Analysis of glass and ceramic shards from Tycho Brahe’s famed observatory showed that he was more than an astronomer. Researchers discovered an interesting mix of elements from his alchemist ...
Important everyday products—from plastics to detergents—are made through chemical reactions that mostly use precious metals ...
Scientists are finding new ways to replace expensive, scarce platinum catalysts with something far more abundant: tungsten ...
Brahe's mansion, Uraniborg, was located on an island in Sweden. His basement laboratory is represented by the bottom left room in this drawing. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Tycho Brahe, a ...
Tungsten (W, atomic number 74) has the highest melting point of all the elements, melting at 3,422°C (6,192°F or 3,695 K), which is a long way above rhenium (3,182°C) or tantalum (3,017°C). This ...