Nobelium - Periodic Table of Videos

We don't know much about Nobelium because it is does not occur naturally... But we know plenty about the famous scientist it is named after. More at

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[Osirus1156]

I love these videos.

[culwin]

Should have been called YouTubium

[epicka]

So how in the world did Obama get a Nobel peace prize again?

[limefrog77]

@chavjones twit

[peon17]

@chavjones A bigger fail is that C_60 (or sometimes referred to as a Buckyball) is shaped like a football, not nobelium. On a more serious note, the elements that are very far along on the periodic table rarely have much to talk about. Nearly every one of them for which they've made videos contain information similar to this one.

[chavjones]

so what about nobelium? This is all about Nobel. Nothing about Nobelium other than it's shaped like a "football".... fail.

[dreasim]

A big explosion occurred on the 3 September 1864 at their factory in Heleneborg in Stockholm, killing five people. Among them was Alfred's younger brother Emil.

[ReverendFlatus]

Interesting stuff about Nobel, but nothing about nobelium.

[JMaxfield09]

kieselgur (UK spelling kieselguhr)

Nobel's key absorbent ingredient for dynamite, as mentioned by Prof. Poliakoff but not included in the subtitles (1:28). Also known as diatomaceous earth, or diatomite (source: Wikipedia).

Sawdust is another absorbant substance (source: Fight Club)