This Superheavy Atom Factory Is Pushing the Limits of the Periodic Table

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  • As we push the Periodic Table of the Elements further and further into the unknown, its familiar columns and rows are threatening to crumble. What’s next for this science icon?
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    Superheavy elements exist for a fraction of time and are nearly impossible to catch. But understanding them could force us to reimagine the most iconic scientific symbol of all time: the periodic table.
    In 1869, Russian chemist, Dmitri Mendeleev, laid the foundations for what would become the modern periodic table. Mendeleev arranged the known elements in order of increasing atomic weight-the average number of protons, neutrons, and electrons in an element's nucleus.
    And since the 1800s, scientists have been working to slowly fill out the rest of the periodic table, isolating the elements Mendeleev predicted from various materials. The table’s design was revisited and perfected as more elements were added, but as nuclei got heavier, finding them became a bit more complicated.
    In order to continue-scientists couldn’t just isolate elements from existing materials, instead they had to create them
    And to do that, they used a particle accelerator, or cyclotron.
    Cyclotrons are large instruments that accelerate ions to a fraction of the speed of light and have been used to discover heavy elements from curium to plutonium. But most recently, a team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory collaborated with a lab in Russia to complete the periodic table’s 7th row-the home of the superheavy elements.
    Find out more about the hunt for new elements that don’t typically exists here on Earth and what it could mean for the periodic table in this episode of Focal Point.
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    FIONA Measures the Mass Number of 2 Superheavy Elements: Moscovium and Nihonium
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    “A team led by nuclear physicists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has reported the first direct measurements of the mass numbers for the nuclei of two superheavy elements: moscovium, which is element 115, and nihonium, element 113.”
    Meet Dawn Shaughnessy, the Real-Life Alchemist Who Expanded the Periodic Table
    gizmodo.com/meet-dawn-shaughn...
    “The periodic table is chemistry’s holy text. Not only does it list all of the tools at chemists’ disposal, but its mere shape has made profound predictions about new elements and their properties that later came true. But few chemists on Earth have a closer relationship with the document than Dawn Shaughnessy, whose team is partially responsible for adding six new elements to table’s ranks.”
    Is It Time to Upend the Periodic Table?
    www.nytimes.com/2019/08/27/sc...
    “Dr. Pyykkö noted, however, that the probability of finding the heaviest of superheavy elements is less than hitting a golf ball in Tokyo and making a hole-in-one on the top of Mount Fuji. If scientists get lucky, the resulting super-superheavy elements might even have nuclei with exotic shapes, like a doughnut.”
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  • @Seeker
    @Seeker  4 ปีที่แล้ว +404

    If you're wondering how FIONA got its name, the team was watching Burn Notice when they were building it and Fiona is a character on the show. They decided they wanted to name it after her, so Dr. Gates came up with an acronym: "For the Identification Of Nuclide A." "A” represents the scientific symbol for an element’s mass number. Sometimes names come first, and acronyms come later! What would you name your superheavy-element-hunting-machine?

    • @Bassotronics
      @Bassotronics 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      My super heavy element hunting machine name would be:
      Shemam.
      Super Heavy Element Magnetic Attaction Machine.

    • @dmax1479
      @dmax1479 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do we know what the heaviest atom/compound is in the human body naturally?

    • @vivekc8563
      @vivekc8563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i would name haf or heavy atom fusor

    • @olliewills1227
      @olliewills1227 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      it was shrek don’t lie to me

    • @eddiecox9370
      @eddiecox9370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Seeker I Loved burn notice

  • @ArchbardWava
    @ArchbardWava 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2636

    Hafnium = 180.
    Fullnium = 360.
    No need to say anything, I'll see myself out.

    • @jobroray
      @jobroray 4 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      👉🚪

    • @---ls5kx
      @---ls5kx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +189

      Quaternium = 90

    • @darthidiot7563
      @darthidiot7563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      What about 720

    • @---ls5kx
      @---ls5kx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      Twofullnium = 720

    • @ianreybitay7909
      @ianreybitay7909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Trumpium

  • @yahdood6015
    @yahdood6015 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2414

    Scientist: We accelerate the ions to a fraction of the speed of light.
    Me, an intellectual: I can walk at a fraction of the speed of light.

    • @logicplague2077
      @logicplague2077 4 ปีที่แล้ว +163

      you're not wrong lol

    • @wyattbooth6372
      @wyattbooth6372 4 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      @@logicplague2077 They really should have been more specific

    • @justicewarrior9187
      @justicewarrior9187 4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      Me a faptional
      I can fap to a fraction of the speed of light

    • @nicolas-he2oe
      @nicolas-he2oe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Thats technically right

    • @areon5312
      @areon5312 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Eat it relativity

  • @moth.monster
    @moth.monster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1248

    Super heavy, highly unstable and decaying quickly? sounds like me

    • @boonaw
      @boonaw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      lmfao that's fucked

    • @logicplague2077
      @logicplague2077 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      +1 for being able to laugh at yourself!

    • @particleconfig.8935
      @particleconfig.8935 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      LOOOOOOOOOLLLL

    • @gerryakbar
      @gerryakbar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Did u mean the decaying part of you is your memory?

    • @chief6956
      @chief6956 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Stop! Get some help.

  • @alecmurray8339
    @alecmurray8339 4 ปีที่แล้ว +569

    Neutron: “What’s the price for joining in with you lads at the cyclotron?”
    Proton: “For you? No charge.”

    • @anassabidar3453
      @anassabidar3453 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hahahaha Nerd's Joke that made me laugh lol

    • @Sammich506
      @Sammich506 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Shut.

    • @luka1217
      @luka1217 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Awful

    • @caelan2155
      @caelan2155 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Only true nerds would find that funny XD

    • @Solisium-Channel
      @Solisium-Channel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      caelan sutherland If you have to be a nerd to get that joke then there’s a problem lol

  • @crackedemerald4930
    @crackedemerald4930 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1709

    Technically, every accelerator accelerates things to a fraction of the speed of light

    • @ethansmith5560
      @ethansmith5560 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      what they meant was a significant fraction of the speed of light. think: traveling around the earth 7 times in a second kind of fast.

    • @RealUlrichLeland
      @RealUlrichLeland 4 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      Like a mobility scooter

    • @dylanscott539
      @dylanscott539 4 ปีที่แล้ว +203

      Technically, I can also run at a fraction of the speed of light.

    • @foolapprentice3321
      @foolapprentice3321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Welllll teeeechnically since there is no such thing as deceleration, only acceleration against the velocity vector of an object. If you accelerated to a stop then you are no longer moving at a fraction of the speed of light. Meaning, an accelerator that accelerates you to not a fraction of the speed of light.

    • @JakeFoster01
      @JakeFoster01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@ethansmith5560 Traveling around the earth 7 times in a second would be the actual speed of light, not a fraction of it.

  • @Jsuarez6
    @Jsuarez6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +854

    And yet they have failed to create the element of surprise.

    • @burnttoast6974
      @burnttoast6974 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      You’ll never know for sure until they succeed

    • @yashshroff3841
      @yashshroff3841 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Jsuarez6 not funny

    • @ahgagf9902
      @ahgagf9902 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yash Shroff I think it's pretty funny. Why don't you?

    • @yashshroff3841
      @yashshroff3841 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because I don’t think it’s funny AHG AGF

    • @airpolygon2714
      @airpolygon2714 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Noone suspects the Spanish Inquisition!

  • @stuart207
    @stuart207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +423

    The search for the hardest element to achieve. Brexitinium.

    • @isobar5857
      @isobar5857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      stu Art. Haha...love it.

    • @johnthegamerman404
      @johnthegamerman404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Labs (specifically located in the UK, wierdly) have tried to find it for years, with no luck.

    • @isobar5857
      @isobar5857 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@johnthegamerman404 . Oh, this just keeps getting better...can't wait for the next comment!

    • @johnthegamerman404
      @johnthegamerman404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@isobar5857 lol same. exhilarated and filled with anticipation amirite?

    • @stuart207
      @stuart207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You need to get the balance right (pun intended) put too much Corbynite in and not enough isotopic Johnsimium you'll be tied up with dealing with the resulting degraded Farage molecules which can only be done by using a solvent super cool conductor like milkshake.. 🤦😂

  • @Seeker
    @Seeker  4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Hi, thanks for watching! Want more on heavy elements? Be sure to check out this episode of Elements on how the heaviest elements in our universe were seen created in the heart of a kilonova after two neutron stars collided: th-cam.com/video/c5WKpFZHYPk/w-d-xo.html

    • @lonniedobbins
      @lonniedobbins 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      All radioactive particles and very dangerous.
      Haven't discovered the way to blow up the earth but still trying.
      *You have no way of keeping the other particles and waste safe from people and the environment and continue down the path of this death.

  • @EverythingScience
    @EverythingScience 4 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    It's really crazy how Mendeleev could predict so many unknown elements and even predict their properties.

    • @Helloverlord
      @Helloverlord 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      People used to be smart...then, all of the sudden they started to dumb down, decay and will die off. Look under "beautiful ones" mouse experiment.

    • @metanumia
      @metanumia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@Helloverlord It's an interesting psychology study and I do recommend people read it! However, you're failing to realize that there are *many* highly-intelligent and skilled people, especially scientists, alive today and making incredible studies every single day. It's difficult to know how many living geniuses there are at any given moment, we can only find out by letting them make their discoveries and produce their groundbreaking research. In 50 years, there will be plenty of books, movies, shows, documentaries and history papers about dozens of total geniuses alive right now and how they completely changed our scientific understanding of the universe. And as long as the human species doesn't wipe itself out through global nuclear war, extreme anthropogenic climate change disasters, and or suffer from a series of natural cataclysms like a massive asteroid or CME, then there will continue to be more and more brilliant minds. That's why it's of the utmost importance to support public education and accessible/affordable higher-level education and university for as many human beings as possible, as well as to fight as hard as we can to reduce the impact of climate change and lower the probability of nuclear wars by supporting leaders who think rationally, logically, compassionately, and embrace public education, healthcare, and science funding.

    • @Helloverlord
      @Helloverlord 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@metanumia : I didnt fail to understand anything, but I got a question for you: who is funding general education? Is it a government in most of the cases? Who is choosing a govt? How do you expect for a undereducated person to advance in science? Why are military budgets so high compared to science ones if we are so smart and advancing? ...and of course it will be one off wonders here and there but Im thinking overall...

    • @ghostgamen8283
      @ghostgamen8283 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Helloverlord ok boomer

    • @Actualhumanlive
      @Actualhumanlive 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Because he is making a good point you revert to insults because you have nothing else to say? You prove his point.

  • @JoRoWi83
    @JoRoWi83 4 ปีที่แล้ว +268

    International Machine possibly costing millions...
    Held together in parts by zip ties

    • @rahimel-mulla2894
      @rahimel-mulla2894 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      By Trillions Actually , (that a 12 Zero's)

    • @ubermenschzarathustra862
      @ubermenschzarathustra862 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Hey, don’t underestimate the power of zip ties...

    • @Darling-su3ci
      @Darling-su3ci 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Rahim EL-MullA I don’t think it’s worth 1,000,000,000,000 maybe a few billion but probably not a trillion

    • @rahimel-mulla2894
      @rahimel-mulla2894 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@Darling-su3ci
      I searched it up , you correct , It's just 22 Billion Dollar , Not a trillion as i assumed , i was wrong then .

    • @jonathanm8722
      @jonathanm8722 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@rahimel-mulla2894 I can't believe I've just witnessed someone admitting they're wrong on the internet. Bravo

  • @JakeFoster01
    @JakeFoster01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    I'm pretty disappointed you guys didn't talk about the island of stability...

    • @Baigle1
      @Baigle1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      U-238 is close enough. Find something to smash it with that puts out anything except neutrinos and hard gammas so we don't need much shielding. Pretty sure the cross section on some elements makes it easy to block charged muons and fast neutrons. If one in particular releases nearly all the matter into energy that can be recovered thermally then that would be almost a holy grail except for the energy you put into the accelerator.
      Fast neutron reactors would do just this: burn U-238 with neutrons above 1MeV.

    • @Seeker
      @Seeker  4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      We definitely wanted to include it, but there wasn't enough time! We did ask Dr. Shaughnessy about it though-- here's what she said: "We don't quite know if we're there yet. We do see an effect in that element 114 is longer lived than element 115, the half-life reduces dramatically going from 114 to 115. The problem is in our experiments we don't have enough neutrons in the system, because it's not just protons, but the neutrons come into play, and so we're not quite at the center of the island of stability. We're sort of out on the shore, so we're seeing an effect, but we're not able to say that we're there exactly yet."

    • @that1nerdyblackgirl736
      @that1nerdyblackgirl736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Seeker thank you for mentioning this comment

    • @silviafox78
      @silviafox78 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Seeker - I have heard of using different neutron configurations to change the configuration and chemistry of the nucleus. Something about how 4 neutrons could be fused together in a solid block which could improve the stability of the nucleus. I'd love to hear if any research was done regarding that over the past few years.

    • @JakeFoster01
      @JakeFoster01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Seeker You guys should do an exclusive video on it! I find it super interesting and not a lot of people know much about the topic

  • @SnoopyDoofie
    @SnoopyDoofie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    The atoms held a celebration party for the birth of their new sibling, but he didn't stick around long enough.

    • @elenidemos
      @elenidemos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      But existence for atoms would be measured in the Planck time scales, so from a certain perspective they would be around for the party. 😊

    • @thereaction18
      @thereaction18 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He had to split.

    • @RKroese
      @RKroese 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@thereaction18 Your name is perfect.

  • @morkovija
    @morkovija 4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    When are we getting to the island of stability tho? A subject worthy of "how close are we?"

    • @gonderage
      @gonderage 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bump

    • @morkovija
      @morkovija 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @The Yangem that's not how it works my dude) as far as I'm aware. It has nothing to do with the atoms

    • @morkovija
      @morkovija 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @The Yangem just a quick check bro: do you know anything about magic numbers and what is the isotope of calcium that is used in the process of synthesis? Just to verify

    • @philipgeorge3472
      @philipgeorge3472 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It smells like soy in here

    • @morkovija
      @morkovija 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @The Yangem ok cool so you know something. I'm not sure why you proposed smashing two atoms of element 118 which we don't have a way of producing in any useful amount.

  • @johnashton8849
    @johnashton8849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Element 115 is what UFOs use to fly their space ships, so says Bob Lazar

    • @DrGreenthumbPhd
      @DrGreenthumbPhd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @bobothecreepyclown Hey man, its pretty niche stuff. You can't find _Interdimensional Wormhole to Uranus 5: Relativistic Space Goo_ anywhere these days.

    • @einsteindrieu
      @einsteindrieu 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's looks like they renamed this power source element from Bob element name to the new one !

    • @leedlejr5209
      @leedlejr5209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Bob lazar is very interesting! And intelligent

    • @point-xn4tu
      @point-xn4tu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yes, the electrogravitic drive of the "sport model" was fueled by (then called) Ununpentium. A-gravity (atomic gravity) can be amplified when irradiated because the electron orbits extend so far out. How the Greys managed to find or synthesize enough 115 to make use of it is an open question. As recently as 2017 Lazar's business United Nuclear was raided by the FBI because a customer bought thallium from the company to poison his wife, Janel Sturzl. Some believe the larger reason for the raid was to uncover any 115 Lazar may have possessed.

    • @einsteindrieu
      @einsteindrieu 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@point-xn4tu -@point61803398874989 is a Beautiful name !--I think that raid was to look at getting the 115 back and to keep Bob under control !--Gravity is cause by the electron spin it pulls mass !--Thank for that info !

  • @JJs_playground
    @JJs_playground 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Bob Lazer wants to know how you created element 115.

  • @AifDaimon
    @AifDaimon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    New discoveries about the periodic table are always amazing to at least know about..

  • @MissionaryInMexico
    @MissionaryInMexico 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My dad, a physicist, would have loved this channel if he were still alive!

  • @noreaction1
    @noreaction1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    “A fraction of the speed of light” can be any non zero positive number. That’s too vague

    • @ichineon-xk2kx
      @ichineon-xk2kx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      it can also be 0 and a negative number

    • @richardmendoza7852
      @richardmendoza7852 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Speed is scalar so no negative values.

    • @MajinOthinus
      @MajinOthinus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@richardmendoza7852 It also can't be any positive number either, seeing as you can't write all numbers as fractions.

    • @carlosandleon
      @carlosandleon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I walk at a fraction of the speed of light

    • @dontdishfish5861
      @dontdishfish5861 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@richardmendoza7852 the video said accelerates. This is a vector quantity so there can be negative values

  • @Noellexafael
    @Noellexafael 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    As a Chemistry student and lover this is amazing and scarry at the same time, im having a really hard time calculating things with the elements we already know so all i can imagine is my crazy teachers asking us to play around some massive numbers coming from these new discoveries 😶.

  • @samuraijack2857
    @samuraijack2857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    When did Pam from The Office become a nuclear physicist🤔

    • @yoboi_____8675
      @yoboi_____8675 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Shubhranshu Maurya and Ross from friends??

    • @samuraijack2857
      @samuraijack2857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@yoboi_____8675 yeah!! I was wondering the same😆

  • @GAMEDATA1010
    @GAMEDATA1010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    When you realize you’re just atoms that know they’re atoms

    • @RKroese
      @RKroese 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I want to know, is there an element in you, that is not an atom?
      Maybe your consciousness is the 99,9% empty space...........................................................

    • @zephyrous8155
      @zephyrous8155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@RKroese no your consciousness is all of your bio electricity

    • @AdamWestish
      @AdamWestish 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, technically we're all just complex static waves/vibrations in the various particle fields, and our particular self- replicating configuration is the part of the universe that knows it's a universe.

    • @GAMEDATA1010
      @GAMEDATA1010 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zephyrous8155 may I introduce you to quantum biology

  • @moth.monster
    @moth.monster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    lmao the thing's held together with zip ties, i love it

    • @mal2ksc
      @mal2ksc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's what they're made for, it's the rest of us that are using them wrong! :)

    • @aryaarunavdash5351
      @aryaarunavdash5351 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Mister Fister ☺️

  • @xilnes7166
    @xilnes7166 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    how I got from funny cat videos into an atom smashing factory on autoplay in less than 15 mins sums up how youtube recommendation algorithms work....

  • @wildmantis1
    @wildmantis1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I like how element 115 keeps getting dodged...not even mentioned

  • @Rsiatat
    @Rsiatat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A WHOLE SERIES OF EPISODES ABOUT CHEMISTRY,ELEMENTS AND THE PERIODIC TABLE! Any extra details would be great! Too bad back in the school no one explained in a way that raised interest and curiosity. Everything about chemistry seemed really booring back then... Nice episode btw , thumbs up

  • @tornado649
    @tornado649 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome stuff and the explanation of the steps in the process and relative information is very appreciated! Thanks

  • @telluride3577
    @telluride3577 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video is probably the best one that clearly explains the process of superheavy element creation. Good job!

  • @rupaprasad1920
    @rupaprasad1920 4 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    When you are so early that there are no funny comments to read

    • @shustyrackleford_710
      @shustyrackleford_710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Read mine!

    • @shustyrackleford_710
      @shustyrackleford_710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Somebody called the gal with short hair ross from friends

    • @masterimbecile
      @masterimbecile 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      That's ok. Jokes about elements come around periodically.

    • @owencampbell4947
      @owencampbell4947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pull a hair out your butt and you'll feel how tears runs your eyes, that's Quantum physics. The connection of two points in a body unless measured will show the phenomena.

    • @VariantAEC
      @VariantAEC 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What a shame.

  • @hithere5150
    @hithere5150 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    FIONA: *measures the mass number of 2 super heavy elements*.
    Shrek: * crying tears of happiness * am so proud.

  • @BikramMondalmbikram
    @BikramMondalmbikram 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome Guys! Keep discovering! Best wishes!

  • @mashiroinoue
    @mashiroinoue 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video is very informative and easy to understand. Great job Seeker!

  • @guffaw1711
    @guffaw1711 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    The voices of the interviewees sound like they have been recorded with a phone.

  • @sajjeel123
    @sajjeel123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Just waiting for you to discover unobtainium

    • @zacharyhandy9606
      @zacharyhandy9606 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We did it is 118 it was renamed

    • @MyMarsham
      @MyMarsham 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What about Handwavium?

    • @uncelesteperro8258
      @uncelesteperro8258 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Panzerkampfwagium

    • @AroMaths
      @AroMaths 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My guess is Holdmybeerium as 130 xD

  • @xenorac
    @xenorac 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was more informative than I expected, a great job.

  • @airpolygon2714
    @airpolygon2714 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! I was always so curious about how this particle accelerators worked, and how they sorted the numerous elements that it creates, but was too afraid to ask. So interesting! It's like super easy for a science magazine to say that "scientists discovered such element by colliding other ones, and then observed it", but I always wanted to know more! Thanks, then, for illuminating the process :)

  • @degeestvanpeterrdevries3366
    @degeestvanpeterrdevries3366 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Is my money made of heavy elements? It keeps disappearing

  • @WestOfEarth
    @WestOfEarth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'd be interested in knowing whether they can also make isotopes. As we know from lighter elements, certain isotopes have longer decay times than others of the same element.

  • @ZacharyRiggs619
    @ZacharyRiggs619 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very cool video. I appreciate the breakdown on how these machines actually work. It has me wondering though, other than discovery and completing the periodic table, is there a purpose for finding these unstable elements that only last a few milliseconds? Thanks again for the great video :)

  • @jonasmulders4712
    @jonasmulders4712 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful and very clear explination, thanks!

  • @JackBender
    @JackBender 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    First background music track reminded me of one of the Doom themes, and the second music track of Mass Effect (a kind of variation on "Spectre Induction" by Jack Wall & Sam Hulick).
    I'd very much like these videos to mention or list the soundtracks used, would be nice.

  • @peteynutt4104
    @peteynutt4104 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Imagine if we can get in the island of stability isotopes for 118
    Super heavy noble gas... could quite literally be a reverse version of a universal solvent.

  • @swastikbiswas8293
    @swastikbiswas8293 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fact : The theoretical limit of periodic table is Feynmanium.
    In order to create it, it would require two nuclei to smash at exact speed of light, which is impossible

  • @henryseldon6077
    @henryseldon6077 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating! What a time to be alive. So much to learn. Thanks for posting this.

  • @Marv3Lthe1
    @Marv3Lthe1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Now that Hafnium is discovered, Half Life 3 confirmed.

    • @oliviapg
      @oliviapg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Holy shit

    • @JNSStudios
      @JNSStudios 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You were right man

    • @vainillachocolate5531
      @vainillachocolate5531 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hafnium has been discovered since 1923

    • @gdshockedgd2351
      @gdshockedgd2351 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Still waiting for them to discover vibranium

  • @sakshamsingh4378
    @sakshamsingh4378 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    All these for a single atom
    That's what makes science intresting

  • @WordsByShayma
    @WordsByShayma 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video!

  • @dandelion6617
    @dandelion6617 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had a project on the Boron group and looked for videos about Livermorium and found this. So cool!

  • @melanieenmats
    @melanieenmats 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    115 is so exciting!

  • @shinyheart3373
    @shinyheart3373 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Tell them to make stable element 115.🛸🧬
    I want to surf the universe in this lifetime.💫✨

    • @lukewilliams5341
      @lukewilliams5341 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bob lazar lurking in the back 👀

  • @brennanukrainetz2282
    @brennanukrainetz2282 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very well made video!

  • @coolthought8456
    @coolthought8456 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is incredible work here.

  • @lovebiota286
    @lovebiota286 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Super Heavies: We exist!
    Time: Sure, knock yourself out.

  • @KeithStrang
    @KeithStrang 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Neat stuff. Can’t wait for the day when men can be interviewed in science vids again.

    • @SueMead
      @SueMead 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Huh? Are you jealous of FIONA?

  • @420raulduke
    @420raulduke 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, i feel like a peasant among generations of alchemists. Amazing!

  • @gota12pointr
    @gota12pointr 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What’s that music in the background? Awesome video, very well done.

  • @BothHands1
    @BothHands1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    looking for that island of stability!

    • @Baigle1
      @Baigle1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Does a proton count of 92 ring a bell?

  • @fkfontaine
    @fkfontaine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    You should focus on getting 115 stable... see if you can use it as "fuel" in the reactor of a "non-reactive" propulsion system. haha

    • @aneskralj1534
      @aneskralj1534 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What's funny?

    • @einsteindrieu
      @einsteindrieu 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am sure they have been working on this because it generate a gravity field or anti gravity field what did Bob say ? I remember it is the power source for 25 years just a little piece of it !

    • @fkfontaine
      @fkfontaine 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aneskralj1534 a Joe Rogan podcast with Cmdr Fravor and Jemery Corbell. Corbell repeats the term "non-reactive propulsion system" about a thousand times. Watch it.

  • @shawncook2619
    @shawncook2619 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I can imagine the amount of stress a team went through to figure out how build these machines to do what they wanted it to do.

  • @jordangrewe6309
    @jordangrewe6309 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You guys should do a video on the facility for rare isotope beams at Michigan state, took a tour of it last week and they are very close to creating the world first linear accelerator which is able to accelerate particles 100x faster then a centripetal accelerator... very fascinating

  • @DeBassHead
    @DeBassHead 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    we have 500 lbs of element 115 at S4

    • @soylentgreenb
      @soylentgreenb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A few ms later you have almost 500 lbs of moscovioum heated into an expanding, incandescent plasma that briefly sets the entire room on fire before blowing it away; and that's assuming an ordinary, boring alpha-decay of a modest 5 MeV. if it's fissile and has a spontaneous fission decay mode, then it will release 3.5 MT of explosive energy in a couple of milliseconds. A few seconds later you have an expanding fire ball, turning into a mushroom cloud where your building used to be. Roughly 1 minute later you have 1 atom of moscovium left somewhere in that mushroom cloud (again, unless it's fissile, then it will be gone much quicker).

  • @inverted_paradox4170
    @inverted_paradox4170 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    The intro music sounds like the twilight zone theme

    • @DAToft
      @DAToft 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I thought it kinda sounded like a Tool song.

    • @bond8654
      @bond8654 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DAToft Dude, I just thought the same thing, you been puffing too? 🤣

    • @outinthegrapes
      @outinthegrapes 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah my guess is push it by tool

    • @KijasFX
      @KijasFX 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounded more like Tool to me. I thought it was a pun on heavy metals

    • @DapperHesher
      @DapperHesher 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Def Tool-esque.

  • @waltermanson999
    @waltermanson999 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing !

  • @aemrt5745
    @aemrt5745 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fascinating. In college, I only had inorganic chemistry and basic physics for my Engineering degrees (and this was back in the late 80s, early 90s). So my question is rather basic.
    I learned that the proper atomic model for electrons is an electron cloud, not the classic Bohr model of orbiting electrons. But the video mentions electrons reaching Relativistic speeds.
    I am not sure what I am missing, but I want to understand how Relativistic speeds would apply to the electron cloud model. It would seem (at first blush) that it would only matter in Bohr's classic model.

  • @SpoofRecaps
    @SpoofRecaps 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    If only you could get your hands on Bob Lazar's piece of stable element 115 and bombard that within this machine....

    • @einsteindrieu
      @einsteindrieu 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      They do stuff in top secret labs all the time Godcaly123 on 115 !

  • @shabdgupta8031
    @shabdgupta8031 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What is the difference between cyclotron and particle accelerator?? Help me out

  • @nekikins4936
    @nekikins4936 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watched all 4 commercials beginning to end. Keep up the great videos

  • @wright534
    @wright534 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    A complex and somewhat esoteric topic clearly explained, at least to this layman. Many thanks. I wish those researchers success in their questing.

  • @Braeserker
    @Braeserker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Aye Dr. Shaughnessy look like Pam from The Office 😍

    • @OakInch
      @OakInch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      She also looked completely lost.

  • @drpravda
    @drpravda 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Just whip of 2 kg of the stable variant of element 115 for me please ^^ !
    Have a Flying Saucer here that needs refuling...

    • @sl5311
      @sl5311 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Interesting that CIA is not sharing their supply of 115 with them.

  • @adonistopofmen2571
    @adonistopofmen2571 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    good documentation ........

  • @robertdefoe2396
    @robertdefoe2396 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Would be interesting to somehow get into the island of stability, understand if it is really there and how stable are the elements within it.

  • @AlacranesMX
    @AlacranesMX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    2:00 *This reminds me of Iron Man 2 when he created a new element to power the Arc Reactor*

    • @lasarith2
      @lasarith2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Re - discovered .

    • @scientistsbaffled5730
      @scientistsbaffled5730 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's cuz you were born after 1992 and your life is meaningless

    • @NEVERMIND-io5mp
      @NEVERMIND-io5mp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@scientistsbaffled5730 ok boomer

    • @scientistsbaffled5730
      @scientistsbaffled5730 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@NEVERMIND-io5mp ok coomer.

    •  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well the part when he manually redirected the beam to create new element pissed me off way before I even saw the real accelerator. They could try more.

  • @lucasrezende5150
    @lucasrezende5150 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    so, Pam went from a secretary to a scientist, what a jump

  • @SudaNIm103
    @SudaNIm103 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I find it utterly astonishing that the chemistry of such a small number of atoms can be studied at all.

  • @theBlueFox2
    @theBlueFox2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want this track. Nice groove

  • @Gollywog
    @Gollywog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Stabilise element 115

    • @izayakross7875
      @izayakross7875 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      StiX you’d have to add about 8 neutrons to element 115 to make it stable, you’d have to do in a fraction of a second.
      It’s difficult to even add 1 neutron to an element using our current technology

    • @jond532
      @jond532 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      they already have ;)

    • @izayakross7875
      @izayakross7875 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Greg James no they haven’t. It’s an unstable isotope of 115

    • @jond532
      @jond532 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@izayakross7875 sure sure ;)

    • @samanthaqiu3416
      @samanthaqiu3416 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@izayakross7875 add 8 neutrons compared to what base nucleus? What would be the final number of neutrons?

  • @devin3069
    @devin3069 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    It's not as heavy as my body trying to get up from bed on Monday morning😂
    Wait, tomorrow is Monday :'l

    • @aleksanderpopov5060
      @aleksanderpopov5060 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      DecaHelix sorry to hear that dear, but here tomorrow is Sunday and most people with 9-5 jobs will be sleeping in tomorrow morning

    • @siyacer
      @siyacer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@aleksanderpopov5060 time zones, ever heard of it? it's Monday tomorrow.

    • @danielgorzelniak3209
      @danielgorzelniak3209 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Try working 21-2:30 and then 6-8:30

    • @siyacer
      @siyacer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @ninjarawr21 God, how spoiled these kids are to live a better life than us even though our life goal was to ensure our children had a better life than us.

    • @sayadiyeojhenries.815
      @sayadiyeojhenries.815 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      F

  • @tsresc
    @tsresc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Heavy nuclei elements are extremely unstable. But it'd be very fun to observe their properties and behaviors. And how they change quickly in a short amount of time during their transformation into stable elements. But if you can go further, if you can create the heaviest nucleus, surpassing the limit, then theoretically, it could cause gravitational collapse though. But it will be super-stable.
    Then we can also perform gravitational lensing experiments, in a lab.
    And also we can test Quantum Entanglement in a new way by beaming one of the entangled photons into the heaviest element.

    • @YTAliasJoeCool
      @YTAliasJoeCool 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      what do you mean by "it could cause gravitational collapse"?

  • @bobosstopshelf4217
    @bobosstopshelf4217 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This will open new research into new atom power sources and give us ideas of how atoms we know of work an better ways to use said atoms.

  • @Bassotronics
    @Bassotronics 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    How to keep those heavy atoms stable? Add more gluons!

    • @Baigle1
      @Baigle1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      they wouldn't know they were unstable if they were travelling at relativistic speeds!

  • @CouchCit
    @CouchCit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Need to call Tony Stark, he did this by himself in like several hours lol

    • @jb76489
      @jb76489 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      IN A CAVE! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!

    • @saileshram7610
      @saileshram7610 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No man he did it in his lair

    • @jitian7353
      @jitian7353 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      IN A MOVIE

  • @hacked2123
    @hacked2123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Surprised you guy didn't mention "islands of stability", that's quite possibly the most important prospect of their work.

  • @lkhbhydroponic6858
    @lkhbhydroponic6858 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sooooo fascinating

  • @annief151
    @annief151 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So you take two elements to make a new element. You've fused it. Great! When it breaks down, does it go back to the two elements that were originally used to make the new element? If not, is it randomly decaying to different elements, or is it predictable?

    • @splashykoy11
      @splashykoy11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It decays based on how unstable it is. There are 3 types of radiation, Alpha radiation, Beta radiation, and Gamma radiation. Alpha radiation is where an unstable atom emits a helium nucleus (2 neutrons and 2 protons). There are actually two types of Beta decay, but they both involve the emission of an electron. And finally, Gamma radiation, where an unstable atom emits a high energy photon. There are other less common types of decay, such as Neutron emission, Proton emission, Cluster decay, Electron capture, and Spontaneous fission. The type of decay an atom goes through depends on its number of protons and neutrons.

  • @direwood
    @direwood 4 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    I see no man in lab coat

    • @logicplague2077
      @logicplague2077 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      yeah, gotta push that narrative...

    • @yeahkeen2905
      @yeahkeen2905 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Who the hell cares?

    • @logicplague2077
      @logicplague2077 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@yeahkeen2905 the people who made the video, apparently

    • @yeahkeen2905
      @yeahkeen2905 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ColecoKid and all you people are doing is giving them a reason to care more. Don’t see how that’s a good thing.

    • @logicplague2077
      @logicplague2077 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@yeahkeen2905 Because there's no logic in caring at all. What is between your legs has nothing to do with what is between your ears.

  • @fartzinwind
    @fartzinwind 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how the newest tool looks like something from the 70s with all the manual buttons and switches

    • @squirlmy
      @squirlmy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      just a few touches and it would be "steampunk"!

  • @ForestFire369
    @ForestFire369 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If the pressure in the cores of neutron stars are capable of pressing atomic nuclei together into, like, city-sized clumps, wouldn't that imply that an element could exist with literally any atomic weight? Or am I missing something?

  • @user-mz7cn9hq8v
    @user-mz7cn9hq8v 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    *I time travel to Ancient Greece *
    People: So what technology did you bring for us from 2200 years ahead?
    Me: I don't know

  • @Ironsight_Player
    @Ironsight_Player 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Man im a big fan of heavy metal

  • @pierrevillemaire-brooks4247
    @pierrevillemaire-brooks4247 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We have to create means to increase gravity inside some of those experimental chambers so that those heavier elements don't decay as fast , this is a huge challenge of its own since we lack the underlying science to accomplish such a feat. A much easier thing we could do is rise the temperature of the targeted plate to ridiculous levels and try to cool the particles targeting the plate so that the probability of a collision is higher. Another possibility would involve creating new geometries of magnetic fields so that the fundamental laws of electromagnetism are actually inverted on one end of this reaction (such as the plate or the particles hitting it) so that the collisions are much more likely to occur because their respective nuclei would be drawn to each other instead of repelling. Some hinted that element 115 is part of the stability island of heavier elements , though I am not sure which elements would be required to create such a material.

  • @wdd3141
    @wdd3141 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    An important little detail of the early work on the Periodic Table was left out. Mendeleev studied increasingly heavy elements, but encountered discrepancies. Those discrepancies were worked out by Henry Mosely, who distinguished atomic number (number of protons) from atomic weight.

  • @Baleur
    @Baleur 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Lets find that one stable isotope of Muscovium (115) that produces antigravitational effects
    xD xD

  • @99fulgur
    @99fulgur 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Basically some new leaks from Universe 2

  • @russhamilton3800
    @russhamilton3800 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So at some undefined fraction of the speed of light this fusion is taking place. I’m curious as to how that is defined, how long does it have to hold together to call it fused and at whatever fraction that is, time is slower so is it really holding. Together at all?

  • @wulphstein
    @wulphstein 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's very interesting to know that the weak force is to thank for limiting the number of elements. Maybe if you had materials that could absorb W and Z particles, you could use for chemistry those elements that are unstable by causing them to last longer.

  • @Adam-gy3tw
    @Adam-gy3tw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Perfect the creation of element 115 so we can have anti-gravity and flying cars please.

    • @quintincastro7430
      @quintincastro7430 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      No we need a stable version

    • @Adam-gy3tw
      @Adam-gy3tw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thought criminal iono bro. Whatever isotope is stable enough, we need summa dat. Lol

  • @PEGuyMadison
    @PEGuyMadison 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Are there no men working at the site? My daughter actually caught that one... apparently it's a field reserved for women?

    • @richardwaldron222
      @richardwaldron222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      4:55

    • @carpediem5008
      @carpediem5008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Women looking like males.

    • @PEGuyMadison
      @PEGuyMadison 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@richardwaldron222 Token dude... it could have been a janitor.

    • @ghostgamen8283
      @ghostgamen8283 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PEGuyMadison dude it crealy a man working on a big computer and it doesnt look he a janitor

    • @andx79
      @andx79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ghostgamen8283 *danger *danger *danger gender assumption, these people could all be men according to themselves. 🤔 (2020 realities)

  • @johnashton8849
    @johnashton8849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would like to hear more about element 115

  • @hansperil
    @hansperil 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love how the editing zooms to moscovium :)