Tom Scott
One Town, Four Elements: Ytterby
S7 • E10 Feb 27, 2017 2m
Yttrium, terbium, erbium and ytterbium were all named after one small town on the Stockholm archipelago. But it could have been different, and there could have been many other names. From a snowy bit of Sweden, and a mine that's a historical landmark, let's talk about discovery, chemists, and a man named Gadolin.
