Thursday, September 11, 2014

Periodic Table: Where Elements were Discovered

Vox picked up the interesting graphic below prepared by Jamie Gallagher.


Most of the elements discovered in the nineteenth century were discovered in England, Sweden, Germany and France. Most of the transuranium elements are "man-made" and were discovered in the US.  This post on a popular general interest web site is an encouraging suggestion that popular media assume that general audiences have some basic knowledge of chemistry and find it interesting.

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