Arsenic - Periodic Table of Videos
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The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about arsenic -- element number 33 and is famous for the toxicity of its compounds.
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As we can see in the Periodic Video “Arsenic Life”, in 2010 the scientific community were very excited about a new discovery that suggested some bacteria from Mono Lake in California could substitute phosphorus in their DNA with arsenic. It has since been shown to be untrue.
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