The Hunt for the Highest Melting Point
What has the highest melting point known to us? Hank Green explains in this episode of SciShow. This episode is brought to you by Audible. Go to Audible.com/SciShow for a free 30-day trail. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Justin Lentz, David Campos, Chris Peters, Philippe von Bergen, Fatima Iqbal, John Murrin, Linnea Boyev, and Kathy & Tim Philip. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow Or help support us by becoming our patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Sources: http://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/10/25/3-trends-that-affect-boiling-points/ http://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/10/01/how-intermolecular-forces-affect-boiling-points/ http://www.chemicool.com/elements/helium-facts.html http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Noble_gases.aspx, http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2007/CS/b702109g#!divAbstract, http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v406/n6798/abs/406874a0.html, http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements/ne.html http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/engines-equipment/maglev-train2.htm http://journals.aps.org/prb/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.020104 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00773385 http://www.inchem.org/documents/sids/sids/12070121.pdf http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3178616/Have-scientists-invented-real-life-adamantium-New-alloy-highest-melting-point-known-substance-4-126-C.html, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/07/28/behold-a-new-record-for-the-worlds-highest-melting-point Images: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCMaglev https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten_carbide#/media/File:%CE%91-WC-polyhedral.png
