All Analysis articles
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ProjectChemistry at the crime scene investigation | Chemistry for All project | 11–14 years
This forensic science project uses chemical analysis and observation skills to investigate a crime and solve the case
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Cold case chemistry
Discover the advances in forensic science helping solve decades-old crimes
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Job profile
Senior laboratory technician
Olivia uses analytical techniques to ensure that food products meet legislative requirements for consumers.
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Analytical chemistry in Ireland
Worksheets, project-based learning tasks and contextualisation stories to develop a core understanding of analytical chemistry
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Ideas
How to solve a murder
Combine chemical analysis and practical activities to crack a crime and engage younger students
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Same molecule, different representations
Chemistry is full of varied representations. How do we help our students identify the information encoded within them?
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Meteorite chemistry
What is a meteorite made of? Studying the composition of meteors allows scientists to look back billions of years to before the birth of the solar system
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Interview
‘You don’t need to choose between the arts and science’
Meet Katherine Curran, a chemist applying her polymer know-how to the conservation of plastic museum objects
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Plastic conservation
Usually we want plastics to degrade, so what about when we don’t? How chemists are helping museums preserve plastics
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Toxins in food
Many foods contain toxins such as oxalic acid. How do we balance the risks and benefits to health?
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Liquefying paint – retrieval practice and quick-fire questions
Encourage your 16–18 students to make connections between topics with this scaffolded approach
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The chemistry of chemical weapons
In this activity you will look at the chemistry behind a number of chemical weapons that have been employed throughout history
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Water found in asteroid dust
Water detected in samples from an asteroid’s surface for the first time
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Transition metal chemistry starters (16–18)
Help your students become proficient in answering questions on the transition metals with these Starter for ten questions including redox titrations, colourimetry, and catalysis.
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Structure determination starter (16–18)
Practice interpreting 1H and 13C NMR, mass spectra, and thin layer chromatograms with these Starter for ten questions.
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Analysis starters (16–18)
Practice using analysis skills with these mass spectrometry and infra-red spectroscopy Starter for ten questions.
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Chromatography: Techniques
Learn about two fundamental techniques underpinned by chromatography: high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
