I’ll be talking about the very serious helium shortage that is looming

(actually, it’s already upon us)

and risks crippling semiconductor chip production and diagnostic instruments like MRI scanners,
not to mention low temperature science..

It’s maddening because we’ve known that helium is very limited but it’s cheap
so no one recovers it.

It’ll be on BBC World Service Newshour around 13:45 BST.
#elements #chemistry #economics #profligacy

https://mastodon.social/@sellathechemist/116312371974222785

I have discovered a new element.

It has 13.4 protons, 8 neutrons, and 13 to 14 elections.

Every time that it gains or loses an electron, the element switches charge, which happens every 45 minutes, unless David Muir is doing the news. Then they remain stable for the duration, so as to not interrupt.

The protons and neutrons are made up of q-arks, which come in 2 flavors: strangers and things.

I call this new element Redicu-lisium.

#science #elements #protons #neutrons #electrons

I will be putting up the Group 7 infographic from @compoundchem

At the Discovery Centre, tomorrow

STEAM Cafe & Discovery Centre
13 Torbay Road
Paignton
Devon
TQ4 6AA

#Science
#chemistry
#Group7
#Elements
#STEM
#STEAM
#Paignton
#Devon