All Extraction articles
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FeatureTeaching Earth’s resources
Everything you need to help your 11–14 learners grasp the importance of finite and renewable resources
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NewsUsing polluting red mud for greener metal production
Transforming toxic mud into iron in a breakthrough for steelmaking sustainability
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NewsTropical birds bear brunt of gold mining impact
Birds pay the environmental price for metal extraction
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NewsTackling global demand for lithium one string at a time
Crystalising lithium salts on strings could be the key to supplying the vast volume needed for a net-zero world
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FeatureDecomposition in daily life
Introduce your students to some applications of decomposition reactions: clean energy, bleach and baking
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FeaturePhytomining: how to mine a tree
Useful metals can be extracted from contaminated soil using plants
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ResourcePhytomining | 14–16 years
Explore cutting edge industrial solutions to traditional mining with these differentiated resources which include an interactive cloze, sequencing activity and a storyboard template.
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Interview‘We can’t get rid of fossil fuels and not have an alternative’
Meet Phil Mercer, a chemist helping plan for a new lithium mine in Cornwall
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FeatureYour place or mine? The local business of lithium mining
Lithium-ion batteries will power the next generation of electric cars, but how can we mine lithium with minimal impact on the environment?
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NewsA more energy-efficient lithium electrolysis
Could a ceramic hold the key to cheaper and less noxious lithium extraction using electrolysis?
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NewsCatalyst metal recovery adds greener notes to whisky production
Magnetite nanoparticles recover copper waste from whisky manufacturing process
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ExperimentReduction of copper(II) oxide by hydrogen
Determine the formula of copper(II) oxide by reducing it using hydrogen or methane, in one of three methods available to you in this practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Magnificent moleculesTungsten carbide
The alloy that links armour-piercing bullets and ball point pens
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Exhibition chemistryCreating copper
Declan Fleming presents a beautiful demonstration with lots of teaching potential
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ResourceNuclear decommissioning: turning waste into wealth
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:Your students will consider the management of a nuclear decommissioning project with a focus on adding value by re-purposing the ...
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ResourceWaste to wealth videos: Peter Ivanov
This resource forms part of a collection of videos that aims to provide undergraduate students with insights into what it is like to work in the nuclear industry.In these videos Peter Ivanov explains what it is like to work as a radiochemist. He describes the role of solvent extraction in ...