Modern alchemy
- Date
1956
- Summary
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Dr. Glenn Seaborg and his associates describe the discovery of the four "missing elements," technetium, astatine, francium, and promethium. Emphasizes the role of the cyclotron on the creation of synthetic elements. Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence explains the operation and development of high voltage accelerators from the first eight-inch cyclotron to the mammoth bevatron. Dr. Emilio Segre, a participant in the discovery of the first synthetic element, describes its discovery and demonstrates the technique used by him to identify astatine. (KQED) Film.
- Contributors
KQED, San Francisco; Glenn T. Seaborg; Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence; Dr. Emilio Segre; E.G. Valens; Daniel M. Wilkes; Bernard G. Harvey
- Publishers
Indiana University Audio-Visual Center; National Educational Television
- Genre
Educational
- Subject
Chemistry.
- Collection
National Educational Television
- Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
- Language
English
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - United States
- Physical Description
1 Film (0:32:37); 16mm
- Other Identifiers
IULMIA Film Database: 40000003302405; Other: GR00468465; MDPI Barcode: 40000003302405
Access Restrictions
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