Are There An Infinite Number Of Elements?

[@PolyhedralMedia]

If you enjoyed this work, you can support it here on Patreon: patreon.com/Polyhedral Video Transcript: There are currently 118 elements in the periodic table, but could there be more? Maybe there’s an infinite number and we could eventually discover unobtanium… But, let’s forget about unobtainium for a minute and take a look at good old, ubiquitous carbon. Elements are defined by the number of protons they have, so carbon is carbon because it has six protons. It also has six and a bit neutrons… A bit, because it has three naturally occurring isotopes. An isotope is how we distinguish elements that have the same number of protons, but different numbers of neutrons. Carbon-12 and -13 are stable, but their heavier cousin -14 is radioactive [1], and has a half life of around five and a half thousand years. The half life is a measure of the time it will take for half of the atoms in a material to radioactively decay. That’s how we do carbon dating, we just check how much carbon-14 is left in something, compared to if it was new. Fortunately for us, most carbon isn’t radioactive, and five and half thousand years is pretty damn long, so we don’t exactly consider carbon to be a radioactive element. As elements get heavier, they tend to become less and less stable. In fact, these elements don’t have any stable isotopes. Each square in this graph is a different isotope of every element we’ve ever discovered [2]. This black line shows all of the isotopes that are stable, this is called the valley of stability, and every other isotope is radioactive in one way or another. But why does the valley end after the elements have more than 82 protons? To explain this, let’s take a look at a stable nucleus and how it’s neutrons and protons interact with each other. There are two fundamental forces at play here: the ‘strong nuclear force’ and ‘electrostatic repulsion’. The strong nuclear force is a force that holds neutrons and protons together, much like how gravity pulls us towards the Earth. Conversely, electrostatic repulsion causes protons to repel one another. So as elements get heavier and heavier, the number of protons will increase and this repulsion becomes larger and larger, eventually out-strengthening the formerly strong, strong nuclear force and all heavy elements eventually become unstable. At a certain point, this repulsion will be so large that elements won’t be able to form in the first place. This isn’t good for a hope for an infinite number of elements. To understand why, let's look at the predicted half lives of isotopes with more than 82 protons. If we quickly draw an extension of the valley of stability we see that these elements are radioactive, but have quite long half lives, but the further we move from this line, the less and less stable these isotopes become, with shorter and shorter half lives [3]. But, if we zoom out a little bit further, we find this… the Island Of Stability, where a cluster of isotopes have uncharacteristically long half lives. But this doesn’t quite answer the big question, how large can an element get? There’s a bit of a “folk legend” amongst physicists that Richard Feynmann once did a back of the envelope calculation to show that any element with an atomic number of 137 or greater would have it’s lowest energy electron travelling faster than the speed of light [4], which is impossible! In reality, if this folk legend is true at all, this was likely just a playful exercise, rather than any proper science. In a more serious bit of science, Feynmann did confirm that elements above an atomic number of 137 might cause some issues. This, slightly scary looking equation tells us the energy of an electron. If we look at elements with more than 137 protons, it turns out their energy would have a square root of a negative number in it. This is definitely breaking the rules a bit and is often a handy tool physicists use to prove the non-existence of something. But, this also turned out to be a little bit of an oversimplification. Feynmann assumed that the nucleus would be nice and spherical, but in current scientific understanding, it would look more like this [5], with modern calculations presenting the possibility of elements all the way up to an atomic number of 172 [6]. Since then, a range of potential extensions to the periodic table have been presented, each of which ending somewhere around 172 elements. However, some theoretical physicists have gone a bit further than that and come up with a hypothesis called the Continent of Stability [7]. The idea is that if nuclides get heavy enough, then they would no longer simply be atoms with neutrons, protons and electrons, but rather, the neutrons and protons are broken apart into up and down quarks. This would result in a kind of free flowing soup known as up-down quark matter [8], and could probably only exist under the collosal pressure of a supernova or the famously dense neutron star. Whilst these aren’t really elements any more, because they don’t have neutrons, protons and electrons, they can keep increasing in mass somewhat indefinitely and are even stable to certain types of radioactive decay, so maybe they’ll be the key to finding heavier and heavier particles. So, we don’t know exactly, but based on our current understanding of physics, we know that the periodic table may end somewhere around atomic number 172 and that unobtanium probably is unobtainable, but the continent of stability may be our route into understanding heavier and heavier matter. I hope you enjoyed watching. In the next video, we’ll discuss how this ambitious looking doughnut could be the solution to both the climate crisis and global inequality. So If you enjoyed this be sure to subscribe and click the little bell icon, and if you really enjoyed it, I’ve just launched a Patreon page where you can support this work. Thanks! References [1] “The Technical Details: Radioactive Decay.” 2002. Global Monitoring Laboratory. gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/isotopes/decay.html. [2] Napy1kenobi. n.d. “Chart of the nuclides showing the ratio of protons to neutrons, with a black 'Island of Stability' in a 'Sea of Instability.” www.researchgate.net/figure/Chart-of-the-nuclides-showing-the-ratio-of-protons-to-neutrons-with-a-black-Island-of_fig1_338096896. [3] Zagrebaev, V. 2016. “Opportunities for synthesis of new superheavy nuclei (What really can be done within the next few years).” 11th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions. [4] Ball, Philip. 2010. “Column: The crucible | Opinion.” Column: The crucible | Opinion | Chemistry World. www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/column-the-crucible/3005076.article. [5] Scientific Opportunities with a Rare-Isotope Facility in the United States. 2006. N.p.: National Research Council. [6] “Unseptbium.” n.d. The Elements Wiki. periodictableofelements.fandom.com/wiki/Unseptbium#cite_note-:0-2. [7] Holdom, Bob. 2018. “Quark Matter May Not Be Strange.” Physical Review Letters. journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.222001. [8] Holdom, Bob; Ren, Jing; Zhang, Chen. 2018. “.Quark Matter May Not Be Strange.” Physical Review Letters.

[@georgeofhamilton]

My goodness, thank you for posting a transcript!

[@canwegetashoutouttoworking2002]

I think it could be better if the transcript was in the description of the video, nonetheless, stellar work!

[@pallavij520]

No there are 118

[@natekloepfer1571]

Another reason why lead/bismuth are the last elements with stable or near-stable isotopes is that the 82-proton and 126-neutron combination creates a "doubly-magic" nucleus. This is also why elements like polonium and radon (immediately after lead and bismuth) have very short half-lives.

[@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828]

doubly magic?

[@gratedradish6699]

@@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828 Short read: There are 'magic numbers' of protons, and neutrons that are particularly stable compared to others, this is especially visible on the isotope stability graph. Lead is special because BOTH it's protons and neutrons are magic numbers. Long read: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_number_(physics)

[@No_True_Scotsman]

Doubly magic??

[@starhollander22]

for yall that dont know what the doubly magic means, in atoms theres "magic numbers" of subatomic particles that are very stable but i dont remember what numbers are "magic "💀💀 they're all even though i remember that

[@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828]

@@starhollander22 there was like 2 8 or like 32 or smthn

[@xyzi8163]

What I really like about this video is that it portraits its title in less than 30 minutes, straight up to the point

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[@themacbookgamer]

You explained it better in 5 minutes than my chemistry course did in a week. Great job!

[@themacbookgamer]

@slome1846I do online school so there's no teacher involved, but yes I spent way more time learning things like electron orbitals than about actual chemistry

[@D.von.N]

Maybe because this is more about physics than chemistry? Although chemistry is a sister of physics, depending on the laws of physics. I have had chemistry and metabolic biochemistry at the university. Not as a main subject, but we had those subjects. On the lessons of metabolic biochemistry we were taught about the transport chain and protons. We never went into subparticle level. One day the teacher asked the class room, what is proton made of. Just out of interest. Nobody knew. I took some distant course of quantum physics a few years prior and I loved S Hawkings popular books about physics. I had those basics. I was the only person who knew from the whole class, whether young or mature students, men or women. Nobody else had a clue, or at least they didn't voice it. We didn't need to know what proton is made of.

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Ah, that's such a nice comment, thank you!

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Ah thank you so much, that's very kind! I hope you enjoy the next video as much as the first!

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Glad to hear you liked it!

so you're 10 year old

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That's very kind of you, and I definitely have things I can make better, looking forward to getting more out.

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Wow, this is pretty well done for a first video! Your explanation of how 1/137 breaks relativity calculations in that equation really made things clear. Looking forward to your future content, I'd love to see more physics videos from you! :D

[@PolyhedralMedia]

Thank you very much! I've got a big list of videos in the pipeline but will keep that in mind!

[@tristantheoofer2]

hold up isnt that the inverse of a universal constant?

[@pedrosso0]

​@@tristantheoofer2hold up, isn't that very close to a universal constant?

[@pedrosso0]

​@@tristantheoofer2it's the fine structure constant! It's not exactly 1/137 but it's close

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

That's very kind of you, glad to hear it, and I hope you enjoy the future videos!

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Thank you! 😁

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is 1/137 a coincidence, or the fine structure constant 3:00

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Ah, thank you so much, that's really nice ofyou! I'm looking forward to producing more videos, so I hope you enjoy the next one too! I'll be posting a little trailer of it soon, so keep an eye on your notifications!

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Thanks, looking forward to uploading the next one!

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Thank you very much, I'm excited to publish the next one!

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Ah thank you, that's very kind of you! I'm looking forward to producing more videos, so I hope you enjoy the next one! I'll be posting a little trailer of it soon, so keep an eye on your notifications!

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Ah thank you so much, I'm really glad you enjoyed it. I've been putting loads of work into the next one, so I hope you enjoy it too!

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Unobtainium is an old chemistry joke. I heard it as a chemistry major in the '70s. Back when the Periodic table stopped at Helium. 😁

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It seems everyone else is already saying this, but this is an amazing video! I wasn’t expecting to get anything new out of a 5 minute video, but not only was this a great explanation, but it got me thinking about the fine structure constant approx 1/137 as well. I never thought that constant would come up here. Then again, it seems to come up wherever you least expect it.

[@PolyhedralMedia]

Thank you very much, I'm really glad you enjoyed it! And you're right, it does crop up all over the place!

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Thank you very much, that's really nice of you to say! I hope you enjoy my upcoming videos too.

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

And thank you for your comment!

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Ah thank you very much. I've just uploaded my second video, so I hope you also find the editing in that as good!

[@Slowlightning1]

Your description of the new video was funny and yes I did pause it lol 4:37

[@jewi604]

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Ah, that's such a nice comment, I appreciate it. Thank you!

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Ah thank you, that's very kind of you! I'm looking forward to producing more videos, so I hope you enjoy the next one! I'll be posting a little trailer of it soon, so keep an eye on your notifications!

[@carloserr1435]

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I have already subscribed you because I know your channel is a time bomb and if you consistently upload such high quality videos, it's gonna blow up

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one of the best STEM videos I've ever seen, extremely surprised that this is your first video and very much anticipating the next one :)

[@PolyhedralMedia]

That's such a nice comment, thank you! I'm looking forward to posting the next one! I'll be posting a trailer for it soon, so be sure to keep your eye on the KZbin notifications!

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it and I hope you enjoy the next too!

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[@Noiteze]

I've honestly wondered this myself and this video really answers a lot of my questions. As a chemistry major, thank you?

[@yellowbacon69]

Dude I don’t know if you’re busy and won’t see this but, I think that if you keep this up, you are going to go super far. I’ve already turned on notifications because with can’t wait to see what you have in store for the future. Anyway what I was trying to say is that KZbin is hard sometimes. There will be days when you lose view and when you gain them. You just have to keep posting. Never treat negative comments as they are, always turn destructive criticism in to constructive criticism. Keep going poly, I can’t wait to see how far you’ll fly.

[@PolyhedralMedia]

Thank you very much, that's a really nice, and motivating comment! I've been extremely lucky with the performance of the first video, so I'll remember this if a future video doesn't do as well as hoped!

[@yellowbacon69]

@@PolyhedralMedia I’m very glad that you got to see this man, I wanted you to see this because it’s what I’ve picked up over the years (despite my microscopic sub count) I wanted you to know this because eventually it will happen. Something I should note is that you need to find the proper balance between online and offline life. If you need a break, it’s always okay to stop, again I can’t wait to see what you try in the future. Best of luck to you!

[@nathanpfirman625]

Imagine having to memorize like 60 septillion elements you’ll never ever ever ever be in a 400 million mile encounter for middle school science.

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Great video, keep it up! One small gripe, the "crumpled paper" background effect could get turned down a notch...

[@PolyhedralMedia]

Thank you very much! I think you're right, I'm still getting to grips with the design, will definitely turn down the opacity a bit on the paper effect for the next one!

[@manfroze]

@@PolyhedralMediaI think it’s also a bit fast, but to be honest it didn’t bother me while viewing the video the first time!

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Ah thank you, that's very kind of you! Im ooking forward to producing more videos, so I hope you enjoy the next one! I'll be posting a little trailer of it soon, so keep an eye on your notifications!

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As someone who is very curious, but never quite "got" chemistry in highschool (and that's where my chemistry education ended), this is very cool! Lovely first video!

[@PolyhedralMedia]

I can definitely relate, learning can be so dependant on the medium and the teacher, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@hovant6666]

If you wanted to do a follow-up on this, you could discuss antimatter elements, quark degenerate matter, positronium, and maybe mention the possibility of proton decay

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Great job for a first video. You'll probably have a tens of thousands of subscribers in a few months!

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I like watching fun facty chemistry vids but almost all of them are about 40-80 mins long. That really killed my curiosity until now. Thanks a lot fam.

[@245trichlorophenate]

Great work!

[@PolyhedralMedia]

Thank you!

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holy your editing is better than some people with millions of subs. Very good video, keep it up!!!

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Thank you very much!

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Thanks, I really appreciate it and will do!

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A very well made video! Even I, with 0 chemistry background, understood everything. Thank you for this, very interesting.

[@PolyhedralMedia]

I'm really glad to hear it! It was challenging trying to pitch the level right, and I really wanted to make sure it could be inclusive of those without a chemistry background!

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[@johnjeffreys6440]

Is 1/137 a coincidence, or the fine structure constant?

[@PolyhedralMedia]

It is the fine structure constant! Although understanding 'why' the fine structure constant has the value it has is quite a big 'unsolved problem' in physics!

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only 2k subs?! that was such a high quality video! rlly interesting to watch

[@PolyhedralMedia]

Glad you enjoyed it, looking forward to publishing the next!

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Thank you! I hope you enjoy the next one too!

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Thank you, I'm glad you thought so! I've just uploaded my second video, if you're interested!

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Thank you very much! Time will tell! I've just uploaded my second video, so I hope the quality is as high!

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No doubt you will blow up on this platform. I can't believe this is your first video. Make sure you make shortform content with links and olugs for these full videos to get in front of as many people as possible!

[@PolyhedralMedia]

Ah thank you very much, that's a very useful bit of advice, will do! I've just uploaded my second video, I hope you enjoy it too!

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Honestly expected you to have atleast 100k-200k subs judging from the quality. great video

[@PolyhedralMedia]

Thank you so much, that's really nice of you to say!

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Thank you! 😀

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Glad you enjoyed it, looking forward to uploading the next one!

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

You're very welcome!

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Thank you very much, it has already reached me much more than I thought it would. I hope you enjoy the next video too (should be out in the next week)

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As someone who interacts with elements on a daily basis, I approve this video.

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Thank you, that's very kind of you! I'm looking forward to making more! I'll be posting a little trailer of the next one soon, so keep an eye on your notifications!

[@sebbes333]

1:50 _What if you increase the pressure?_ *is there some pressure where some "normally" radioactive material becomes non-radioactive?* I assume it has to be at some ridiculous pressure, like white-dwarf-star core or something like that, just BEFORE quark-gluon plasma & shit is created?

[@PolyhedralMedia]

Interesting idea, I have no idea! I suspect you might be right that some other phenomenon would happen first, if the pressure it that high!

[@2Links]

Nice video, quick and to the point. Also, I just wanted to comment about how much I love the table of nuclides.

[@PolyhedralMedia]

It is great, isn't it! (The table of nucleides)

[@2Links]

@@PolyhedralMedia So good.

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Cant wait for the next video

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[@PolyhedralMedia]

Ah thank you so much!

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Nice job man, very interesting and delivered succinctly

[@scaper12123]

One day, we’ll discover such mythical elements as mythril, orichalcum, and hardtogetium

[@christopherkarr1872]

Enjoyment is qualitative. I appreciate your work and your thoughts. I am one who appreciates your work. Quantitative.

[@PolyhedralMedia]

I appreciate your qualitative comment, and the quantitative boost to the YT algorithm!

[@christopherkarr1872]

@@PolyhedralMedia Existing is fun, isn't it? Thanks for the smile! That's something we can't quantify. And I'll keep on enjoying it more if you try!

[@Samatise]

Surprisingly high quality research and audio :0

[@MrStickmanPro1]

Short, straight to the point, easy to follow - you definitely gained a subscriber here. That being said I don't really love the animated background too much, it was a bit distracting to me at times ^^

[@PolyhedralMedia]

Thanks, glad to hear you enjoyed it! I'll be toning down the background in the next one, thanks for the feedback!

[@TajwarC]

Flashbacks to my undergrad days, great video, keep up the good work!

[@PolyhedralMedia]

Me too, that's what inspired me to make it! Thanks, I hope you enjoy the next video too!

[@betapotataOld]

Great debut, can’t wait for your future videos!

[@PolyhedralMedia]

Thank you very much and now you can! I've just uploaded the second to the channel, I hope you enjoy it.

[@betapotataOld]

@@PolyhedralMedia YEES watching now

[@lamtee7739]

To be fair, I, as well as some other people, thought I was watching a video on a channel that has at least 100k subs, considering this well-done editing and work with sound, very well-made video. And only when I finished watching this vid I noticed the number of views and subscibers. Keep them coming

[@simplylinn]

... what the fuck? This was so on-par with all the other science youtube stuff I follow I just thought this was "one of those ones". I didn't even notice this was a new channel even until I saw your post and realized this channel had less than 300 subs... Well, I rarely subscribe to channels anymore because "the algorithm" shows me stuff anyway, but in this case, I'll do my part in helping this thing take off. I subbed, I liked, and this is me commenting! Happy engagement!

[@uku4171]

Tbf it's his first video

[@llama_0]

Great first video mate

[@sandwich4899]

nice video, the style / presentation is on point

[@General12th]

Hi Poly! I'm here contributing to that watch time analytic spike at the end of the video.

[@testaccount1642]

no, but with all these unlockable elements you can create pretty much any molecule, like H2O or NaCl, but you can create pretty much anything from combining the 100 different atoms the periodic table gives you.

[@AR15andGOD]

The answer to this question lies in the "structured atom" model of the atom. Whether or not the components of the structure "add up" properly to allow more additions is what possibly determines the periodicity of elements and the elements themselves.

[@NclogicLMAO]

Oooo new scientific channel, Your channel is gonna blow up anytime soon mark my words.