All Analysis articles – Page 8

  • A homemade bomb
    The Mole

    Trade secrets... Explosive detection

    2014-09-01T13:57:00Z

    Secrets of the trade: Jonathan Hare explores an alternative approach for detecting bombs called nuclear quadrupole resonance

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    Teacher’s resource: UV / Visible Spectroscopy

    UV-visible spectroscopy is a technique that readily allows one to determine the concentrations of substances and therefore enables scientists to study the rates of reactions, and determine rate equations for reactions, from which a mechanism can be proposed. As such UV spectroscopy is used extensively in teaching, research and analytical ...

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    IR teacher 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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    Spectroscopy introduction

    Spectroscopy is the study of the way light (electromagnetic radiation) and matter interact. There are a number of different types of spectroscopic techniques and the basic principle shared by all is to shine a beam of a particular electromagnetic radiation on to a sample and observe how it responds to ...

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    Chemists on the front line

    2014-07-03T00:00:00Z

    The UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has a near century-long history of working with chemical weapons. Philip Robinson reports from Porton Down

  • Six conical flasks containing coloured liquid from yellow through to pink
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    Schools’ Analyst past papers 2014

    Measure the acidity level of sprite, determine the weight of vitamin C in a tablet or test the copper content of water with these previous Schools’ Analyst competition challenges.

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    Faces of Chemistry – National Gallery

    In association with

    These videos look at how chemical techniques have helped solve the mystery of the Portrait of Alexander Mornauer.

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    Feynman's flowers - Nano scale citizen science.

    By taking part in Feynman’s flowers by crowdcrafting: You could help translate thousands of STM images of molecules for their magnetic properties.

  • Diagram of the test strep
    News

    Microfluidic fuel cells on paper

    2014-05-08T00:00:00Z

    Point-of-care devices harvest energy from test samples

  • Refraction through a triangular prism
    Resource

    Spectroscopy

    Spectroscopy is an invaluable tool in both the qualitative and quantitative analysis of substances. In this set of activities the focus is on colourimetry, UV/Visible spectrometry and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometry. 

  • MRI images
    News

    Moving the goalposts for MRI

    2014-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Lanthanide complexes shift proton NMR signals

  • A Terracotta Warrior
    Feature

    Chemistry unearths the secrets of the Terracotta Army

    2014-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Simon Rees discovers how the Terracotta Warriors’ deadly arrows were made

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    Pollutant detection and remediation

    In association with

    Case-study involving the development of adsorption and photocatalysis experiments to study the removal of a pollutant from waste-water. This resource and its components are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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    Feature

    Forensic students are getting their hands dirty

    2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Practical research projects are vital in the training of the next generation of forensic scientists, explains Matthew Almond

  • The new Master of the Mornauer portrait
    The Mole

    Chemistry and art

    2014-01-01T10:15:00Z

    As the RSC launches the Year of Chemistry and Art, Alex Kersting discovers how chemistry can reveal secrets hidden in works of art

  • an archaeologist working on a site
    The Mole

    Past secrets unearthed

    2014-01-01T10:03:00Z

    Akshat Rathi finds out how chemistry plays a central role in revealing how our ancestors once lived

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    The Great Recovery

    The Great Recovery is an RSA project launched in September 2012 supported by Technology Strategy Board and key industrial players.

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    Murder in the lab

    Give students a flavour of analytical techniques used in forensic science. Find the kit list, safety instructions and suggested timings in the download

  • Comparing blue solutions in test tubes
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    Challenging Plants: Analytical Methods

    In association with

    Investigations of plants and soil often require the application of some basic analytical methods. Some important ones are given here.

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    Laboratory and Pilot Plant Tours

    Take a virtual tour of the areas where chemists work. The chemistry laboratories do initial research and the pilot plant is involved in making pharmaceutical products on a large scale. Key equipment and activities are highlighted. Courtesy of the ABPI.