To mark 2019 as the year of the Periodic Table, RNZ Nights has teamed up with the MacDiarmid Institute to bring you Element of The Week. Tonight, Sarah Masters, Associate Professor of Chemistry at Canterbury University and president of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry introduces us to the element sulfur and the reason for tonight's sonic tonic dedicated to stink.
Geothermal site Taupo - Wai-O-Tapu New Zealand. the color comes from various oxides: purple / manganese oxide; red and brown / iron oxide; yellow / sulfur / blue waters are rich in chlorite / green and yellow yolks are rich in sulfuric acid and arsenic / oranges waters are rich in arsenic / gray color comes from carbon Photo: © David Massemin / Biosphoto - Droit géré - Oeuvre protégée par copyright - - - -
