Elemental

Neodydmium magnets include the strongest permanent magnets known and are found in devices like speakers & headphones... Read more

Protactinium is a rare, radioactive element that has no uses and may be the most boring element, says Prof Allan Blackma... Read more

Despite its gruesome mythical name, the radioactive element promethium has no particular claim to fame, says Prof Allan ... Read more

Technetium was the first element on the periodic table to be synthesised. It is rare, radioactive and has only a few use... Read more

Tellurium is a metalloid often found with gold and the US town Telluride is named after it, says Prof Allan Blackman, in... Read more

Carbon underpins life as we know it, fuels our world and gets its own branch of chemistry, according to AUT professor Al... Read more

Calcium creates objects that are strong and beautiful, from caves, to teeth and bones, and coral reefs. Find out more in... Read more

Barium is never found on its own in nature, as it loves buddying up - but a version of it is found in hospitals. Allan B... Read more

Polonium will be forever linked with the names Curie and Litvinenko and has negligible desirable features, says Prof All... Read more

Germanium is a metalloid that was a key element in early transistors and is now used in optical fibres and infrared nigh... Read more

Antimony can be used to take lives - and to save lives. Check out episode 4 of Elemental with Professor Allan Blackman f... Read more

Gallium is the second element named after France, is a key element in mobile phones & Blu-ray players & melts at... Read more

Arsenic is a well-known killer that was once dubbed 'succession powder'. Join Allan Blackman from AUT in episode 6 of El... Read more

Titanium is light, strong, corrosion resistant & is used to repair broken limbs as it is able to get integrated into... Read more

From levitating burnt buttocks, to excitable nerves and sure-to-rise baking, potassium is highly reactive and vital to l... Read more

Erbium is named after a chemically famous Swedish village, and adds a rose-tinted glow to the periodic table, in ep 25 o... Read more

The element tin turns up in all sorts of alloys, but tin cans are - mostly - not made from tin, says Prof Allan Blackman... Read more

Praseodymium is a metal wirh the second longest name on the periodic table and not many uses, says Prof Alan Blackman fr... Read more

Argon is in every breath you take and its inertness is its best feature, as we discover with AUT chemistry professor All... Read more

Samarium magnets are used in headphones & guitar pickups, and samarium was the first element named after a real pers... Read more