All RSC Education articles in Non-EiC content – Page 109

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Challenging Plants: Phytomanagement

In association with Reckitt Benckiser

As well as improving the appearance of our environment, plants have much to offer in terms of phytoremediation (in its many forms), phytoextraction and the potential of using plants to mine metals. This resource is designed to help students realise this potential knowledge and understand the key underpinning scientific ...
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ChemTube3D: Organic Chemistry Reactions

This site contains interactive 3D animations for some of the most important organic reactions covered during an undergraduate degree.
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On This Day - Oct 30 : Linus Pauling Nobel Prize

He received the award for his research into the nature of the chemical bond. He subsequently received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962 for campaigning against the use of nuclear weapons, becoming the first and only person to be awarded two undivided Nobel Prizes.
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On This Day - Apr 28 : Atom split

Their experiment divided the nucleus at the centre of the atom by using quantum mechanical tunneling, and transformed lithium (Li) into helium (He) and other elements. Related resources: Lithium - Element information Lithium podcast Helium - Element information Helium podcast
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ChemTube3D: Organic Structure and Bonding

This site contains interactive 3D animations for some of the most important organic reactions and structures covered during an undergraduate degree.
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On This Day - Jan 23 : Otto Diels was born

He was awarded the 1950 Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside his student, Kurt Alder, for the discovery and development of the cycloaddition synthesis known as the Diels-Alder reaction. This reaction is widely used in chemical synthesis.
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Faces of Chemistry – Catalysts

Find out from scientists at Johnson Matthey how catalytic converters reduce harmful emissions produced by vehicles.
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Faces of Chemistry – Hair colourant

Learn about the chemistry of hair dyes from Procter and Gamble scientists.
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Faces of Chemistry – Crop protection

Discover how crop protection products from Syngenta help to increase yield and produce healthier crops.
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Sewage Pollution: A Case Study

A laboratory investigation of sewage pollution based around a case study. Students analyse for various so-called biomarkers in soil samples and assess for likely sources of contamination.
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Open Education Resource Quality Evaluation

This is a quality checklist for evaluators to fill in when assessing if an Open Education Resource is of a high enough quality to share, produced with support from the Higher Education Academy and JISC.
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On This Day - Jun 11 : Carbon dioxide discovered

Black noticed that upon heating, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) produced a gas that was denser than air and could not sustain fire or animal life. He called this gas ‘fixed air’, but we now know it as carbon dioxide (CO₂).
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On This Day - Oct 27 : Spectroscope was invented

A spectroscope is a prism-based device which separates light into its different wavelengths. Gustav Kirchhoff initially used it to study the spectral “signature” of various chemical elements, allowing the identification of a new element if a new spectrum was observed.
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On This Day - Nov 20 : Francis Aston died

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1922 for his development of the mass spectrograph, a device that separates atoms or molecular fragments of different mass and measures those masses with remarkable accuracy.
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On This Day - Dec 07 : First thermosetting plastic

“Bakelite” (polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolan- hydride) takes its name from its inventor, the Belgian chemist Leo Hendrik Baekeland.
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On This Day - Nov 01 : First hydrogen bomb test

Named “Ivy Mike”, the blast released approximately the same amount of energy as ten million tons of tri-nitro-toluene (TNT). It produced a blinding white fireball stretching 4 km across, and left a huge underwater crater that was almost 2 km wide and 50 m deep.
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On This Day - Oct 26 : Arthur Kornberg died

He shared the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the mechanism of how deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) replicates in biological systems, and many of the enzymes and building blocks required along the pathway. These findings were fundamental to our understanding of genetics.
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On This Day – Sep 16 : Montreal Protocol

The treaty agreed that the production and consumption of compounds that depleted ozone (O₃) in the stratosphere, such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), were to be phased out. The ozone layer is expected to recover by 2050 if agreements are kept.
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On This Day – Sep 14 : Ferid Murad was born

He shared the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Robert F. Furchgott and Louis J. Ignarro for their discoveries involving nitric oxide as a signal molecule for the cardiovascular system. Nitric oxide is a potent vasodilator that causes relaxation of smooth muscle cells.
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On This Day – Aug 23 : Robert Curl was born

Curl, Richard E. Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes, which are Kroto-spherical clusters of carbon atoms. This discovery opened a new branch of chemistry, and all three men were awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry in recognition of their work.