Periodic Table of the Elements – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog Thu, 14 Jan 2016 20:00:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://i0.wp.com/gregladen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Greg_Ladens_Blog_Favicon_black_GLb.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Periodic Table of the Elements – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog 32 32 77525483 New Elements for the Periodic Table https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/01/14/new-elements-for-the-periodic-table/ https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/01/14/new-elements-for-the-periodic-table/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2016 20:00:23 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22030 Continue reading New Elements for the Periodic Table →]]> Four elements are being added to the Periodic Table of the Elements. (I’m going to need a new shower curtain). These elements have been “known” for a long time, but are only now being added for reasons explained in the video below.

Meanwhile, have you read The Periodic Kingdom: A Journey Into The Land Of The Chemical Elements, or The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements? Great books. Not current, but then again, the Periodic Table has been around for quite a while.

And now the video:

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