Wednesday, February 8 marked the 183rd birthday of Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, the father of the Periodic Table of the Elements. What better way to celebrate than with a deep dive into TED-Ed’s Periodic Videos, “A lesson about every single element on the periodic table.” As an example, here’s the video for Fluorine, an incredibly reactive element that, “most chemists are too frightened to work with.” Like any good chemistry video, lots of things are set on fire.
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