Elements of Webb: Beryllium Part 3, Ep 05

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Where does beryllium really come from? To explain beryllium's rare beginnings, we have to talk about the cosmic origins of most elements.

Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Producer
Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Writer
Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Editor
Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Videographer
Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Videographer
Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Editor
Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Videographer
Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Production Assistant
Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Lead Technical Support
Walt Feimer (KBRwyle): Lead Animator
Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Animator
Bailee DesRocher (USRA): Animator
Jacquelyn DeMink (USRA): Animator
Krystofer Kim (KBRwyle): Animator
Jonathan North (KBRwyle): Animator
Duncan Wiles: Videographer
Greg Gregory: Subject Expert

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James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

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It's a little disturbing to see a basic chemistry error in this video. Beryllium has an atomic mass of about 9, not 4. The atomic number is 4. You can see it in the graphic that pops up when she says it.

JB-dcgs

Nice video. Clear, watchable, informative, and entertaining. Keep these coming please.

blujay

I'd like to clear up a misconception that I think was unintentional in the presentation. While, yes, beryllium is quite rare commercially it's not that rare in nature. Its ores are about as common as tin. However, very little of it is refined into the pure metal because it's an extremely complex and costly process. By the kilogram it ends up costing about twice as much as silver because of this.

RasielSuarez

Best explanation of element formation I've heard. Thank you!

gregb

omg I love this series pls keep giving us more

AtheistExpert

These videos are great, only wish is if they were longer

decibelOW

So fascinating, and well presented too. 0.25% Be from ore is not that 'rare' from an ore, even if the ore itself is rare. I wish the presenter would mention the yield in metric units that most of the world understands though. I doubt the Webb NASA scientists use anything but metric weights, the tons/lbs thing was dumbed down: pick your market - people interested in this stuff think in metric units, like the scientists involved in extracting the stuff.

NinoNiemanThest

Wow, that's pretty interesting. I just assumed it formed from supernovae. Had no clue that _cosmic rays_ were one of the main mechanisms responsible for creating certain elements.

patricknelson

10 _billion_ years fusing hydrogen into helium, 600 years fusing helium into carbon, 1 year carbon into neon, 6 months neon into oxygen, _one single day_ fusing oxygen into silicon and *MINUTES* fusing silicon into iron right just before it explodes.

Khether

Nice work. I like the special effects. How about a video on the machining, polishing and coating of the mirror segments? Awesome technology.

MarkPryor

2:23 i think it should be atom and not molecule.

theincapable

If we ever get fusion reactors operational, will we be able to manufacture the rare elements we need rather than having to mine them?

petergregory

Wow, I had no idea that high energy cosmic rays and a supernova explosion were both needed.

doxielain

We've seen this a Beryllium times!

andrewbeaton

I'm getting actual anxiety for the first time in my life. Been waiting for so long for this gem to be in space taking photos and I never worked on any of it.

troutjunkie