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Before we watched the film about the elements I knew a few things about the periodic table. I knew many of the elements were metals and were grouped by what type of element it was categorised by. I knew the Periodic Table was also put together by a scientists named Mendeleev. I also knew the numbers on the table represented each elements atomic number.2.
I learned a few things out of the film like how protons and neutrons work and why they go together. What I think was the coolest thing I learned was how adding a electron to the atom will force another electron out triggering a domino effect to all the other atoms. I also learned how many of the elements on the table are in the basic items we use. I would've never thought samarium was in regular magnets.
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With everything I learned from the film I'd like to see if we can create even more elements. I know we have found new elements but they only are stable for 10 seconds. I would also like to see if we could enhance the elements and find new ways to use them for our every day life. It would also be useful to find new energy in elements.
In addition to finding new elements, scientists are really working hard to find new ways to re-arrange atoms to make new structures. Carbon for example can be arranged in a bunch of different ways. These structures are called allotropes. One of them is diamond, another is graphite, and more recently they've been experimenting with carbon nanotubes and something funny called a buckyball which is like a bunch of hexagons in a sphere. The applications of these things are fascinating. Graphite is very smooth and is used as a lubricant, diamonds are extremely hard and strong, used at the tips of saw blades and drill bits, and nanotubes are being used for a variety of things. Just Google "uses carbon nanotubes" and you'll see what I mean. The interesting thing about all of them though is that they're all made of carbon.
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