All Applications of chemistry articles – Page 3
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NewsTurning scrap metal into hi-tech alloys
Electrochemically stripping carbon from steel during recycling
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Feature
Brilliant buffers
Use this infographic with your 16–18 students to develop their understanding of pH and buffers
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News
Cooling homes with an endothermic reaction
Looking at the use of ammonium nitrate in a new and renewable cooling process
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News
Sunlight produces thousands of compounds from plastic
Scientists dispel the theory that sunlight exposure simply fragments macroplastics that persist in the environment, but what are the implications for the environment?
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Ideas
Teach justice and cooperation through chemistry
Link forensic science and the Covid-19 pandemic to your lessons on instrumental analysis, separation techniques, data interpretation and health with UN sustainable development goals 16 and 17
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Feature
Camping’s chemical elements
Top tips from the chemistry lab for roughing it well when camping
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News
Graphene veil prevents fading
Atomically-thin graphene lattices are being used as a barrier against ageing
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Ideas
Link global food security to your lessons on fertilisers
Use these resources and activities to link UN sustainable development goal 2 to your practical lessons on rates of reaction and the use of fertilisers
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Feature
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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Resource
Fossil fuels and global carbon emissions | 14–16 years
Classroom activity where learners explore and debate the issues around fossil fuels, energy and global carbon emissions
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Feature
Designing cancer drugs
How screening is used to develop targeted therapies that improve the lives of cancer patients
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Resource
Cisplatin and drug design | 16–18 years
Assess learners’ understanding of the mechanism of cisplatin as an anticancer drug with these examination-style questions.
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Ideas
Add sustainable management of water to your existing lessons
Quick and simple tips and activities to link UN sustainable development goal 6 to separation techniques, potable water and more
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News
How microbes convert waste plastic bottles into vanillin
Show students how chemistry is upcycling plastic monomers into higher value alternative products
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Soundbite
Polymer chemistry is printing noses
Learn more about a novel application of polymer chemistry to help reconstruct the faces of skin cancer patients
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CPD
Teaching rates of reaction post-16
Ideas and activities to help students explore reaction dynamics and mechanisms
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News
A 3D-printed material replacing elephant ivory
Show your students a new context when studying composite materials and thermosetting polymers
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Interview
‘My favourite colloids? English ale and clotted cream’
Meet Brent Murray, a food scientist with a passion for beer, ice cream, clotted cream and other food colloids
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Feature
How ice cream is made
For a simple combination of milk, cream, sugar and flavourings, there is a lot of science involved in ice cream manufacture
