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  • The rare isotope Calcium-48 plays a key role in the creation of superheavy elements. But it's not easy to obtain. Filmed at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, in Dubna, Russia.
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  • @FredDufresne
    @FredDufresne 7 ปีที่แล้ว +499

    Periodic Videos is the opposite of click bait. They "bait" you with a catchy title, then give you the answer in the first minute and then give you even more interesting information for the next 8 minutes.

    • @static7793
      @static7793 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wait a minute.. i thought i commented this. but i guess we have the same pfp

    • @FredDufresne
      @FredDufresne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@static7793 Lol hi clone

    • @static7793
      @static7793 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@FredDufresne lol i just realized this comment was 3 years ago, also, do you even know what our pfp means?

    • @FredDufresne
      @FredDufresne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@static7793 One of the best games ever

    • @static7793
      @static7793 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @hazzard77
    @hazzard77 7 ปีที่แล้ว +763

    0:18 I like that precision drilled hole in the wall there

    • @kevinfrmkdz
      @kevinfrmkdz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      hazzard77 quality work

    • @MrFujinko
      @MrFujinko 7 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      russia, my friend

    • @truetrueevil1
      @truetrueevil1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Ruski Engineering. Ohhhhh yes

    • @C00LM4N
      @C00LM4N 7 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      What's the point of making it beatufil? (I'm russian)

    • @LeoAculaMiles
      @LeoAculaMiles 7 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      It is already beautiful

  • @applepiesleth1226
    @applepiesleth1226 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2507

    $500 000 calcium vs. $5 calcium

    • @decepticonne
      @decepticonne 7 ปีที่แล้ว +263

      next week on buzzfeed

    • @adrianbornabasic7499
      @adrianbornabasic7499 7 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      $150 000 asbestos vs. $10 asbestos

    • @Ballacha
      @Ballacha 7 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      Ronan Sandoval it's funny because your bottle of $5.00 calcium tablets probably contains a few hundred dollars worth of that $500,000 calcium 48

    • @TheNadude
      @TheNadude 7 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Peida Li you'd have to extract the calcium 48 to make it that expensive

    • @decepticonne
      @decepticonne 7 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Peida Li and my mechanical pencil's lead contains a few hundred dollars worth of graphene

  • @00BillyTorontoBill
    @00BillyTorontoBill 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2079

    I love it.... 10 million dollars of equipment in a room and the pipes go through a DIY hole the wall...
    Russians dont care if anything looks pretty...just that it works.

    • @Jacob_graber
      @Jacob_graber 7 ปีที่แล้ว +240

      You just described every engineering lab ever, especially if there are students doing research there. This is what happens when you give utilitarian engineers space and money... Looks like chaos, but you can fit a lot more important stuff in a lab if you're not trying to be particularly clean.

    • @gantmj
      @gantmj 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Slap some baby puke green paint on it, and it'll be fine.

    • @johnallardyce4164
      @johnallardyce4164 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      *their

    • @raible9554
      @raible9554 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      lol they have better jets then the u.s better tanks better submarines and better air defense systems and also don't forget better nukes

    • @LightYwins
      @LightYwins 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I thought I was the only one that saw the hole lol

  • @Starfuchs
    @Starfuchs 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4042

    $250/mg? So still only 1/10th of what printer ink costs

    • @DeconvertedMan
      @DeconvertedMan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      lol

    • @cybercat1531
      @cybercat1531 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No.

    • @jasmeetmatharoo
      @jasmeetmatharoo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Thomas Wigele now i am curious that what is the cost of 1mg of printer ink?

    • @IamGrimalkin
      @IamGrimalkin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +214

      For those wondering, no, printer ink doesn't actually cost that much.

    • @theqwertylink
      @theqwertylink 7 ปีที่แล้ว +218

      It's a joke.

  • @mlucas4144
    @mlucas4144 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    “You get the carbonate free” Lol I love the professor’s humor

    • @BillAnt
      @BillAnt ปีที่แล้ว

      "The carbonate is extra bonus" make me lol

  • @gulsten
    @gulsten 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1990

    Next week on Codys Lab: Producing Calciumcarbonate with Calcium-48 from Milk

  • @JohnyAngelo
    @JohnyAngelo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +317

    In Russia when you build a brand new house, factory, lab.. it already looks 40 years old.

    • @ae4164
      @ae4164 6 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      And when you need to run a pipe you just have Ivan smash the wall open with a sledgehammer.

    • @josefmuller86
      @josefmuller86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Still looks better than hipster gentrified scandinavian style restaurant tho

    • @Lyosha9869
      @Lyosha9869 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      mostly re bought building are built during the soviet union

    • @eclipsegfxable
      @eclipsegfxable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@josefmuller86 Facts

    • @msresu
      @msresu 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually it has to be more than 40 years old...at least 60 years old...this is something build in USSR time....and it is still working

  • @_IHateHandles_
    @_IHateHandles_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +734

    I'm just waiting for the headline that says 'Cocaine addict breaks into scientific facility, snorts $500,000 worth of Calcium-48' 

  • @zyxzevn
    @zyxzevn 7 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    At the border:
    "Is that cocaine?"
    "No it is just Calcium"
    "Sorry, we have to open the package and take a sample"
    "Noooo"

  • @McMxxCiV
    @McMxxCiV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Nearly two and a half years since this video appeared and still no music videos with rappers flashing their calcium-48. I'm very disappointed.

  • @TsetsiStoyanova
    @TsetsiStoyanova 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I cannot help but wander what all these elements taste like

  • @SansaStarkofWinterfell
    @SansaStarkofWinterfell 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I absolutely *love* watching Periodic Videos and the Dark Sky channel too. Smarter Every day and the Sound Traveler. I've learned *so* much from these 4 channels. The Professor and the people there as well as Destin from Smarter Every Day has been so entertaining and informative! Thank you everyone.
    🌾Be Blessed ღ 🌿

  • @dannybarzilay1594
    @dannybarzilay1594 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    TH-cam recommended the highest quality calcium to me on spooky season...
    Thank you

  • @Cusifaii
    @Cusifaii 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Your passion for the field and for teaching is truly inspiring.

  • @aidanjameson2521
    @aidanjameson2521 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The professor is the reason I'm getting a three in chemistry right now. I wish he was my professor.

  • @GamzaLive
    @GamzaLive 7 ปีที่แล้ว +489

    If you ate that bottle of calcium your skeleton would be like wolverines.

    • @bagster60able
      @bagster60able 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      P. Doherty not likely

    • @hamiltonharper
      @hamiltonharper 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I wonder how much heavier would you be if you swapped all your existing calcium for this calcium 48?

    • @TheMacroSlacker
      @TheMacroSlacker 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That math shouldn't be too hard to do. If you actually cared. Definitely not worth doing though.

    • @cobalt7530
      @cobalt7530 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      hamilton harper you'd gain 3 grams for every kilogram of body weight. For example, a person weighing 70 kg would gain 210g.

    • @AD-pv7ub
      @AD-pv7ub 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I calculated that 17 grams. But I'm half asleep and didn't bother to actually write anything down on paper, so I might be totally wrong there.

  • @czorgormez
    @czorgormez 7 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    i love russian style science. just broke the wall and continiue to build your scientific device. no big deal. at 0.18

    • @iLoveTurtlesHaha
      @iLoveTurtlesHaha 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Science is science... idiot.

    • @masonkiefer1222
      @masonkiefer1222 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      iLoveTurtlesHaha that wasn't science that was Russia

  • @Seabass-a
    @Seabass-a 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for taking the time to make this wonderful video, and for all the videos before.

  • @guitarz667
    @guitarz667 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So glad to see the prof still being awesome!

  • @KnowArt
    @KnowArt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I hope this guy may still live for a long time

    • @parva777
      @parva777 ปีที่แล้ว

      He is a pure "Gem" on this earth 🤩 !

  • @josephskulan750
    @josephskulan750 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    48Ca has other uses. In geochemistry 48Ca (usually along with 42Ca) it is used in Ca isotope "double spikes" for obtaining high precision measurements of calcium isotope ratios. In medical research it is used as a tracer for studying calcium metabolism. Another interesting feature of 48Ca is that it actually is very slightly radioactive, transforming to 48Ti by double beta decay with a half life of something like 6x10^19 years.

  • @bewareofwil
    @bewareofwil 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like these videos, because they come periodically.

    • @parva777
      @parva777 ปีที่แล้ว

      So fun ! Thank you !

  • @hashimgilani4336
    @hashimgilani4336 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You explain in such astonishingly plain words. Teachers are born and can not be created. Hats off to you sir.

  • @anishsaxena588
    @anishsaxena588 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    When I saw Ca-48's relative abundance I wondered why it was so expensive, but then it all got sorted :)

  • @RyanPhoenixAZ
    @RyanPhoenixAZ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Only $2.5 million in sales per year with very few customers. For that reason I'm out.

  • @Havoc2003414
    @Havoc2003414 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    His explanations are so easy to understand! Love it :)

  • @Renzsu
    @Renzsu 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's why I love this channel, I would never have known this otherwise.

  • @electronicsNmore
    @electronicsNmore 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video!

  • @pacinpm2
    @pacinpm2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    Can you make Calcium-48 by bombarding Calcium-40 with neutrons?

    • @smartg27
      @smartg27 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      It wouldn't be pure but you could make some more of it, Im no expert but it seems viable seeing as all of the isotoopes in between are relatively stable and calcium 49 would decay into argon.

    • @maxx_2245
      @maxx_2245 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Trevor Campbell it would take far, far too long to make even a gram of the stuff.

    • @MrAlyyk
      @MrAlyyk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would love to know too.

    • @demonfedor3748
      @demonfedor3748 7 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Short answer:yes.Long answer:though you can theoretically make it,it would take ridiculous amount of time and effort to make even 1 mg of it(you would have to clean this up from radioactive isotopes and still separate Calcium-48). Conclusion:possible,but not worth it.

    • @lcbp2009
      @lcbp2009 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Probably but it would be stupid to do it like that if you want calcium 48. Because in the process you also make other isotope, so in the end you still need to seperate them.

  • @w0ttheh3ll
    @w0ttheh3ll 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    love the professors' enthusiasm and he's got a nice voice, too

  • @williamcowan4936
    @williamcowan4936 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i just wanna say THANK YOU for making these videos

  • @inathh5243
    @inathh5243 7 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    "It's also probably the most expensive compound you've ever seen. And it's right here."
    *_camera pans to pot of cocaine_*

  • @artman40
    @artman40 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Imagine how much Calcium-46 would cost!

  • @grapeshot23
    @grapeshot23 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love your channel. Thanks for the lesson and please keep it up!

  • @ronjacobsen3264
    @ronjacobsen3264 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    love this professor and his videos wouldn't lectures with him be awesome?

  • @maybeken
    @maybeken 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    0:18 When you see the bodge job on the wall in a nuclear research facility, you know it's Russian made.

  • @fonzworthbently885
    @fonzworthbently885 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Looks like cocaine finally has competition

  • @samsoncooper1
    @samsoncooper1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    £500 an hour just for the calcium, still cheaper than I expected when you brought on the 2g of calcium carbonate.
    The machine they use to make bigger atoms must be very efficient

  • @corso4547
    @corso4547 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very well explained, thank you very much.

  • @pourquoiunidentifiant
    @pourquoiunidentifiant 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    @PeriodicVideos
    Prof Poliakoff Looks very well thoses times :)
    we need more peoples like you on earth
    i have learn more in chemistry in 2 months of periodicvideos than all high school time i passed

  • @Karabetter
    @Karabetter 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I would love to see some videos covering the chemistry of the advancements in the area of solid state batteries. :) The converse of putting energy into a system where the eventual outcome is to lose the energy in a wasteful "bang", but rather designing a "battery system" where you get the energy back most efficiently. In other words, help save the planet in spite of the oil-gas and military industrial complexes. ;)

  • @highsoap
    @highsoap 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm glad the prof is showing some love for the nucleus too.

  • @floorpizza8074
    @floorpizza8074 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dr. Martyn Poliakoff: The only chemistry professor I've ever wanted to give a hug.

  • @SoFZlodei24
    @SoFZlodei24 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Oh man, when was you in Dubna? I work in FLNR, but I didn't saw you.

  • @xelaxander
    @xelaxander 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Still a better value than most military projects...

  • @BlackDogBones1964
    @BlackDogBones1964 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I so want a autographed picture of this guy.. he rocks !!😎🎓

  • @TheSkogemann
    @TheSkogemann 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! Very entertaining and educating!

  • @3bertface01
    @3bertface01 7 ปีที่แล้ว +215

    what would happen if someone ate it?

    • @DeconvertedMan
      @DeconvertedMan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I was wondering that as well lol!

    • @gidopranger8489
      @gidopranger8489 7 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      3bertface01 probably some kidney stones

    • @jonasga
      @jonasga 7 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      They would probably be targeted for a revenge killing for maliciously destroying an extremely expensive piece of Russian government property :P

    • @Hokunin
      @Hokunin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      you acquire super powers

    • @davidonfim2381
      @davidonfim2381 7 ปีที่แล้ว +157

      The same thing that would happen if you ate the same amount of egg shells or antacids.... not much. The calcium carbonate would react with the hydrochloric acid in your stomach and neutralize some of it (creating some water and CO2 in the process) , thus reducing the stomach's acidity. then it'd go into the intestines and some of it would be absorbed and used like regular calcium.
      You'd end up with a strange proportion of calcium isotopes in your body, but that would have no health effects at all.

  • @zazzy7681
    @zazzy7681 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I thought Russia had more snow than that.
    Great Videos, really miss being at UoN

  • @markwilliams5654
    @markwilliams5654 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    thanks for sharing your knowledge with us

  • @Electronzap
    @Electronzap 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video as always! My favorite part is the hole at 0:18 lol

  • @Jaydoggy531
    @Jaydoggy531 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    $500,000 calcium? Good thing it's on sale at the pharmacy for buy one get one free this week. But you need to have the store's discount card to get the sale price.

    • @dusterdude238
      @dusterdude238 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Walgreens - downtown Moscow HA HA

  • @nonofyabidnez5737
    @nonofyabidnez5737 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I think I understand.
    Basically it's magic!

  • @iLoveTurtlesHaha
    @iLoveTurtlesHaha 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Poor dude, he shakes so much he can't touch the bottle. I feel bad for him because he's probably really passionate about his craft and being in a situation where he is so close to something so rare but can't touch it must be heart wrenching. :(

  • @ULTD8
    @ULTD8 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    great title + very enjoyable vid

  • @YouGenom
    @YouGenom 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Yesterday at the subway station, a creepy guy in a black coat approached me and asked me if I need Ca48. I told him I am not interested. Then he insisted and offered 5g for $50. I refused him again... Damn, now I see this video.

  • @erictaylor5462
    @erictaylor5462 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can you imagine, you just want a half million Pounds worth of calcium 48, and they misunderstand and bring you a half million pounds of the stuff that costs $250/mg?
    The joy of being English!

  • @garrettdaman1227
    @garrettdaman1227 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this was very informative thank you.

  • @sunburntsatan6475
    @sunburntsatan6475 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When Oganesson-293 is considered "relatively stable" (due to usage of a doubly magic projectile nucleus) you know things are bound to get interesting.

  • @aetius31
    @aetius31 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Interesting, I always though that calcium metal production through thermite could not be acheived with oxides (judging by the Ellingham Diagram), that is why calcium sulfate/aluminium thermite is usually used instead.

  • @golf-n-guns
    @golf-n-guns 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why are small bottles of white powder so expensive?

  • @PinkChucky15
    @PinkChucky15 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome! Great video :-)

  • @4798alexander4798
    @4798alexander4798 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    great explanations by the professor

  • @lance3635
    @lance3635 7 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    $500,000 for 2 grams is what I charge rich frat boys for my weed

    • @franklinhirsch1654
      @franklinhirsch1654 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I like this comment

    • @craftyasmr3227
      @craftyasmr3227 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@franklinhirsch1654 Me too

    • @jumpieva
      @jumpieva 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      i guess your rich frat boys don't know about denver

  • @TheLambLive
    @TheLambLive 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Don't let Keith Richards anywhere near that.

  • @8platypus
    @8platypus 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    i like the increased production value of these videos

  • @tijman1
    @tijman1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I FELL in LOVE @ 3:22 !

  • @kapa1611
    @kapa1611 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    why are the numbers 20 for protons and 28 for neutrons "magic"? what makes them more stable than other numbers?? :/

    • @kapa1611
      @kapa1611 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      tell the professor to be more specific!!! xD

    • @erikeldh1533
      @erikeldh1533 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A magic number of neutrons or protons will result in a higher binding energy per nucleaon, think of it as the octet rule.

    • @CiroSantilli
      @CiroSantilli 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_nuclide#.22Magic_numbers.22_and_odd_and_even_proton_and_neutron_count mentions it a bit as well

    • @kapa1611
      @kapa1611 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thx for the link.. that makes things a little bit clearer

  • @VerdeNortePR
    @VerdeNortePR 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i wonder how Mr. White and Jesey could use this Ca48.

  • @seshachary5580
    @seshachary5580 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you. very educative. regards.

  • @jacobcot
    @jacobcot 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I never thought I'd see my college tuition sitting in a tiny vial.

  • @leocelente
    @leocelente 7 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    If they are just shooting the atoms and most of them don't hit the target. Can't they just recycle ?

    • @demonfedor3748
      @demonfedor3748 7 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      They get lots of hits,but not much hits that count.Those that don't hit get deflected and start moving randomly hitting the walls of cyclotron.

    • @leocelente
      @leocelente 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      You're right. Thanks for the answer.

    • @ratpoutine
      @ratpoutine 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It would be pretty much impossible to recover the stray calcium due to the vast space it could wind up in the cyclotron

    • @Sara-L
      @Sara-L 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not impossible, just very difficult.

    • @cleanerben9636
      @cleanerben9636 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You'd have to meltdown whatever the cyclotron is made of since the ions are travelling so fast they are probably stuck too far in the surface to just be washed off. It's more trouble than it's worth, and the target zone is worth far, far more than getting the calcium back.

  • @jhbonarius
    @jhbonarius 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I can imagine that Ca-48CO3 is heavier then Ca-40CO3. Why can't they just use a (ultra)centrifuge to separate the Ca-48 from the Ca-40?

    • @bloogaming8827
      @bloogaming8827 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That would only work if they had all loose atoms. But the crystals contain both 48 an 40. The centrifuge can't rip apart the crystals. It's like centrifuging ice to try and get a little piece of sand out of it.

    • @sfs_matt4783
      @sfs_matt4783 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The professor gave the reason. Calcium doesn't have a gaseous compound, so it can't be separated in a centrifuge. Uranium does have a compound that is a gas, so it can. However, in some ways the separation uses the same principles, but using a magnet. The calcium is effectively gasified by turning it into ions in a vacuum chamber.

  • @darkgeologist
    @darkgeologist 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i really enjoied , wow , i love this man!

  • @DeBoswachter
    @DeBoswachter 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting! thank you

  • @pacinpm2
    @pacinpm2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Can LHC be used to synthesize of heavy atoms?

    • @pleasedontwatchthese9593
      @pleasedontwatchthese9593 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am wondering this too

    • @lcbp2009
      @lcbp2009 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I doubt it, it is call large HADRON collider not large atoms collider :D for example a proton or a neutron is a hadron. So I don't think the LHC can be used to synthesize heavy atom considering heavy have at least a few hundred hadron.

    • @natejennings4107
      @natejennings4107 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Żółć I believe the equipment they use is not exactly compatible with the size of the particles used in elemental synthesis.

    • @eivilcow33
      @eivilcow33 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They could, but it is more designed to collide individual particles rather than particles with a target. Also the detector is designed to look at the resulting shower of exotic particles that escape after two particles hit each other with 12TeV of kinetic energy. I'm sure it could handle the calcium, but larger particles like californium might be a bit tricky to use...

    • @lcbp2009
      @lcbp2009 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Eivilcow: No they can't aside from the size which is hundred times bigger than a hadron, you also need a charged particle so that the magnet can bend the trajectory of the particle. So an atom is out of the question, an ion maybe...
      edit: actually an ion is ok, the ALICE experiment is an ion collider, although atom is still out of question.

  • @Gilgwathir
    @Gilgwathir 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    First I was like: No, this facility deosn't look ru … oh there is a masive hole in the wall. Tbh they got it right :-)

  • @actuallyjohnwick1933
    @actuallyjohnwick1933 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well boys, who's up for a spooktober heist

  • @marksmithwas12
    @marksmithwas12 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The way he talks about Calcium 48, it's importance, how to make it etc reminds me of a speedrunner talking about how they're going to beat a video game using an exploit, how it works and why

  • @invisi-bullexploration2374
    @invisi-bullexploration2374 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Are they taking proper precautions to avoid a Helvetica Scenario?

    • @champagnerocker
      @champagnerocker 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I want to see a discussion on calcium's sister element. Ca-42 intelligent calcium ;o)

    • @artistcaleb
      @artistcaleb 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A small pile of calcium powder appeared in our living room about a week back, I tested it and found it to be heavily saturated with helium gas, I estimated it to have been initially introduced to at least a factor of 10QPS, putting the midpoint somewhere in Russia. So I had a "yep I knew it" moment when I saw this video. I doubt they are taking precautions.

    • @andreatomassini202
      @andreatomassini202 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      the Helvetica Scenario is a work of fiction, those are real scientists who know their stuff, I wouldn't be worried.

  • @EspCulo
    @EspCulo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mr. Bones wishes you strong bones

  • @darkhayou
    @darkhayou 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's like buying that super expensive craft material and you forgot that super high crafting fee.

  • @mglenadel
    @mglenadel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    OMG!!! Watch out for the Helvetica Scenario!!

  • @hgtube9308
    @hgtube9308 7 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    I thought the thumbnail was coke.....BOY WAS I WRONG!!!!!

    • @sletharanamathine
      @sletharanamathine 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      H>UBE every one makes mistakes

    • @hgtube9308
      @hgtube9308 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      スzyckon yes. hes pays me $10 for everytime i say it.

    • @ErwinSchrodinger64
      @ErwinSchrodinger64 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You can still sniff the calcium.

    • @Thoran666
      @Thoran666 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'd still snort it just to know that I'd have about 250,000$ inside me :D

    • @bcubed72
      @bcubed72 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *"You can still sniff the calcium."*
      Well, calcium carbonate is essentially rock dust, so I doubt you'd enjoy snorting it...like chopping out a line of The World's Most Expensive Concrete...

  • @masonacosta1360
    @masonacosta1360 7 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    but will it make my ramen better

    • @dimmacommunication
      @dimmacommunication 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Daniel Anon "money turned my noodles into pasta"

  • @johnnybro13
    @johnnybro13 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    great video

  • @thermotronica
    @thermotronica 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice vid!

  • @whuzzzup
    @whuzzzup 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can you recycle the atoms flying through without interacting with the target?

  • @Bludgeoned2DEATH2
    @Bludgeoned2DEATH2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dr. Poliakoff is a lefty? :o

  • @jeanblanco5395
    @jeanblanco5395 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm glad that you alive

  • @viviancui
    @viviancui 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love peodic table videos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @VoidUnderTheSun
    @VoidUnderTheSun 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    thank mr skeltal

  • @2Cerealbox
    @2Cerealbox 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That's the most expensive white powder I've come across.

  • @gl1500ctv
    @gl1500ctv 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    0:45 You mean super-heavy elephants? I loved that slip in the original!

  • @dusterdude238
    @dusterdude238 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    $500,000 biscuits anyone? Thank you for another Great video professor :)

  • @JakeTheBear1
    @JakeTheBear1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awww why not allow the professor to touch something so interesting? 😥

  • @jeremianlastly7668
    @jeremianlastly7668 7 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Haha at :18 you gotta love the Russians...
    We've run out of room for the super heavy element making machine comrade!
    Comrade pulls an RPG out of the closet and blows a hole in the concrete wall...
    Get back to work comrade! Continue into the next room!

    • @danem2215
      @danem2215 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Only in Russia could a prestigious laboratory not afford a half decent contractor

  • @harmstrongg
    @harmstrongg 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not even a chemist but I love these videos

  • @nixie2462
    @nixie2462 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh, make a video about the islands of stability in super heavy nuclei!
    Pleaseeeeeeeee ^^