All Energy articles – Page 5
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The MoleMatt Green: Graduate chemical engineer at Atkins
Chemistry doesn’t stop until you reach the final product. Daniel Johnson talks to Matt Green about life as a chemical engineer
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The Chemistry of Light: Part 3
A series of short experiments and demonstrations about the chemistry of light, taken from a lecture by Peter Wothers from the University of Cambridge Video: The Chemistry of Light: 21 - Colouration of Flames Video: The Chemistry of Light: 22 ...
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Solar cells and absorption
Explore the relationship between light and absorption in solar cells.
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Energy Card Sort
Sort solar energy themed cards into groups and work out the connections between those in the group.
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Which fuel is better?
In Search of Solutions: Give consumer advice as to the best camping fuel, determining the heating power to boil water. Linking to topics on energy and combustion.
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The cooking an egg using least energy challenge
In Search of Solutions: Ready, steady, cook; chemistry style! Who can make the most efficient egg cooker? Linking to topics on energy, efficiency and insulation.
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Kitchen currents
In Search of Solutions: Build a battery from common kitchen items, who can deliver the most current? Linking to topics on electrolytic cells and reactivity series.
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Heating power of a candle
In Search of Solutions: Pitch humble candles vs a mighty bunsen burner, determining their equivalence. Linking to topics on energy and temperature change.
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On This Day - Oct 18 : Schoenbein was born
He accidentally discovered the powerful explosive nitrocellulose when he spilled sulfuric and nitric acids, and soaked them up with a cotton apron. When the apron dried, it burst into flame - he had created the highly flammable compound nitrocellulose.
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On This Day - Dec 11 : Explosion at Buncefield
Although the accident did not cause any fatalities, the immense scale of the explosion made it Europe’s biggest fire in peacetime.
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On This Day - Dec 10 : Alfred Nobel died
Nobel spent his life devoted to the study of explosives and their safe manufacture. He amassed a great amount of wealth during his career and left the majority in trust to fund the awards now known as Nobel Prizes.
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Exhibition chemistry
Ethyne and flying food cans
Demonstrations designed to capture the student's imagination
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Lesson plan
Where does energy come from? | 16-18 years
Help students explore how energy is released in exothermic reactions and when chemical bonds form using this lesson plan with activities for 16–18 year olds.
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How can enthalpy changes be measured? | 16-18 years
Introduce your students to Hess’s Law as a means of measuring enthalpy changes using this lesson plan with a simple experiment for 16–18 year olds.
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Dealing with nuclear waste
Nuclear power is a low-carbon technology, but it does come with a catch: it produces waste that emits harmful radiation for many thousands, even millions of years. UK chemists, however, are working to produce materials and technology to deal with this problem.
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