Mendeleev's Periodic Table

Hank tells us about the awesomeness of the periodic table and the genius of the man who invented it.

[mistafeva]

I just noticed that Demitri Ivanovich Mendeleev"s initials spell D.I.M. which is contradictory to the fact that he was quite brilliant.

[Xenothios]

Frudge is my favorite letter of the alfrudgebet.

[greggysgirl]

So I'm studying chemistry and just today we went on a trip to Freiberg, Germany (which is near where I live). In Freiberg Clemens Winkler discovered the Germanium in 1886. We visited his old laboratory and saw some fancy letters from Mendeleev and now Hank uploaded that video. All of this makes me more that happy right now. <3

[fuliajulia]

Ironically I told my Chemistry teacher about SciShow at the beginning of this year and she decided to show us this episode today in class without watching it first. Her reaction was very funny.

[SCP--oysj]

The periodic table is the most amazeballz thing in the universe.

[Ariminua]

A little correction at 2:30. Mendeleev's first table had the atomic weights increase in the vertical direction, and elements in the same rows had similar chemical properties. Basically he had his row and column's purposes switched compared to our modern usage of the table.

[maddockemerson]

WATCH THIS ONE IN SLOW MOTION.

You're welcome.

[Bellaful]

thank you for uploading i LOVE SCISHOW!

[Gorlokki]

I have 2 topics for you!
First one: alternative organic chemistry that could work to create life in another pressure/temperature conditions in other planets
Second one: can we use genetical engineering to create bacterias to terraform mars for us?

[BizkitSimon]

I'm german and I totally LOVED the way you said "Darmstadtium" Darmstadt is a city in Germany and yes, the german word "Darm" means "intestine", so it's Intestine-city. Awesome City btw :D

[FreestylStudio]

Roentgenium; oe = ö; Röntgenium: Wilhelm Röntgen, german scientist known for practically inventing ( <-- yes, wrong terminology) "Röntgenstrahlung", aka X-rays. In other words, x-raynium. Or something like that.

[BlondeNerdSam]

It's amazing how fast Hank goes..and how I still get it.

[SimonClark]

Relative to this, you should definitely do a show on Henry Moseley, the guy who connected the chemistry to actual physics. He did his work here in Oxford so he's kind of a local interest.
He had an interesting (and sad) life story too.

[unamaxify]

thank you Dmitri Mendeleev for organizing the elements table
thank you stars for fusing them together in first place

[sherripy]

Oh my god i am SO glad i found this channel!!!! you are much more fun then my chemistry teacher! 

[capybarasarecool]

This has really helped me with my Chemistry homework on the history of the periodic table.

[christinasouris]

THANK YOU SO MUCH I'VE BEEN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS FOR AGES, I WON'T COMPLETELY FAIL MY EXAM NOW YYAYAYAYYA XXXX

[syystomu]

Being a language geek, I have to say: linguists could and do make "periodic tables" of letters (or more commonly, sounds) all the time which make way more sense than the alphabet. All sounds in languages have certain qualities that make it somewhat easy to arrange them logically. Also, something that's really cool, often certain languages have pretty logical sets of sounds that they use! (Not always though... linguistics have some general absolutes but in practice there are always exceptions.)

[timboogert]

can you guys make an episode about the arrangement of the alphabet and who did it

[TechzAddictz]

OF COURSE OF COURSE I'LL HAVE TO SUB! man one word, you saved my life, am really so happy of what you did, you are wonderful, yeah, am lil too excited, but this thing you said was written in my chemistry book, i read it 10 times but couldn't get a word, watched your video, I understood every single thing!! omg, thanks man, "my best channel so far"