All Metals articles – Page 3
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ResourceAnecdotes: Measuring Lead Levels in Hair
Measuring lead levels in hair using atomic absorption spectrometry.
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ResourceAnecdotes: Copper
The use of copper hull plating on wooden ships and the deterioration of the iron fixing bolts due to bimetallic corrosion in sea water.
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ResourceAnecdotes: Aluminium
The story of the discovery of the Hall-Heroult process for purifying aluminium.
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ExperimentTurning copper coins into ‘silver’ and ‘gold’
Perform what looks like alchemy with ordinary copper coins in this teacher demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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ExperimentElectricity from chemicals
Use various metals, in pairs, and n electrolyte to form a cell. Then observe the formation of ions around the reactive metal, and compare the speed with which they form around the less reactive metal. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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ExperimentProperties of the transition metals and their compounds
Student discover the diversity of transition metals in this practical that puts their knowledge of these common elements to the test. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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ExperimentThe oxidation states of vanadium
Introduce your students to the idea that different oxidation states of transition metal ions often have different colours, and that electrode potentials can be used to predict the course of the redox reactions. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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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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ResourceChallenging Plants: Fertilisers - Practicals
Nutrients essential for plant growth are obtained naturally from soil or other growing media. However, supplies become depleted and fertilisers are needed to increase the availability of nutrients to plants. An understanding of chemical changes is used to making fertilisers, often designed to meet specific requirements such as particular nutrient ...
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ExperimentExtracting iron from breakfast cereal
Try this class practical or demonstration to extract food-grade iron from breakfast cereals using neodymium magnets. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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ResourceThe Wonders of the Olympic Torch
Learn about the history and design of the Olympic torch and the journey it takes to the Olympics opening ceremony.
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ResourceOlympic Medals
Explore the history of the Olympic medals, what they represent, and their chemical properties.
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ResourceChemical misconceptions II: Iron - a metal
Judge the veracity of twenty statements about one of the most familiar examples of a metal, iron, and understand more about its structure.
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ResourceChemical misconceptions II: Predicting the melting temperature of carbon
Explore and explain the melting temperature of carbon, and the relationship between structure and properties.
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ResourceMagnets: primary science podcasts
Join Kareena and her superhero friend K-mistry for this short podcast introducing children to magnets.
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ResourceWood conservation - the Mary Rose
The Mary Rose is a wooden Tudor warship that sank off Portsmouth in 1545. While on the sea bed, most of her hull became covered in silt, which effectively sealed it and the artefacts it contained in anaerobic (air-free) conditions and preserved them from decay.
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ResourceMaking copper
Learners develop their own scientific methods to make copper metal starting from copper(II) nitrate crystals.
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ResourceFind the pattern - metals
Consider data on the specific heat capacities for some metals and solve three problems related to those data.
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ResourceDetecting copper in black solids
Devise experiments to identify a black solid sample by using chemicals and apparatus in the laboratory.