Business Daily Podcast
The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
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Elements: Hydrogen and Acids
Wed 19 Aug 2015
These powerful chemicals are essential for industry, but are dangerous to handle.
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Elements: Iron and Industrialisation
Wed 1 Apr 2015
Steel demand in China and India, and the collapse in iron ore prices.
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Elements: Iron and Manganese
Wed 25 Mar 2015
The chemistry behind steel - one of humanity's most versatile and complex materials
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Elements: Iron and the Industrial Revolution
Wed 18 Mar 2015
Two moments in history that transformed iron into the key material of modern life
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Elements: Technetium
Wed 11 Mar 2015
Essential for medical imaging, supplies of manmade element Technetium are not guaranteed
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Elements: Fluorine
Wed 4 Mar 2015
A ferocious gas and building block for CFCs and other gases that have endangered mankind
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Elements: Chromium
Wed 25 Feb 2015
The metal that links Harley Davidsons, leather jackets and flick-knives.
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Elements: Nickel (& Rhenium)
Wed 18 Feb 2015
The story of nickel - the metal that made the jet age possible.
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Elements: Uranium
Wed 8 Oct 2014
Nuclear power is carbon-free but leaves radioactive waste - a real dilemma for Greens
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Elements: Lead
Wed 1 Oct 2014
Lead is the sweetest of poisons, so have we learnt how to handle this heavy metal?
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Elements: Caesium
Wed 24 Sep 2014
The caesium-based atomic clock has redefined the very meaning of time
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Elements: Bromine
Wed 17 Sep 2014
Bromine-based flame retardants are all over your home, but are they a health risk?
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The Elements: Plutonium
Wed 10 Sep 2014
The past and the future of this extraordinarily potent chemical element
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Elemental Business: Silicon and the Sun
Wed 30 Jul 2014
Why Silicon is crucial to the future of power for our planet
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Elemental Business: Silicon Chips
Wed 23 Jul 2014
Moore's Law shrank processors a million-fold, but is the computer revolution at an end?
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Elemental Business: Vanadium
Wed 11 Jun 2014
The obscure metal that hardens steel and could be vital to the future of solar energy
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Elemental Business: Nitrogen Fertiliser
Wed 4 Jun 2014
Artificial fertilisers have made food abundant, but is it at the expense of the oceans?
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Elemental Business: Nitrogen Explosives
Wed 28 May 2014
The chemical element that has brought life and death to humanity, both on an epic scale
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Elemental Business: Carbon Plastic
Wed 7 May 2014
Can a new generation of plastics offer effectiveness without the environmental damage?
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Elemental Business: Lithium (long version)
Wed 9 Apr 2014
Lithium batteries may be the future for cars, but does Bolivia hold the keys?
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Elemental Business: Rare Earths
Wed 19 Mar 2014
Rare earth elements are key to wind turbines and the miniaturisation of technology.
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Elemental Business: Carbon Diamonds
Wed 5 Mar 2014
Could synthetic diamonds pose a threat for the gemstone market and for de Beers?
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Elemental Business: Carbon Materials
Wed 22 Jan 2014
How carbon, the building block of life, is being fashioned into incredible new materials
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Elemental Business: Carbon Energy
Wed 15 Jan 2014
Carbon, the fundamental building block of life and source of virtually all our energy
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Elemental Business: Mercury
Wed 27 Nov 2013
Can the use of this beautiful but deadly element be phased out?
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Elemental Business: Aluminium
Wed 20 Nov 2013
Light, strong and incredibly durable - is aluminium the metal that just keeps on giving?
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Elemental Business: Helium
Wed 13 Nov 2013
Helium is very rare on Earth so why is it wasted on kids' party balloons?
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Elemental Business: Phosphorus
Wed 6 Nov 2013
Why phosphorus, a key fertiliser, may become as strategically important as oil in future.
