All Analysis articles – Page 5
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ResourceChemistry and food security
This context/problem-based learning (C/PBL) resource is part of a collection we have commissioned for you to use with your undergraduate students. This 5 credit module is based on the following scenario:This resource will give your students an introduction to food safety and DNA analysis. It is based on DNA and ...
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FeatureTo boldly go where no analytical instrument has gone before
Nina Notman meets the chemist behind the mass spectrometer onboard the Philae lander
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ResourceIdentifying six unknown solutions
Devise experiments to label six numbered solutions correctly using chemicals and apparatus in the laboratory.
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ResourceIdentifying three unknown white solids
Devise experiments to label three white solids correctly by using chemicals and apparatus in the laboratory.
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ResourceWhat compound? Identify and analyse
Learners can devise their own testing system to identify the nature of a mystery compound.
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ResourceIdentifying four unknown solutions
Allow learner’s the opportunity to devise their own testing protocols to identify chloride ions in four solutions.
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ResourceFinding the right ionic compound
Devise a procedure to identify four solids and then use this to carry out the identification.
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ResourceFind the chloride | Creative problem-solving in chemistry
Devise experiments to determine which of five solids is the chloride by using chemicals and apparatus in the laboratory.
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ResourceCarbon and copper oxide | Creative problem-solving in chemistry
Create tests to identify carbon and copper oxide, using knowledge of acids, redox reactions, and metal oxides.
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ResourceDetecting copper in black solids
Devise experiments to identify a black solid sample by using chemicals and apparatus in the laboratory.
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ResourceIdentifying five unknown white solids
Learners are provided with five mystery white solids, and need to devise their own experiments to identify each.
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ResourceStreamwatch - a UK water analysis science project
The resource provides access to a water analysis kit and instructions on how to use these. Using this resource provides teachers with great potential to engaging students and enable them to see the purpose and benefits of chemical analysis. The resource could be used for project work and is particularly ...
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FeatureScaling new peaks
Nina Notman admires the plethora of different uses for the separation techniques known collectively as chromatography
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NewsChemists identify taste ‘blueprint’ for parmesan cheese
The compounds that make the Italian cheese unique have been pinpointed by food scientists
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NewsPeriodic table gains four new elements
Teams in Japan, Russia and the US credited with discoveries
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ExperimentColourimetric determination of copper ore
Use this practical to introduce students to the determination of copper ore by colourimetry using copper(II) sulfate. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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ResourceChemistry and the Human Genome
This book offers an account of the chemical science that underlies the publication of the draft sequence of the human genome.
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ResourceIR student resources: Infrared spectroscopy
One of the first scientists to observe infrared radiation was William Herschel in the early 19th century. He noticed that when he attempted to record the temperature of each colour in visible light, the area just beyond red light gave a marked increase in temperature compared to the visible colours. ...
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ResourceMass spectrometry resources
This resource provides an introduction to mass spectrometry. It was produced to accompany our Spectroscopy in a Suitcase scheme which gave school students the chance to learn about spectroscopy through hands-on experience.