All Green chemistry articles
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ResourceCatalysts and reaction conditions for sustainable industry | 16–18 years
Research and presentation activity based on catalysts and reaction conditions in the context of sustainable industry.
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News
The exceptional alloy that’s resisting corrosion
Could stainless magnesium replace aluminium in cars and aeroplanes? This calcium–magnesium alloy has implications for carbon emissions
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News
Recycling lithium from electric vehicle batteries
Start a lesson with news of a mechanochemical recovery method that’s better for the environment
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Feature
Making materials from biomass
Biomass is regularly used as fuel, but have we been overlooking this sustainable resource as a source of chemical building blocks?
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Resource
Plant-based plastics | 11–14 years
Put chemistry into context and encourage your 11–14 students to use their critical thinking skills with these classroom activities
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News
Catalyst metal recovery adds greener notes to whisky production
Magnetite nanoparticles recover copper waste from whisky manufacturing process
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Soundbite
Nobel prize awarded for evolving green chemistry catalysts
New enzymes work as ‘greener’ catalysts in chemical industry
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Resource
The life of water
Get hands on with H2O, changing states of matter and the water cycle. These experiments and investigations involve water in the context of space
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Feature
Brick by brick
From green LEGO bricks to compostable shoes, Fiona Case investigates how Lego and Reebok are making biomaterials mainstream
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News
Lithium could hold key to sustainable ammonia synthesis
Cycling strategy leads to massive efficiency boost
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Resource
Sustainable cars: primary science podcasts
Join Kareena and her superhero friend K-mistry for this short podcast introducing children to fossil fuels and renewable fuels.
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Review
Green chemistry: laboratory manual for general chemistry
An introduction to green chemistry and 21 experiments ready for use in the classroom or teaching laboratory
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Resource
Faces of Chemistry – Organic solar cells
Explore the chemistry of organic photovoltaics (organic solar cells) as a scientist from BASF explains the technology used in the Smart Forvision car.
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Resource
Making biodiesel
The Learning about materials resources collection presents educational resources about materials in the form of teacher’s notes and photocopiable worksheets. This resource contains instructions for practical work on making a biodiesel, as well as worksheets covering alkenes, infrared spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, calculations on biodiesel yields, ester/biodiesel production and thermochemistry.
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The Mole
Waste not, want not
Elinor Hughes investigates some of the latest developments in recycling food waste
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Resource
Future Cities project
This problem-based case study sets chemistry within the ‘real’ context of a sustainable development project. This activity is designed so that all students are not working on exactly the same project with exactly the same data. Dynamic elements are introduced at three stages.
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Resource
Solar Fuels and Artificial Photosynthesis
A variety of infographics (diagrams) explaining photosynthesis, artificial photosynthesis, and the production and uses of solar fuels.
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News
Improving rare earth separation
Photochemistry selectively removes europium from red lamp phosphor
