Published on June 20, 2017
Re-visiting diethyl zinc to see if we can re-create the blue flame reported by the man who discovered the compound.
Featuring professors Stephen Liddle and Simon Woodward.
The old zinc video:
A good paper on Edward Frankland’s discoveries:
Videos on all 118 elements:
More slow mo:
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From the School of Chemistry at The University of Nottingham:
Periodic Videos films are by video journalist Brady Haran:
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