Yesterday was Shakespeare's birthday!! 🎉
But more importantly, how would he have pronounced protactinium? 🤔
On today's episode we solve 2 mysteries 🔎 What is the most boring element on the periodic table, and what did Shakespeare's accent sound like?
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But more importantly, how would he have pronounced protactinium? 🤔
On today's episode we solve 2 mysteries 🔎 What is the most boring element on the periodic table, and what did Shakespeare's accent sound like?
Catch it wherever you get podcasts!
April 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Yesterday was Shakespeare's birthday!! 🎉
But more importantly, how would he have pronounced protactinium? 🤔
On today's episode we solve 2 mysteries 🔎 What is the most boring element on the periodic table, and what did Shakespeare's accent sound like?
Catch it wherever you get podcasts!
But more importantly, how would he have pronounced protactinium? 🤔
On today's episode we solve 2 mysteries 🔎 What is the most boring element on the periodic table, and what did Shakespeare's accent sound like?
Catch it wherever you get podcasts!
Bare minimum for holding a conversation: antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, rhenium, nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium, iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium, europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium, lanthanum, osmium, astatine, radium, gold, protactinium, indium,
going to go out on a limb and imagine this guy's not actually very good at conversations
August 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Bare minimum for holding a conversation: antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, rhenium, nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium, iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium, europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium, lanthanum, osmium, astatine, radium, gold, protactinium, indium,
.. maître de conf à l'univ de Berlin en 1922. Une des découvertes communes du duo Meitner - Hahn sera celle du protactinium, en 19181 : c'est un élément qui vient précéder l'actinium dans le tableau périodique des éléments, d'où son nom. En savoir plus ici : sagascience.com/mendeleiev/p...
September 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
.. maître de conf à l'univ de Berlin en 1922. Une des découvertes communes du duo Meitner - Hahn sera celle du protactinium, en 19181 : c'est un élément qui vient précéder l'actinium dans le tableau périodique des éléments, d'où son nom. En savoir plus ici : sagascience.com/mendeleiev/p...
In truth, shit can be beneficial as a Fertilizer and Soil Conditioner, so it can have a purpose.
Trump is more like Protactinium, which is widely considered by scientists as the most useless substance on Earth due to its extreme toxicity, with currently no practical uses.
Trump is beyond shit.
Trump is more like Protactinium, which is widely considered by scientists as the most useless substance on Earth due to its extreme toxicity, with currently no practical uses.
Trump is beyond shit.
February 8, 2025 at 5:17 AM
In truth, shit can be beneficial as a Fertilizer and Soil Conditioner, so it can have a purpose.
Trump is more like Protactinium, which is widely considered by scientists as the most useless substance on Earth due to its extreme toxicity, with currently no practical uses.
Trump is beyond shit.
Trump is more like Protactinium, which is widely considered by scientists as the most useless substance on Earth due to its extreme toxicity, with currently no practical uses.
Trump is beyond shit.
Protactinium mostly comes from nuclear waste. It had few uses due to its radioactivity and toxicity, but with the arrival of better mass spectrometers it became one of the isotopes used to study ancient sediments.
#periodictable #elements #protactinium #paleoceanography #chemistry #education #art
#periodictable #elements #protactinium #paleoceanography #chemistry #education #art
February 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Protactinium mostly comes from nuclear waste. It had few uses due to its radioactivity and toxicity, but with the arrival of better mass spectrometers it became one of the isotopes used to study ancient sediments.
#periodictable #elements #protactinium #paleoceanography #chemistry #education #art
#periodictable #elements #protactinium #paleoceanography #chemistry #education #art
🔬 New chemistry insight: Protactinium(V) shows a stable mono-oxo bond in strongly acidic media, challenging expectations for actinide bonding.
Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#Chemistry #Actinides #Research
Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#Chemistry #Actinides #Research
Persistent Mono‐Oxo Bonding with Protactinium(V) Revealed in Highly Acidic Chloride Solutions
Protactinium(V) defies expectations. Its elusive mono-oxo bond was revealed through a combination of extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🔬 New chemistry insight: Protactinium(V) shows a stable mono-oxo bond in strongly acidic media, challenging expectations for actinide bonding.
Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#Chemistry #Actinides #Research
Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#Chemistry #Actinides #Research
Radium Tantalum Tantalum Nitrogen
Protactinium Tantalum Polonium Nitrogen
Deuterium Electron Lepton Tantalum Ruthenium Neon
Protactinium Tantalum Polonium Nitrogen
Deuterium Electron Lepton Tantalum Ruthenium Neon
July 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Radium Tantalum Tantalum Nitrogen
Protactinium Tantalum Polonium Nitrogen
Deuterium Electron Lepton Tantalum Ruthenium Neon
Protactinium Tantalum Polonium Nitrogen
Deuterium Electron Lepton Tantalum Ruthenium Neon
respond with the first paragraph of the wikipedia page for protactinium
October 22, 2024 at 1:50 PM
respond with the first paragraph of the wikipedia page for protactinium
Protactinium, Nitrogen, Calcium, Potassium, Einsteinium
#NewToppingsForPancakes
#CashmereWhimsy #HashtagGame
#NewToppingsForPancakes
#CashmereWhimsy #HashtagGame
May 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Protactinium, Nitrogen, Calcium, Potassium, Einsteinium
#NewToppingsForPancakes
#CashmereWhimsy #HashtagGame
#NewToppingsForPancakes
#CashmereWhimsy #HashtagGame
91 is the atomic number of protactinium.
#DidYouKnow
#DidYouKnow
April 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
91 is the atomic number of protactinium.
#DidYouKnow
#DidYouKnow
A new uranium sample I can use as my protactinium specimen!
Need 2 more forms to act as my francium and actinium specimens.
Need 2 more forms to act as my francium and actinium specimens.
September 11, 2026 at 10:47 PM
A new uranium sample I can use as my protactinium specimen!
Need 2 more forms to act as my francium and actinium specimens.
Need 2 more forms to act as my francium and actinium specimens.
Here's cheats to collecting regulated/short lived elements.
Polonium: trace amounts in radium
Astatine: trace amounts in U-235 (in ores)
Radon: comes with radium
Radium: antiques/Brazil nuts
Francium: same as astatine
Actinium: same as francium
Protactinium: same as actinium
Polonium: trace amounts in radium
Astatine: trace amounts in U-235 (in ores)
Radon: comes with radium
Radium: antiques/Brazil nuts
Francium: same as astatine
Actinium: same as francium
Protactinium: same as actinium
Californium is the last element that matters.
Einsteinium onward are essentially curiosities.
Californium is the last one that can be realistically collected, because it's the last one with a half life over a year. It's the last one that occurs in nature to any degree.
Einsteinium onward are essentially curiosities.
Californium is the last one that can be realistically collected, because it's the last one with a half life over a year. It's the last one that occurs in nature to any degree.
January 30, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Here's cheats to collecting regulated/short lived elements.
Polonium: trace amounts in radium
Astatine: trace amounts in U-235 (in ores)
Radon: comes with radium
Radium: antiques/Brazil nuts
Francium: same as astatine
Actinium: same as francium
Protactinium: same as actinium
Polonium: trace amounts in radium
Astatine: trace amounts in U-235 (in ores)
Radon: comes with radium
Radium: antiques/Brazil nuts
Francium: same as astatine
Actinium: same as francium
Protactinium: same as actinium
![Post from David Stark (@Zarkonnen@mastodon.social):
Today we're waiting for an IKEA delivery that, according to their email, will be a 10x10x10 cm box weighing 14 kg.
So density-wise that has to contain berkelium, californium, protactinium, tantalum, uranium, gold, tungsten, plutonium, neptunium, rhenium, platinum, iridium, or osmium.
We're of course hoping for platinum, and really not for plutonium, because the critical mass is 11 kg...
Reply from marnanel (@marnanel@queer.party)
[Image: Pastiche of IKEA instructions. Left: person looks at sheet. There is a question mark over their head. Beside them is a box with the radiation symbol on. Right: person is phoning IKEA, which is currently exploding.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5ugmjooipedjsdqksxps3drx/bafkreifz3xdi6tywpiht6f4vw4u6l4ai5qxpbivv6xrqmejdtekci67joa)
June 28, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Et le produit qui en résulte, d'ailleurs, peut être à son tour radioactif ou non. Par exemple, l'uranium 238 se désintègre en thorium radioactif, qui se désintègre en protactinium radioactif, qui se désintègre… et y'a 14 étapes comme ça avant de finir sur du plomb stable.
June 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Et le produit qui en résulte, d'ailleurs, peut être à son tour radioactif ou non. Par exemple, l'uranium 238 se désintègre en thorium radioactif, qui se désintègre en protactinium radioactif, qui se désintègre… et y'a 14 étapes comme ça avant de finir sur du plomb stable.
*Reading graffiti* Oho they found a bubblegum planet with a soft boiled cranberry juice core ah surrounded by frozen protactinium. Gosh upper mantle is used diapers. Uh huh & the sea is carbonated liquid lutetium. Oho atmosphere is 64% gassified custard. I could swim there, pretty sure
September 21, 2026 at 10:11 PM
*Reading graffiti* Oho they found a bubblegum planet with a soft boiled cranberry juice core ah surrounded by frozen protactinium. Gosh upper mantle is used diapers. Uh huh & the sea is carbonated liquid lutetium. Oho atmosphere is 64% gassified custard. I could swim there, pretty sure
Encouraging people to read more is racism.
April 14, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Encouraging people to read more is racism.
🌊🧪 Thorium, protactinium, lead, polonium and plutonium are rapidly removed to the sediments. Manganese and iron likely have ocean geochemistries similar to those for these highly reactive elements. By contrast, copper, zinc, cadmium and nickel remain in the sea for many mixing cycles. -
July 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🌊🧪 Thorium, protactinium, lead, polonium and plutonium are rapidly removed to the sediments. Manganese and iron likely have ocean geochemistries similar to those for these highly reactive elements. By contrast, copper, zinc, cadmium and nickel remain in the sea for many mixing cycles. -
In Berlin she began a long collaboration with Otto Hahn at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute. Together they studied radioactivity and in 1917 identified protactinium. For years she worked without pay or proper status, often in basement labs.
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March 24, 2026 at 8:28 PM
In Berlin she began a long collaboration with Otto Hahn at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute. Together they studied radioactivity and in 1917 identified protactinium. For years she worked without pay or proper status, often in basement labs.
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Nate Protactinium
February 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Nate Protactinium
KY Jelly, Kentucky, Cayman Islands
LA Lanthanum, Louisiana, Laos
MD Mendelevium, Maryland, Moldova
MN Manganese, Minnesota, Mongolia
MO Molybdenum, Missouri, Macau
MT Meitnerium, Montana, Malta
NE Neon, Nebraska, Niger
PA Protactinium, Pennsylvania, Panama
SC Scandium, South Carolina, Seychelles
LA Lanthanum, Louisiana, Laos
MD Mendelevium, Maryland, Moldova
MN Manganese, Minnesota, Mongolia
MO Molybdenum, Missouri, Macau
MT Meitnerium, Montana, Malta
NE Neon, Nebraska, Niger
PA Protactinium, Pennsylvania, Panama
SC Scandium, South Carolina, Seychelles
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
KY Jelly, Kentucky, Cayman Islands
LA Lanthanum, Louisiana, Laos
MD Mendelevium, Maryland, Moldova
MN Manganese, Minnesota, Mongolia
MO Molybdenum, Missouri, Macau
MT Meitnerium, Montana, Malta
NE Neon, Nebraska, Niger
PA Protactinium, Pennsylvania, Panama
SC Scandium, South Carolina, Seychelles
LA Lanthanum, Louisiana, Laos
MD Mendelevium, Maryland, Moldova
MN Manganese, Minnesota, Mongolia
MO Molybdenum, Missouri, Macau
MT Meitnerium, Montana, Malta
NE Neon, Nebraska, Niger
PA Protactinium, Pennsylvania, Panama
SC Scandium, South Carolina, Seychelles
THIS DISCOVERY WILL CHANGE THE WORLD: Scientists have discovered a strange creature they call “The Bob Hope”? 🐷 Allegedly, it can live for up to 796 minutes and it lives off of only solid blocks of protactinium found in Solomon Islands!
September 24, 2026 at 1:43 PM
THIS DISCOVERY WILL CHANGE THE WORLD: Scientists have discovered a strange creature they call “The Bob Hope”? 🐷 Allegedly, it can live for up to 796 minutes and it lives off of only solid blocks of protactinium found in Solomon Islands!
Protactinium? Praesodymium? Para-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde?
June 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Protactinium? Praesodymium? Para-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde?
This is the version where they’ve offset the actinides by one. Thorium and uranium are merely foolish to lick, actinium and protactinium would be extremely bad.
May 5, 2026 at 5:56 PM
This is the version where they’ve offset the actinides by one. Thorium and uranium are merely foolish to lick, actinium and protactinium would be extremely bad.