When you say a “cool” element of the periodic chart, it doesn’t necessarily mean the temperature of an element (although some elements here on this gallery may be literally “cool”). Rather, these elements are being described as amazing, awesome or “badass.” Why and how are these certain elements cool? Well, find them … Read more
As late as the early 21st century in chemistry, a new element was discovered – the ununpentium. Ununpentium is the temporary name of element 115; which is an extremely heavy synthetic element, categorized probably as a poor metal. In the periodic table, it has the still-working (as of yet) symbol Uup. Its … Read more
Interestingly, the world’s first known chemist was a woman. A cuneiform tablet from the second millennium B.C. reveals that a perfumer and palace head by the name of Tapputi infused the essences of flowers and other aromatic sources. Then she added water and then sent them back to the still (a distilling … Read more