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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1235: Naming the Chemical Elements

Today, we name the elements.

Dr. John Lienhard

| Posted on October 10, 2016, 12:00 AM

Episode: 1235 How we name the chemical elements.

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