All Acids and bases articles – Page 8

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The duck pond problem

Learn more about how humans can affect the environment, and how chemistry can be used to help it in this practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Technician in trouble! What solutions are which?

Investigate different chemical solutions with this experiment that explore reactions of acids and alkalis, as well as neutralisation. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Making your own indicator

Explore acids, alkalis, and dyes with this classroom practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Lift Oxo cubes to dizzy heights

Explore how creating carbon dioxide from reactions can be harnessed to lift objects in this classroom experiment.
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Indicator puzzle

Discover the pH of different solutions by using plant based natural dyes in this practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Funny felt pens

Find out how colour changing pens work in this practical into acids and alkalis in inks. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Colour creation

Blue and red make purple, but what makes blue? Discover how acids and alkalis indicate with different colours in this practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Building a chemically powered boat

Put junk material to good use, and create a gas powered boat, to explore CO₂ production. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Textile conservation

2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

Anita Quye explains how to look after fragile fabrics for future generations
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Paper conservation

2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

History is written on paper and chemistry is at the heart of paper conservation
The Mole
Using chemistry to turn ‘water’ into ‘wine’

2013-01-01T09:20:00Z

Learn how iron(III) oxide and potassium thiocyanate can be used to turn ‘water’ into ‘wine’, and try a similar experiment yourself using household ingredients.
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On This Day - Feb 22 : Johannes Brønsted was born

Brønsted developed an identical definition of acids and bases simultaneously but independently from English chemist Thomas Lowry in 1923. Acids are recognised by an excess of H⁺ ions, and bases have an excess of OH^- ions.
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On This Day - Nov 17 : Nicolas Lemery was born

His research focus was in the area of acid-base chemistry, but he also prepared a comprehensive dictionary of pharmaceuticals and wrote a chemistry textbook Cours de chymie (1675) that had 31 editions by 1756!
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On This Day - Jan 09 : Søren Sørensen was born

He developed the pH scale (which ranges from 0-14) at the Carlsberg Laboratory in Denmark. This was the first time that the negative logarithm of proton (H⁺) concentration was used as a measure of acidity.
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Microscale chemistry revisited

2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Microscale techniques are unlikely to replace our traditional approach to chemistry education, but they do provide an extra dimension to our teaching strategies
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28 chemistry puzzles for 14-16 years

Use these sudoku-inspired puzzles with printable worksheets and answers to help 14–16 year olds consolidate their understanding of key chemical concepts.
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45 chemistry puzzles for 16-18 years

Try these chemistry puzzles based on sudoku to help 16–18 year old students consolidate their knowledge about key topics, with printable worksheets and answers.
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28 chemistry puzzles for 11-14 years

Try these sudoku-style chemistry puzzles for 11–14 year olds to reinforce your students’ understanding of key ideas, featuring printable worksheets and answers.
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Coca-Cola

2011-11-01T00:00:00Z

Have you ever wondered what's in Coca-Cola? How about whether it really contains cocaine?
Exhibition chemistry
Dissolving copper in nitric acid

2011-11-01T00:00:00Z

The dramatic reaction between copper and nitric acid ought to be seen