infocus #56 December 2019 Elements (Part 2)

DOI: 10.22443/rms.inf.1.180

Few would disagree that the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements is one of the most significant achievements in science, capturing, as it does, the essence not only of chemistry, but also of physics and biology. And it just so happens that 2019 marks 150 years since Russian chemist Dmitrii Ivanovich Mendeleev created his table, with its symbols and numbers revealing the atomic relationships between the known chemical elements and enabling predictions to be made about the existence of as-yet undiscovered elements.

To celebrate this landmark anniversary, regular infocus contributor Winston Ingram set about capturing exciting images of no fewer than 85 different elements, using a wide range of different microscopical techniques.