Christmas Lectures 2012 - Floating on Xenon

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Dr Peter Wothers demonstrates the remarkable properties of the chemical element xenon with a unique experiment. A volunteer from the 2012 Christmas Lectures audience floats a gold boat filled with pure gold in a tank of xenon gas. This is the first time that this experiment has been performed or caught on camera! The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter #ChristmasLectures, #FloatingOnXenon, #ScienceLecture, #Christmas2012, #PhysicsExperiment

Published 2013-01-10 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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