Chemistry World now brings you two great podcasts. With the Chemistry World podcast you can listen to your favourite magazine every month. And now, we're introducing 'Chemistry in its element: a tour of the periodic table'. Each weekly podcast pays a five-minute visit to an element - and every episode has a leading scientist or author as your guide to bring you the story behind the science.

The Chemistry World Podcast
Listen to your favourite magazine every month, with Chemistry World's very own podcast, including news, interviews and discussions on the latest topics in science

Chemistry in its element: compounds
Introducing Chemistry in its element series two: distilling the compounds that count. Each week a leading scientist or author tells the story behind a different compound
Chemistry in its element: interactive periodic table
Chemistry World's whirlwind tour of the periodic table: a leading scientist or author tells the story behind each element
Further resources
Follow the links below for more fascinating facts about the periodic table of elements, including John Emsley's series of articles in the RSC's education magazine, Education in Chemistry
The only magazine in the UK aimed at teachers of chemistry at all levels
Visual Elements Periodic Table
A striking representation of the chemical elements drawing on the symbolism that surrounds them from the commonplace to the mythological
Related Links
The Naked Scientists
The Naked Scientists science radio and podcasts
Dynamic Periodic Table
An interactive periodic table
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