Yttrium, terbium, erbium and ytterbium were all named after one small town on the Stockholm archipelago. But it could have been different, and there could have been many other names. From a snowy bit of Sweden, and a mine that’s a historical landmark, let’s talk about discovery, chemists, and a man named Gadolin.
Thanks to Paul (@cr3) on camera, and to @de_isja, @Ekkelos, @chemician and Chris Armstrong for proofreading the chemistry in the script!
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USA's a close runner up with 3, Californium, Americium and Berkelium
gooo swiideen
You might enjoy the UK discovery of manaccanite in Cornwall.
Ytterby also indirectly has (Stock-)Holmium, Scandi(-navia)um and Thul(-e)ium named after it, and is the source of Gadolinium and Tantalum. Sweden is awesome.
#Lastnightinsweden
And the runner-up is… the East Bay region in Northern California 🙂 with californium, berkelium and livermorium
Fantastic video 🙂 Truly fascinating!
Couldn't they have named at least one or two of the elements after some of the people involved, or the town drunk, or something? ^^
dat framerate though
Literally (no, not figuratively) just was wondering when you would get to this one.
Awesome, I didn't know this and I'm a Swede.
Hey Tom! how was your break? I hope you had fun!
Have you heard of this vulnerability on CloudFlare DNS service? They are calling it "CloudBleed" It affected a lot of big sites like Discordapp.com and Uber.com. Your explanations are always the best for this type of topic, so I would love to see it in a video some day 🙂
Not trying to be a thorn, but you don't put a voltage "through" an object. Voltage refers to a difference in electric potential across two points. You have a voltage across a resistor, for instance, and an electrical current through it. However, excellent video as always, Tom Scott!
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Your diction has become better. Congratulations, you're becoming an excellent storyteller
Would have been helpful to tell us what those elements do
Jag älskar Sverige så mycket! Such a good excuse to visit Ytterby.
50hz is really trippy
not a single cut… well done! it gives a very enjoyable rythm to the video
Well done! You deserve the break, your channel is brilliant.
Being a swede, it's nice to get educated about my stuff in my own country. 🙂 I had no idea!
En tätort, fyra grundämnen: Ytterby
What's with 50fps?
thanks for adding proper captions for the Deaf. I enjoy watching 🙂
Hi Tom! Where can I read that paper about 'Supposed New Elements – Two Centuries of Errors'?
Do you think Only Connect looks to prior contestants for questions?
I want you to make a documentary