Veritasium

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45 total episodes

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15 seasons

An element of truth

First Aired August 15, 2010

Overview

An element of truth | Science and engineering videos Veritasium is a channel of science and engineering videos featuring experiments, expert interviews, cool demos, and discussions with the public about everything science.

What Are Atoms and Isotopes? poster unavailable

What Are Atoms and Isotopes?

Season 2 - Episode 23 - 0h 3m

Air Date

March 22, 2011

Overview

Most people recognize that atoms are the fundamental building blocks of all matter around us. An atom itself is composed of protons, neutrons, and electrons. The simplest atom is the hydrogen atom because it consists of only one proton and one electron. If a neutron is added to the nucleus, the atom is still hydrogen, just a more massive version. Atoms of the same element (i.e. those with the same number of protons) but different numbers of neutrons are called isotopes.