Technetium - Periodic Table of Videos

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[@nurlatifahmohdnor8939]

For Prof. Poliakoff?

[@horsetuna]

Iirc they found technetium in the atmosphere of a star too

[@nurlatifahmohdnor8939]

111.7° C--O--C Page 348

[@nurlatifahmohdnor8939]

eater = pe-|ma-kan or (o-rang yang) ma-kan = aakil. (Ar)

[@nurlatifahmohdnor8939]

jing-ga = orange colour ginger = ha-li-a

[@robfenwitch7403]

Here we see the Professorm (in an excited state)

[@frtard]

You can tell when his hair jumps to a higher energy level and gets extra professor-y.

[@nigeljohnson9820]

frtard may be he can be persuaded to visit the physics department and be connected to a van der graaf generator. That would make an interesting physics department video:-)

[@Fingerblasterstudios]

I don't think you'd see much of a difference...

[@oron61]

A professorous, or professoric ion?

[@DrBuzz0]

He got to see Technetium. I'd be excited too!

[@cyberneticghostofchristmas]

I could listen to this guy all day...

[@mariuszchile]

So could I!

[@yourfaceisonfire]

I listen to these videos at night, plus numberphile, to get me to sleep. so soothing

[@cyberneticghostofchristmas]

yourfaceisonfire don't get me started on numberphile. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the first video I saw. Lol, but it seriously sparked a love for math. I wish I had teachers who loved it as much as they do, I'd be better off now. lol

[@nvertd0966]

3 blue 1 brown makes me sleep better

[@BackYardScience2000]

You can listen to him all day. They have created a playlist with all of these videos in order as they appear on the periodic table. It is several hours long as they are strung together.

[@shinjuubaby132613]

I had a bone scan when I was a kid for a tumor I had in my leg (it ended up being a benign bone cyst, thank goodness!). They used a Technetium 99m injection as a contrast. They had it in a lead covered syringe when they injected into my arm. It's pretty cool knowing I've had such a rare element in my body before. :)

[@coopergates9680]

I hope they managed to avoid getting much lead into you, though...

[@Herobrine_Hoax]

You probably still have some! The half life of technetium 99 (not the metastable one) is over 200,000 years, so it would take a very long time for that to decay when the metastable isotope decays into it!

[@coopergates9680]

@@Herobrine_Hoax We have slight bits of pretty much everything, including Uranium and Thorium

[@floridianbat]

your profile proves the dangers of radioactivity in the human body and brain

[@zachinthehat1707]

@@coopergates9680 the lead is on the outside of the syringe ya brain genius

[@donnykilroy7585]

Brady is a legend for putting all these channels together

[@lucianodebenedictis6014]

they're really a lot

[@oldcowbb]

many are abandoned

[@LLO227]

Absolutely

[@donnykilroy7585]

@Jonathan Williams Numberphile, Sixty Symbols, Computerphile and a few others i think

[@NinoNiemanThe1st]

And such a great Kiwi accent, which most people may miss!

[@ChenkoTheDog]

I love you Processor.

[@ChenkoTheDog]

I love you too Professor!

[@vesteel]

I love you too, Transistor

[@pierreuntel1970]

I love silicon too

[@dankarino]

I love capacitors

[@BatMandor]

Watt?

[@UNK0VVN]

Just a note, the organic molecule binded with the 99mTc in the radiopharmaceutical doesn't bind to only cancer cells. The radiopharmaceutical concentrates in certain tissues, and since cancer cells have a higher metabolism than healthy cells, it concentrates even more in cancer cells, and that is what gives a suspected diagnosis of cancer. As you can see the in video, the darker regions in the scintigram is where there is a higher concentration of the radiopharmaceutical, but everything that is dark represents activity from the radiopharmaceutical.

[@KennethNicholson1972]

Absolutely fascinating. I wonder how many cancer patients have survived thanks to the role Technetium has played in tumor detection. Thank you professor for making and sharing these videos.

[@johnclavis]

When I was in high school, I saw that they were throwing out an old periodic table, and I asked if I could have it, and they said yes! It's really cool -- it's so old that tungsten is still called Wolfram, and there's very little available data on technetium. Unfortunately, it's rolled up because I haven't had wall space for it in a while. It's still cool, though!

[@vipervidsgamingplus5723]

Party Bot wolfram is still its name it is just easier for people to understand a newer name

[@prick5689]

wolfram is the german word for tungsten lol

[@kevindetejas1137]

!!! Wolframite !!! Masurium

[@oldboyneverrichagain1113]

everyone calls it wolfram... it's only americans and french people that call it tungsten

[@MrMeloff]

The hair just keeps getting better and better each video!!

[@Eliphas_Leary]

It's so disco!

[@YouSoSpice]

An excellent fro, business in front, party all around

[@MrAntonChandra]

Einstein style

[@damenwhelan3236]

It's been been building charge until now....

[@drawincode1800]

His hair has been anualised and its Synynthetic in nature it is radioactive And full of cocaine That's why he is so erratic and ecentrick Take that to court and bottle it!

[@SciSenkra]

I just wanted to say that I love these videos, and it helped really get me into chemistry, even if I don't enders tandem everything there is to, I still love it

[@SciSenkra]

RedHair Shanks what?

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Personally, I enders tandem everything in these videos!

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Developing an enders tandeming is key, KZbin is a great day to start getting into a subject

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What in particular don't you enders tandem? I am more than willing to help you enders tandem!

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Periodic Videos , please can you do a video about the element of surprise!

[@arondj]

I'm studying pharmaceutical chemistry and so far i have never come across anyone (or any video) as informative slash interesting in regards to chemistry in my life as yours. Keep it up professor, your enthusiasm is addicting.

[@MephLeo]

You see, the problem with excited chemists is that they'll react very quickly! Jk, love prof. Poliakoff, his passion and enthusiasm are admirable.

[@ArchersGearheadGarage]

I work at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd) and we irradiated technetium for that exact reason (cancer locating) for about 40 years before being forced by our government to stop. The Cerenkov glow off a "moly rod" is intense! Definitely the coolest thing I have ever been a part of!

[@mlbalan74]

Why did the Canadian government halt production?

[@ArchersGearheadGarage]

@@mlbalan74 Canadian government did not invest in a new research/isotope reactor in time for the shutdown of NRU. NRU operated for 60 years. worlds longest operating reactor. Gov felt they could make what they needed from cyclotrons in stead of reactors.

[@johnnyesleo]

The professor is a human living treasure

[@Dazzletoad]

The more of chemistry I see, the more I really appreciate its contributions to medicine.

[@shadow404atl]

Love the ending story. That must be quite a feeling 'seeing' a rare element that eventually decays.

[@AureaPersona]

I've seen Bismuth, it is somewhat rare, but the 19000000000000000000 year half life tends to diminish any feelings of excitement. :P

[@Henrix1998]

AureaPersona Don't. Bring. Half. Life. Up. Ever.

[@shadow404atl]

Henrix98 heh, steam will never release hl3.

[@skop6321]

the half life of fermium-253. its confirmed

[@JugheadJones03]

Thanks for this channel I wasn't bothered with Chemistry when young but now in my mid years am fascinated by it. Prof. Poliakoff is so knowledgeable and excellent at engaging viewers. : )

[@n1k0n_]

I was in Abbeville, Sc USA watching the eclipse and just happened to end up in this small town. To my surprise i saw an old department store sign reading Poliakoff Department Store. :D

[@steven_003]

Lol xD

[@Devilock79]

I used to play a game called EVE Online. It's a sandbox space game where you can build stuff from minerals mined from asteroids and moons. One of the most valuable minerals was technetium. Virtual wars involving thousands of real players and tens of thousands of real dollars were fought for this stuff.

[@KittenoftheBroccoli]

I love how excited he gets when he talks about encountering rare elements.

[@geocarey]

I had a bone scan last year with Technetium. After the technetium was administered intravenously I had to sit in the hospital cafeteria for a couple of hours. I was told not to sit near any children or pregnant women. After the scan I tried to exit the car park but the parking ticket card malfunctioned and could not be read by the scanner. Could be coincidence, but perhaps I was 'hot' enough to corrupt the magnetic strip?

[@croutonicus]

Depending on what scan you had it's likely that the scanner corrupted the strip rather than the Technetium.

[@geocarey]

It was a bone scan looking for prostate mets (none found!). During the scan the strip was 15 feet away. The scanner looked for gamma rays so did not emit any of its own radiation.

[@poolix1]

geocarey it's unlikely although I'm a radiation therapy student not a nuclear medicine student! I'm surprised they let you sit in the cafeteria to be honest, you still would have been emitting a decent amount

[@geocarey]

Apparently I got a dose equivalent to 50 chest X-rays. My first job some 40 years ago was in a radiotherapy centre as hospital physicist. One of my jobs was to prepare Technetium for the patients. Technology has come a long way since then! Little did I know that I would be on the receiving end!

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

I had to breathe some as they were looking for microembolisms in my lungs (it worked). The nearest I can describe it is like sucking an exhaust pipe. It's foul! I wasn't allowed near my pregnant daughter or toddler granddaughter for at least a day. I'm only half-looking forward to another one - I *think* I'm better, but I'm not looking forward to sucking that stuff again!

[@flavioaugustojose]

I love this channel and, as a Medical Physicist, is a real big pleasure to watch this video about Tc Congratulations again, Professor

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Such a delight this channel!

[@beefgoat80]

This channel encouraged me to go back to school and study chemistry. The more I learn about chemistry, the more I love it.

[@adrianevans5953]

Love these videos very professional and love the professors enthusiasm

[@barrynickerson1366]

This playlist has made my day. Love these videos! I'm learning so much about these elements that seemed so enigmatic (and undercelebrated) in my chemistry courses.

[@peggyt5409]

I wish I could take one of Sir Marty n’a classes! He is so enthusiastic and explains things so well.

[@corsaircaruso471]

He’s so enthusiastic, and so endearing. Keep being excited and awesome, Professor!

[@jmdefault]

I absolutely adore the true enthusiasm on his face when he describes his first encounter with Technetium. Wish I could be that happy about the small things in life.

[@TheRuffusMD]

this is great .. i never knew where Tc came from , even though i have ordered Tc scans all the time... thanxs for this great video ..

[@CorvusSynths]

Had to watch this man in chemistry at school and now I love him :)

[@SargeRho]

Ahh, technetium, the cause of many interstellar wars...Oh, wait, wrong universe.

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I wrote my comment before seeing yours. Goonswarms source of endless money :D

[@Inoka01]

"Technetium, better known as 'Moon Goo...'"

[@NikopolAU]

soon to be rebalanced...

[@SahasaV]

"Unstoppable Smugness vs. Immovable Autism."

[@jamilzaitouny1885]

Sarge Rho I

[@wb5rue]

I had this done (the Tc injection) to diagnose my gall bladder issue. It was interesting to see an outline of my liver and gall bladder gradually appear on the scanner display.

[@ianrogers5912]

Sir. Your love for science speaks volumes through your videos. Keep it up.!

[@gordonrichardson2972]

A minor mistake by the Professor at 04:47, the Oklo natural reactor was about 1.7 billion years (not million).

[@NuclearSavety]

2nd correction: Tc in uranium ore does not origin from radioactive decay but from spontaneous fission of U238

[@MCNarret]

NuclearSavety wait... isnt that the same thing?

[@cleitonfelipe2092]

Narret not really

[@gordonrichardson2972]

That depends which isotope of uranium you start with: U235 + neutron in reactors, versus U238 spontaneous fission over very long lifetimes. The exact branching pathway is too complex to describe as part of a short video covering a much broader topic. Decay usually refers to losing one (or a few protons or neutrons) at a time, while fission means splitting into two relatively equal nuclei.

[@NuclearSavety]

Well fission is usually an about 1/3rd to 2/3rd split plus some free neutrons... Radioactive decay is usually labeles processes where a core emmits helium-cores (alpha decay), electrons+neutrons+gamma possibly also with antiparticles (beta decay), or a pure gamma decay when an excited core relaxes. With radiactive decay starting from uranium you end up at lead, you dont reach technecium. .

[@Saym88n]

I was quite surprised when suddenly my lecturer appeard on the screen. Greetings from the university of Zurich!

[@LiamDennehy]

As a recipient of a Technetium-assisted diagnostic procedure (4 years ago, all clear) I am seriously enjoying this video.

[@het_gele_teken]

Great video! I used to prepare many of those Tc99m solutions (TC99m bonded to a carrier molecule) for medical diagnosis years ago. All quite low in radioactivity though, still ALARA was order of the day. Still miss that kind of work.

[@Foxpawed]

Congrats on your recent additional honors, Professor.

[@fnq2]

Thank-you and a extra thank-you all the way from Australia for capturing Martyns excitement, which I hold my side of the screen, whenever the professor speaks. All the best Roger

[@xeryyn]

I love the videos you guys put together so much. Extremely helpful and educational. I See ZERO reasons why this video was demonetized.

[@Shkunk1]

I was a terrible chemistry student, but I must admit that I really enjoy your videos. Great job!

[@haggissupper7779]

I love how as you work your way through the elements the professor's hair oscillates between big and HUGE.

[@somebluntdude]

I love these videos and my chemistry professor once a week we watch one to two videos

[@ableone7855]

Great video! Have been watching for a long time and this was the most interesting and intriguing story. Great job Professor!

[@1098234567]

I have no idea what he's saying, but it causes me to look into other things that I don't know about. Which is awesome and I love it.

[@johnlbales2773]

Sir Professor Martyn that's pretty exciting that you got to experience the 1st synthetic element. Thanks for teaching us all. All the best to you.

[@lauriedepaurie]

I work with a PET-CATscanner and the technique and imaging still impresses me. But so does MRI, so maybe I'm easily impressed.

[@SeattlePioneer]

[@quigonkenny]

I've had Technetium imaging before. Not cancer, thankfully, but I had to take it for a test from my cardiologist. They injected it in me and let it circulate a bit so they could get an image of the entire circulatory system. Pretty cool.

[@antonmarkov2893]

It's so cool that I've been watching periodic videos for a few years now and in Wednesday I have a lecture with him. Just amazing.

[@SeattlePioneer]

So.... how did the lecture go?

[@GruesomeJeans]

I enjoy these videos a lot even though I've never been into Chemistry. It's strangely soothing listening and learning about various elements.

[@georgelagalle2298]

Thanks for the videos, these are so amazing and fascinating. I also love chemistry with a passion. Is it possible to do some videos on organic chemistry techniques such as heating under reflux and distillation of alcohols?

[@accutronitisthe2nd95]

I just wanted to say I really like "The Professor" and his love of Periodic Table and all the elements discovered and listed so far with more to come, no doubt!!!

[@KS-bq4rs]

i love these videos..Most of it just goes over my head or I have totally forgotten everything when the next video starts

[@699Akmal]

Thank you Sir, sharing latest video. I am really very happy to see the work of your team. Chemistry was a dry subject for me, but your videos motivated me to learn the subject. great job you are doing. Keep it up.

[@Cannongabang]

I study in Palermo, sicily, at the physics department where technetium has been discovered :) I'm so happy to see this video, always been curious about all those places haha have a nice day!

[@adelacozlac366]

This is the greatest way of expl8ning chemistry I had ever seen! Bravo!

[@Maria-ou3xz]

Love the tie! :D Always looking forward to seeing a new video!

[@HavocEmblem]

The Oklo mine naturally occurring reactor is one of the most fascinating phenomena I have read about... Millions of years before we were even close nature was powering flexing. Im 35 and I love watching your videos and its always fun learning what has changed in science since I was in high school. Thanks for the awesome explanations and amusing anecdotes!

[@dhwdhhskcbfusbsmsss]

I want to be like this dude - he never loses his sense of wonder =] Keep making videos, professor!

[@cat637d]

What an honor it would be to meet this wonderful man!

[@g7eit]

I could listen to this guy all day. The most interesting man I’ve ever heard.

[@mironiancu8770]

I love this channel. Thank you, Professor, and your team for this. I would suggest a subject for one of the following episodes: the chemistry of crying.

[@foxhazhax4845]

I'm so glad these videos exist and that Prof. Sir Martin Poliakoff hosts them 🦊💜⚗️🧪🔬

[@MichaelCharlesbradfo]

Can you do something about liquid salt reactors and thorium and how it works

[@sriram97]

I was thinking about about Technetium yesterday and you just made video on it :D

[@blueshogun96]

Thank you for teaching me what high school didn't!

[@BradSchmor]

That IS exciting. I've never been fortunate enough to see a sample of technetium, but I'd be just as thrilled to.

[@louisswanepoel1614]

I love chemistry, but studying it is a grind for me. That's why I watch videos of it and study electricity

[@AdamOzkan]

I love the professor, keep up the great work!

[@TURBOMIKEIFY]

I've been waiting for this video for sometime now. I've had many questions about this element.

[@henkmagnetic3103]

I'm no academic but something about the way the Prof. talks, I find I retain a lot more information than I usually would. So interesting. I got to be careful, I could start thinking there's more than a vacuum between my ears.

[@EyebrowsMahoney]

My favorite professor of all time.

[@omermagen824]

I am a simple man, I see professor, I click

[@dimatha7]

I work in Nuclear medicine, I love this video.

[@steven_003]

+Dimitrios Athanasiou Nuclear medicine, sounds interesting.

[@Bunnysinger]

Are there actual agents that bind Tc and specifically bind to tumor targets as the professor implied? As far as I know, Tc is bound to glucose and is transported to regions with high levels of cellular activity, inluding but not limited to tumors. Which is why only fast-growing tumors could be diagnosed with Tc, but not slow-growing ones.

[@dimatha7]

Wladyslaw Szpilman Tc99m is just one of the tracers used in nuclear medicine, which organ or tumor will be shown in the exam, depends with what Pharmakon will be bound together.

[@erikawanner7355]

Wladyslaw Szpilman: yes there are agents that specifically bind to certain cells in the body... I can't remember specific names anymore but in pharmacy school I did a month rotation at a nuclear pharmacy where they produced these agents for hospitals/clinics in our area

[@dimatha7]

I think agents are what we here in Germany call Pharmakon. I don't know which Country you are referring that buy the agents from Pharmacy, but here are only bought from huge Pharma Industries and their bound success is 99.99%. The non failure is amazing and a must. 15 years never had a Charge that would not bound within the norms.

[@bazurful]

You haven't changed a bit the past 7 years :D love those vids!

[@mr2octavio]

I love this updated videos, great content guts

[@moonfestmadness]

to see this today makes my brain happy :)

[@MajorHavoc214]

Thank you for the history and chemical lesson.

[@itsdokko2990]

It feels like a Christmas morning when i see a new video of Prof. Poliakoff talking about chemical elements

[@sophrapsune]

Great video, thanks.

[@F3Ibane]

I could listen to the professor talk about chemistry for ages.

[@williamcolt1073]

i love this channel so much, i'm not by trade a chemist, or scientist at all; but understanding of the world around us I have always felt is my true calling in life. Pilot by profession, scientist by choice.

[@Tomyb15]

Great! I had been thinking about technetium just yesterday.

[@fe12rrps]

Wonderful videos. Cheers!

[@km5405]

you should do a video on medical isotopes .... I feel its something that is often overlooked. and interesting history and video as usual professor!

[@theperformerofficialhindi9539]

Amazing explanation.... thanks

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Hello! I have some great news!!! The 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded!!! The prize has been awarded to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for their discoveries regarding cryo-electron microscopy.

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I love these videos!!

[@Large_Sarge]

thank you for these videos.

[@mikekuppen6256]

Listening to the Professor always makes me feel that everything will be ok.

[@zack41564]

They used Technetium during a cardiac function scan before I had chemo, it wasn't binding to tumors. They used a gamma camera to get an idea of how strong my heart was, to make sure the Adiamycin wouldn't fry out my cardio pulmonary system.

[@bobdenton1]

Spring 2019 was when a local hospital ruled out coronary artery disease. Tc-99m injection rendered me into the Man of Technetium!

[@Isolanporzellator]

I have to turn in my thesis next week and my topic just happens to be featured in a video (I clicked some ligands to some sugars and made the corresponding Re-complexes). Nice timing.

[@PeterWalkerHP16c]

I had a PET scan years ago. The kept me around for ages after and told to stay away from pregnant women. I laughed and told them I was going down to the photography shop and fog up all his film. :-)

[@Clonetrooper0130]

I LOVE your videos

[@tcartwright01]

This and another Chemist on KZbin are great. Informative mixed with (nerdy?) humor. I’m an engineer and I really like these guys😄. I did terrible in chemistry 101.⚗️

[@mvilla36]

THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO

[@pecfree]

I love you professor!