Your shampoo contains a crucial element for life!
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In today's video, I talk about selenium, an element well-known for its use in anti-dandruff shampoos... and for being very abundant in Brazil nuts. Selenium also has many everyday applications: from solar panels to cameras.
Links of interest:
►NEW! Surprising answers to everyday questions: (https://amzn.to/3Mornz4).
►The universe in a cup of coffee (https://amzn.to/3MnznAb).
►The 4 forces that govern the universe (https://amzn.to/3MuY6Tu). ►The Sofa Science Blog (https://www.cienciadesofa.com)
►Sofa Science Instagram ( / cienciadesofa )
Sources:
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10...
http://publications.iupac.org/ci/2011...
https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cf...
http://www.clubcopying.co.uk/howdoesc...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18258...
https://academic.oup.com/aob/article/...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8231995/
https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Sel...
https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-87...
https://link.springer.com/article/10....
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