All Industrial processes articles – Page 6
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ResourceFaces of Chemistry – Hair colourant
Learn about the chemistry of hair dyes from Procter and Gamble scientists.
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ResourceFaces of Chemistry – Crop protection
Discover how crop protection products from Syngenta help to increase yield and produce healthier crops.
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ResourceOn This Day - Dec 09 : Fritz Haber was born
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his work on the fixation of nitrogen (N2) from the air. This discovery is not only important for fertilisers but also explosives. He has since been described as the father of chemical warfare.
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ResourceOn This Day – Jul 30 : John Antoine Chaptal died
He authored the first book on industrial chemistry, and coined the name “nitrogen”. Chaptal also helped improve the technology used to manufacture sulfuric acid, saltpetre for gunpowder, beetroot sugar and wine, amongst other things.
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ResourceOn This Day – Aug 27 : Carl Bosch was born
His work transformed agriculture and industry. He co-developed the Haber-Bosch process, a method of fixing nitrogen using high pressure chemistry. Today this consumes more than 1% of the energy on Earth and is responsible for feeding around 30% of its population.
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ResourceOn This Day – Aug 24 : Ray McIntire was born
He invented foam polystyrene, or Styrofoam. McIntire had been trying to develop a flexible electrical insulator for coating wires. Polystyrene, although a good insulator, was too brittle. He thought he could soften it by adding isobutylene under pressure, but instead made the light foamy substance.
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ResourceOn This Day - Apr 20 : Franz Achard died
Achard invented the industrial process to produce sugar from beets. Sugar used to be a luxury item only the wealthy could afford, but Achard’s mass-production process meant that many more people could afford to have a sugar in their homes.
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ResourceOn This Day - Oct 06 : Chemical from Coal Facility
The U.S.A uses coal instead of petroleum to produce acetic anhydride and other acetyl chemicals. These are important building blocks in the synthesis of a number of consumer products including plastics, textiles and photographic film.
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ResourceOn This Day - Dec 06 : Nicolas Leblanc was born
He invented a method of making sodium bicarbonate from table salt (also known as sodium chloride, NaCl) that became one of the most important chemical processes of the nineteenth century.
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ResourceOn This Day - Jan 07: Patent for thermal cracking
This process involves breaking down large hydrocarbon molecules into smaller ones, which increases the amount of gasoline that refineries can produce from a barrel of crude oil.
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ResourceLimestone Inquiry
This activity is most appropriate for students aged 14-16 to illustrate useful materials made from rocks in the context of problems associated with extraction of raw materials.
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Lesson planPlastics and polymers: their structure and properties | 16-18 years
Explore how the properties of polymers depend on their structure and different types of intermolecular bonds using this lesson plan for 16–18 year olds.
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Lesson planHow are fireworks and gunpowder made? | 14-16 years
Explore how fireworks and gunpowder are made using a mixture of chemicals in this lesson plan and directed activity related to text (DART) for 14–16 year olds.
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ResourceThe chemistry behind fireworks
Discover practical experiments, a DART and other activities for 11–16 year olds, exploring key chemical concepts in the context of fireworks.