Periodic Table Elements by Countryballs

This video features all 118 elements of the periodic table. However, each element shown also includes a countryball / polandball /country referencing their historical and scientific uses.

"The Periodic Table Song but with Countryballs"

Based on the "Can-Can" music, by Offenbach.

LYRICS:

There's Hydrogen and Helium
Then Lithium, Beryllium
Boron, Carbon everywhere
Nitrogen all through the air

With Oxygen so you can breathe
And Fluorine for your pretty teeth
Neon to light up the signs
Sodium for salty times

Magnesium, Aluminium, Silicon
Phosphorus, then Sulfur, Chlorine and Argon
Potassium, and Calcium so you'll grow strong
Scandium, Titanium, Vanadium and Chromium and Manganese

CHORUS
This is the Periodic Table
Noble gas is stable
Halogens and Alkali react agressively
Each period will see new outer shells
While electrons are added moving to the right

Iron is the 26th
Then Cobalt, Nickel coins you get
Copper, Zinc and Gallium
Germanium and Arsenic

Selenium and Bromine film
While Krypton helps light up your room
Rubidium and Strontium then Yttrium, Zirconium

Niobium, Molybdenum, Technetium
Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium
Silver-ware then Cadmium and Indium
Tin-cans, Antimony then Tellurium and Iodine and Xenon and then Caesium and...

Barium is 56 and this is where the table splits
Where Lanthanides have just begun
Lanthanum, Cerium and Praseodymium

Neodymium's next too
Promethium, then 62's
Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium and Terbium
Dysprosium, Holmium, Erbium, Thulium
Ytterbium, Lutetium

Hafnium, Tantalum, Tungsten then we're on to
Rhenium, Osmium and Iridium
Platinum, Gold to make you rich till you grow old
Mercury to tell you when it's really cold

Thallium and Lead then Bismuth for your tummy
Polonium, Astatine would not be yummy
Radon, Francium will last a little time
Radium then Actinides at 89

REPEAT CHORUS

Actinium, Thorium, Protactinium
Uranium, Neptunium, Plutonium
Americium, Curium, Berkelium
Californium, Einsteinium, Fermium
Mendelevium, Nobelium, Lawrencium
Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium
Bohrium, Hassium then Meitnerium
Darmstadtium, Roentgenium, Copernicium

Nihonium, Flerovium
Moscovium, Livermorium
Tennessine and Oganesson
And then we're done!!

20 7 / 39 8 92 / 92 60 68 16 73 60 / 90 53 16 ?

#countryballs #science #chemistry

[CarpetVermin]

"Chemistry is, well technically, chemistry is the study of matter, but I prefer to see it as the study of change." - Walter Hartwell White Sr.

Sorry for not posting in a while

[SupersuMC]

For those that don't get the Arsenic picture: In Victorian England (and elsewhere and elsewhen), arsenic was a key ingredient in the green dye "Arsenic Green" which was popular for wallpaper. During cold and damp months, the wallpaper had a tendency to molder, breaking down the dye and releasing the volatile arsenic and making people breathing it sick. Doctors would frequently prescribe beach holidays in these cases to get away from the damp weather believed to be causing the sickness (which, in a way, it was), and for some reason, likely having to do with the patients not breathing arsenic vapors, the afflicted would get better.

Sincerely, someone who paraphrased this from Theodore Gray's _The Elements_ and used "Arsenic Green" bamboo blocks in a Minecraft build the other day.

[chingqing]

2:20 You did Plutonium explosively dirty 💀

[Cp-]

Context for references (about both the elements and countryballs) not everyone may be familiar with (if I skip some it's because I either consider them obvious or don't get them myself):

- Lithium is mostly mined in Chile in use for batteries
- Beryllium is what gives emeralds their colour
- Maledives are sinking so yeah, they do need oxygen over there
- Roman soldiers were paid in salt (also this is where the word salary comes from)
- Magnesium is used for emergency flares (and also fireworks)
- The Concord (and other supersonic planes) can go this fast thanks to aluminium alloys
- The Chinese were the first to develop gunpowder (which of course needs sulfur)
- Honduras and other Central American nations were what is known as "banana republics" - that's a long topic (and yeah, bananas contain potassium)
- Manganese is present in ochre and other ancient pygments
- The world's largest supplier of cobalt is the DRC - which brought a lot of horrible conflicts to it
- Fun fact, US nickels are composed of only 25% nickel (the rest is copper). On the other hand, Canadian ones from before 1982 are 100%!
- The word copper comes from the greek name for Cyprus, which was a major supplier
- Arsenic was used in the green pygment used for wallpapers in the XIXth century, mostly in the UK - and yes, it killed people
- Bromine-silver (as well as iodine-silver) compounds were used in early photography
- Krypton is used in some lights, much like other noble gases (neon isn't the only one)
- Rubidium is used in (expensive) purple fireworks
- So is strontium
- Yttrium (plus Erbium, Terbium and Ytterbium) were all discovered in a mineral found in the Scandinavian village of Ytterby
- Rhodium is the most expensive normally purchasable element
- The word Argentina comes from the same root as silver in Latin
- Antimony was used by ancient Egyptians for eye makeup (not a good idea because it's toxic)
- Caesium is used in atomic clocks thanks to the stable vibration of its atoms (they're the universal measurement for the duration of a second)
- Barium is used in green fireworks
- Cerium is used in lighters (and these modern metal flint and steel thingys)
- Holmium is named after the old Latin name for Stockholm (Holmia)
- Thulium is named after the historic name for Scandinavia (Thule)
- Hafnium is named after the Latin name for Kopenhagen
- Tantalum is used in surgeric prosthetics (also a reference to the Panamanian canal)
- Rhenium is named after the river Rhine
- Osmium is the most dense element (and Nauru is the most obese country)
- Iridium comes to Earth mostly in the form of meteorites
- Platinum was discovered by the Spanish during the conquests - and considered a worthless annoyance since it made purifying silver harder
- The mercury thermometer was invented by Gabriel Fahrenheit - who came from Danzig/Gdańsk
- Astatine is extremely radioactive (and the rarest of all natural elements, in any given moment, the entire Earth contains only ~30 grams of it!)
- Radon was used in baths believed to help boost the mood (also not the best idea since it too is radioactive)
- Francium has the shortest half-life of all naturat elements at only ~22 minutes
- Radium was used in fluorescent paints (guess why that's a bad idea)
- Thorium was used in streetlights and lamps (it could've been the reason for radiation discovered after the Diatłow's Pass incident)
- Protactinium is common in nuclear waste (which was stored by the USSR in Central Asia, thus the countries shown)
- So is neptunium
- Transplutonium elements are all artifical and named after either scientists or places of their discovery, I won't go over them

Fell free to correct any potential mistakes or ask for info!

[raymay]

This is like an alternate timeline where Countryballs is an educational 90’s Saturday morning cartoon.

[Megolama]

This just popped up in my recommended ı have a feeling this is gonna blow up

Wow this comment got 1200 likes...
Cool I guess?

[leschatssuperstars]

i like how france is represented as an atom or francium while it says "francium will not last long" just like france if the government keeps on being crap

[pranavrajput]

2:00 Damn didn't expect him to roast France.

[WOTRr]

I remember seeing germanium, francium, and europium and thinking of the countries Germany and France, but I never knew there were so many more elements named after, or at least sound like, other places like Scandinavia and Tennessee of all places 😂

[Russiqns_]

This better blow up as much as the amount of times Chernobyl was referenced

[TheRealUnknownUser]

This combine my 2 most favorite things, countryballs and elements, kudos!

[Underground_Guy]

my Science teacher played this song in class, I thought I wouldn't hear it again but here I am.

[picklesgamerxd]

1.Hydrogen 🌌
2.Helium 🎈
3.Lithium 🔋
4.Berylium 🔮
5.Boron 🎾
6.Carbon 💎
7.Nitrogen 💨
8.Oxygen 🌬
9.Fluorine 🪥
10.Neon 🚦
11.Sodium 🧂
12.Magnesium 💪
13.Aluminium 🛩
14.Silicon 📱
15.Phosphorus 🔥
16.Sulfur 🌋
17.Chlorine ☠
18.Argon 💡
19.Potassium 🍌
20.Calcium 🦴
21.Scandium 🇸🇪
22.Titanium 🪨
23.Vanadium ⚙
24.Chronium 🚿
25.Manganese 🪨
26.Iron ⚔
27.Cobalt 🔷️
28.Nickel 🪙
29.Copper 🎷
30.Zinc 🏥
31.Gallium 🔗
32.Germanium 🇩🇪
33.Arsenic ☠
34.Selenium 🧴
35.Bromine 🎞
36.Krypton 🔦
37.Rubidium 🎇
38.Strontium 🎆
39.Yttrium 🌫
40.Zirconium 🍊
41.Niobium 🛫
42.Molybdenum 🍛
43.Technetium 💻
44.Ruthenium 🇷🇺
45.Rhodium 🏎
46.Palladium ⌚
47.Silver 🍴
48.Cadmium 🍫
49.Indium 🖥
50.Tin 🥫
51.Antimony 🪞
52.Tellurium 💿
53.Iodine 🩸
54.Xenon 🎥
55.Caesium 📟
56.Barium 🎆
57.Lanthanum 🥽
58.Cerium 🚬
59.Praseodymium 🪚
60.Neodymium 🧲
61.Promethium 💠
62.Samarium 🎸
63.Europium 🇪🇺
64.Gadolinium 🧠
65.Terbium 🚨
66.Dysprosium ❌
67.Holmium ❌
68.Erbium 👓
69.Thulium 🇮🇸
70.Ytterbium 📡
71.Lutetium ❌
72.Hafnium 🧱
73.Tantalum 🦾
74.Tungsten 💡
75.Rhenium ❌
76.Osmium 🖋
77.Iridium 🧭
78.Platinum 💍
79.Gold 🏆
80.Mercury 🌡
81.Thallium ☠
82.Lead 🛢
83.Bismuth 💄
84.Polonium 🇵🇱
85.Astatine ☠
86.Radon ☠
87.Francium 🇫🇷
88.Radium 🕰
89.Actinium ☢
90.Thorium 🧱
91.Protactinium ☢
92.Uranium ☢
93.Neptunium ☢
94.Plutonium ☢
95.Americium 🇺🇸
96.Curium ☢
97.Berkelium ☢
98.Californium ☢
99.Einsteinium ☢
100.Fermium ☢
101.Mendelevium ☢
102.Nobelium ☢
103.Lawrencium ☢
104.Rutherfordium ☢
105.Dubnium ☢
106.Seaborgium ☢
107.Bohrium ☢
108.Hassium ☢
109.Meitnerium ☢
110.Darmstadtium ☢
111.Roentgenium ☢
112.Copernicium ☢
113.Nihonium 🇯🇵
114.Flerovium ☢
115.Moscovium 🇷🇺
116.Livermorium ☢
117.Tennessine ☢
118.Oganesson 🤑

[Melisareb]

As a periodic table and countryball fan, this is so AWESOME!

[justhere]

This is honestly so cool, the attention to detail and history of the associated countries is outstanding !!

[UIU-Agent-Duck]

As someone who is a permanent resident in Hong Kong I can confirm the night and morning of Hong Kong is just Neon ads

[stevebuildercraft]

0:22 AirFrance flight 4590
Aircraft: concorde
Concorde Air France (AF) 4590 was a Concorde aircraft from the Air France (AF) fleet that crashed while taking off from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, which at that time was heading for New York, United States. This incident occurred on July 25 2000 and killed 109 people on board the plane and 4 people on the ground.

[vortexdelta]

The elements doesn't even need autotune.This is more fire than potassium in water 🔥


Edit: For those wondering why alkali metals burn in water:

This reaction occurs because the alkali metals become ionized so easily in water. They produce heat and hydrogen gas in the process which leads to a violent reaction.

Why this happens with alkali metals? Well, they have only one valence electron, which they readily lose to form a positive ion (achieving the noble gases configuration).

And why they lose the electron so easily?. That is because of their low ionization energy, energy needed to remove one electron from the atom of an element (in gas state). The ionization energy is lower in elements located more at the left of the periodic table because the nucleus of the atom has less force to attract electrons.

In addition the more you descend in the group of alkali metals, the atomic size is bigger so the valence electron is more far away from the nucleus and there is more repulsion with inner electrons (shielding effect). That means that Francium lose more easily its valence electron than Potassium so its reaction with water will be more violent than in the case of Potassium.

[mrnemo]

1:59 I love the reference to British Columbia

[samchiu]

For those who don't understand the Osmium-Nauru picture (at 1:45), it's a joke on how Osmium is the densest element (most mass in a given volume). Nauru is one of the most obese countries on earth, because they are an island nation unable to naturally grow food; thus, they have no choice but to import. However, unlike other island nations like Australia or New Zealand, Nauru isn't especially rich, so it has to opt for importing canned food. And regularly eating a lot of canned food will make you obese.