The Rarest Precious Metal

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Searching for the perfect ring.

Michael Stevens (aka Vsauce) teams up with the Periodic Videos crew at Nottingham University to find the rarest and most stable element on earth.

From Zinc and Sulfur to lesser-known elements such as Vanadium or Astatine, Michael explores the properties of precious and rare elements to find the perfect material for creating a ring.

With close to a million YouTube subscribers, he shouldn’t be short of people to offer it to.