Nowyoube, um, untilrecentlyandthen I waslent a medal.
I haven't wonthemedal, butitis a medalthatisgiveneachyeartosomebodywho's made a realcontributiontothefieldofNowyoube, um, chemistryorno, yoube, um, science.
Themedalismadeoutof.
Nowyoube, umSolookcarefully.
Thisismetallic.
Maybe, um, I can't rememberwhowonitlastyear, butithasbeenwonbySyria's ofpeople, mostlyinthefieldofmetallicji.
And I'llexplainthewhitesmetallicGeewroteinchemistry.
In a minute, I waslentthisbythecompanyCbmm, whichawardsthismedaltogetherwiththeInstituteofMaterialsandMinerals.
Soeverybodywaslookingforelements, andCharlesHatchetlookedat a mineralwhichhadbeenin a museuminLondonforquite a longtimeMineralthatcamefromAmerica, andhediscovered a newelement.
BecauseColumbiaisn't theLatinnamethatisoftenusedforAmerica, and I thinkthenameColumbia, umsoundsreallybeautiful, youitonlyreallyopposedtonamingelementsaftercountries.
Well, I thinkit's quitenicewhenitsnamebysomebodywhodoesn't comefromthatcountry, thenit's a genuinehonorratherthan a patrioticgesture.
It's quitedifficulttoputjust a smallamountofvaluebeomintothesteel.
It's ratherlikeaddingjust a grainortwoofsalttoyourcooking.
So, infact, theproducersofniobiumproducermaterial, whichiscalledFarrahniobium, whichis a mixtureoffironandniobium, ofwhich I'vegotsomepieceshereitlooks a bitblackifyoucrackitopen.