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Out of Our Elements
Can Turning CO2 to Stone Help Save the Planet?
Can we turn atmospheric carbon dioxide into stone to help slow global warming?
Why Does Metal Rust? (And Why Should We Care?)
Across the series, hosts Arlo Pérez and Caitlin Saks meet with a diverse set of chemistry experts to explore the surprising molecular connections of the everyday world we experience. By investigating the sub-atomic stories underpinning our natural world, they discover how chemistry shapes the society we live in.
Why Does Metal Rust? (And Why Should We Care?)
Season 1 Episode 7 | 8m 28s | CC
Caitlin Saks and Arlo Pérez Esquivel team up with fellow NOVA producer Alex Clark to investigate a chemistry problem that has been eating at Alex (or rather, at his classic S13 Nissan Silvia) — rust. But rust isn’t only a challenge for protecting Alex’s sweet ride. It’s also a chemistry problem that engineers must tackle in order to protect the United States’ aging infrastructure.
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