Why Californium Is The Most Expensive Element On Earth ☢️

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  @LordStarbeard · 3 months ago

  Now, continuing the girlfriend comparison chart, while not at all comparable in instability, Californium is at least close in being as precious :D

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• TR

  @truthisnotalwaysfact · 3 weeks ago (edited)

  I bet I'm not the only commenter who noted the irony of the most expensive element in the world being named Californium.. 😮😂😂

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• HI

  @hiddenbearr · 3 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEi2ACfl5GM&amp;t=98">1:38</a> I don&apos;t know, that would be worth 20 000 000 €. Imagine all the chocolate you could buy for that!

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• AA

  @aalhard · 3 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEi2ACfl5GM&amp;t=1507">25:07</a> the image of a freight train slamming into one during testing is unforgettable

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• YR

  @Yreq · 3 months ago

  🎼&quot;Californium uber alles, californium uuber alles, Uber alles, californium, californium uuber alles&quot;🎶🎸🎶My paraphrase of a heavymetal song for this heavy metal element expensive as a VW transporter &apos;California&quot;. Of course I meant cover by Kazik🤚He gave it enough momentum to shoot neutrons like crazy while keeping some of its original punkrock vibe. 😎

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• A_

  @A_Blip_In_The_Universe · 3 months ago (edited)

  So the spectral signature for Californium has been seen in a few Supernova before, so nature does produce it through the R Process. And to be visible in that kind of explosion, must of been produced in significant quantities.<br><br>Edit and you mentioned it in the video after I wrote that lol

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• GA

  @gaseousFumes4u · 3 months ago

  In my humble opinion, you don’t need to convert units. Just give us the temperature in Kelvin.

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• LO

  @logonauten · 3 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEi2ACfl5GM&amp;t=317">5:17</a> So we only just missed out on Unobtainium.

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• SY

  @sydhenderson6753 · 3 months ago

  Outside of using einsteinium to create heavier elements, this is the heaviest that is actually useful. The critical mass of californium 251 is around 5 kg but I don&apos;t think that much has ever been produced. You could make a nuke from curium, which is a lot easier to produce but I doubt anyone will ever bother.

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• TA

  @TacticalMindscapes · 3 months ago

  The way you carefully demonstrate the visualization of the element creation process makes the concept far more accessible to a layman like me. Superb video

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• MA

  @malectric · 13 days ago

  I acquired a large hardcover book which was discarded into a rubbish skip at a place where I once did some contractual work a decade or so back. A key contributor to the book&apos;s contents was Glenn Seaborg. I was amazed at the prodigious amount of research and ingenuity which went into listing the elements and their properties in that work.

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• NE

  @NeuralDagger · 3 months ago

  soo seems like making this is not a casual afternoon project? oh, well, i guess i watch a movie instead

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