In a new section of our website, Objects and Stories, we are releasing curated chemistry narratives showing off the Science Museum Group Collection, including video highlights. We also had a guest blog series written for the RSC’s website, entitled ‘Diary of a Chemistry Curator’. London & North Eastern Railway poster of Scarborough by William H Barribal, c. To date, there have been over 30 events at the Science Museum and throughout South Kensington.įor the millions of people who are our online visitors, Associate Curator of Chemistry Rupert Cole has written Science Museum chemistry-themed blogs tackling topics from the seaside to sun cream, the Curies’ discovery of radium, and, of course, a number on the periodic table to tie in with IYPT. To celebrate this most iconic of chemistry icons, ChemFest 2019 has seen an unprecedented collaboration between the Science Museum, RSC and others including the V&A, the Natural History Museum, The Royal Albert Hall, The Royal College of Art, Imperial College London and the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. © IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry), 2018 Today, the grid is understood in terms of the behaviour in atoms of electrons, governed by quantum theory, and is very much a living thing helping chemists seek super-heavy elements and exotic chemistries in a vast, unknown landscape of possibilities. Dame Mary Archer, Chairman of the Science Museum Group pictured with ‘Periodic Table of Cupcakes’ at the launch of ChemFest 2019.ġ50 years ago, the table allowed Mendeleev to infer the existence of as yet undiscovered elements. This annual event contributes to ChemFest 2019, the brainchild of Dame Mary Archer, Chair of SMG, to celebrate the International Year of the Periodic Table ( IYPT), the grid-like arrangement of the elements that reveals a remarkable periodicity in their affairs, such as how they react with each other. Visitors to the Royal Society of Chemistry’s (RSC) base at Burlington House in Piccadilly, London, will be able to discover the history of this illustrious society, get hands-on with chemistry and enjoy activities with Science Museum’s curators who are seeking new chemistry objects to add to the national collection. Mendeleev’s first table, published in the journal of the newly formed Russian Chemical Society. Next month (September 2019), the UK’s leading body advancing the central role of chemistry in everyday life will throw open its doors to the public as part of Open House London and a continuation of the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of Dmitri Mendeleev’s periodic table. His colleagues gave him the printed strand as a birthday present.Science Director Roger Highfield recaps the wonders of the International Year of the Periodic Table. The strand of hair used to create the periodic table was taken from the head of professor Martyn Poliakoff, an expert in green chemistry. “Although writing on a snowflake is on one hand a bit of seasonal fun, it’s also a neat demonstration of the powerful capabilities of the tools that scientists use in the lab on a day-to-day basis,” says physics professor Philip Moriarty. (Watch how they did it in the two videos below.) The team also used the same nano-writing technique to engrave the words “Merry Christmas” on a snowflake. The table is so small that a million of them could be replicated on a typical post-it note.Įxperts from the University’s Nottingham used a sophisticated combination of ion beam writer and electron microscope to carve the symbol of all 118 elements into the strand of hair. NOTTINGHAM (UK) - Scientists have written what they believe is the world’s smallest periodic table on the side of a human hair.
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