are they radioactive as I have heard that germanium is 'slightly' radioactive??! Are there any health risks being exposed to germanium transistors?

[sveegaard]

@r2studios Since it is usually considered a stable element, I'd guess that the radioactivity is minimal, as with bismuth. Don't bother thinking too much about it.

[1997xander]

@r2studios

7.4 percent of germanium contains isotope 76Ge which has a half-life of 1760000000000000000000 years. No fucking worries.

[ingoatd]

@sinspawn1024 no

[rathat48]

@sinspawn1024 Nope, still called Germanium in German.

[funkycheese89]

i bet this guy gets a loooot of pussy

[ConnorXV]

@ Culwin

Like Nazis this has wierd properties

[ConnorXV]

@ DeanMalenko

How about, buy a gold ring but get germanium and americium chunks the sizes of medium large diamonds have them set to the ring, the americium alpha radiation will be blocked by the gold and the gamma will me so small as to have less effect than background radiation. Ask a scientist to be sure.

[Desmaad]

I know that germanium transistors are quite popular for use in fuzz pedals for electric guitars.

[Marekfriday]

I want his tie. Periodic Table of Elements is a brilliant idea. :)

[pepsibookcat]

Whenever I watch this video, I have the urge to go watch the Muppet Show manamana clip.

[DeanMalenko]

The elements can be so cruel.. I am german any my girl is from the US and I wanted our wedding rings to show this. I wanted them to be half Germanium and half Americium.. unfortunately Americium is radioactive as an element 1 above Plutonium... now I'm broken. Any ideas? Golden rings are too normal for us..

[Harisdoubled]

@DeanMalenko can you make Americium paint?

[DeanMalenko]

@sinspawn1024 nope :-P

[raaaymond64]

i dont know what you all are talking about,but germanium(which are 2 factorys in the world that make it and there both in japan and only 1 sells it to the public) is a life saving element that cures cancer and the only guy who has a patten on it from that japan factory is karl loren vibrant life.

[Blubber4444]

No no, we say "germanium" too^^

[AgentCROCODILE]

What are the lyrics to the germanium song?

[furiousharry]

hah very clever

[Knallkop]

For sure! We also call Francium Frankreichium. Not really! Some elements like Tungsten have german names. Its called Wolfram. But hey, its just a piece of metal. Search for "Periodensystem" and you will find all the answers!

[BluBreathProductions]

Only someone who absolutely loves Germanium would sing about it! lol

[BluBreathProductions]

I thought Francium was named after France.

[Xskillna]

So...Germanium in sort of invisible metal...Cool.

[OrezUMoM]

aperantly only yo infra-red light :/

[Xskillna]

Hence the sort of...Flood a room with a Germanium wall, and the wall will disappear D:!...I think?

[OrezUMoM]

if i have understood the professor correctly (maybe i havn't), then germanium will reflect ordernary light like a mirror, but infra-red light will pass right through, making it look transparent (invisible)

[sciencoking]

ok then you understood him :-)

[bobnfreely]

Interesting factoid: The first integrated circuit was made (by Jack Kilby) out of a piece of germanium.

[madisonlovetaylor]

they use germanium as sub-atomic particle detectors at CERN

[sciencoking]

germanium, nanaananana XDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[AspTRaptor]

@sciencoking roflmao nanaananana

[panzerschreck77]

1;05 lol  catchy

[unicyclist0]

Yess. hahahaha my teacher had a little monster who sang the .. actual song? if it actually was.. the monomana (sp?) hahaha

[panzerschreck77]

haha  cool

[Akhiloth]

Mahna mahna...

[Paxmax]

Ah.. cool I did not know it's cool optical features!