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The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. The famous element gold is the number 79 on the periodic table.

Alchemists pursued the transmutation of cheap metals like lead into gold. They couldn’t achieve this goal, but they made interesting advances for the future chemical sciences. Which element did the alchemist, Brand, discover in 1669 whilst searching for gold? How?

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