All RSC Education articles in Non-EiC content – Page 79
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Radiography
Part of the art conservation process is the examination and investigation of the artefact to determine its structure, make-up or stability. This resource investigates the two main types of radiography used: x-ray and gamma.
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Investigating the role of water in acidity
Try this practical or demonstration to explore the importance of water for acidity using hydrogen chloride and methylbenzene. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Making esters from alcohols and acids
Investigate the reactions between a range of alcohols and acids by producing a variety of esters in this class experiment. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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The chemistry of cooking potatoes
Use this class practical to investigate what happens to potatoes and potato cells when they are boiled. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Urea-methanal polymerisation
Explore condensation polymerisation by creating and investigating the properties of a thermosetting polymer in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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A chromate–dichromate equilibrium
Try this class practical to investigate an equilibrium between chromate(VI), dichromate(VI) and hydrogen ions. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Modelling the greenhouse effect
Use this demonstration to illustrate the greenhouse effect and the role of carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Preparing electronic supplementary information(ESI)
Find out what material should be included in a journal article's electronic supplementary information (ESI) using the Royal Society of Chemistry guidelines from our author and reviewer resource centre. This guidance is suitable for first-time and experienced authors.
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Universal indicator ‘rainbow’
Try this demonstration to create a rainbow effect using universal indicator, hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Heating chocolate and egg
Use this practical to introduce students to physical and chemical changes and the safe use of Bunsen burners. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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A reversible reaction of hydrated copper(II) sulfate
A class practical which investigates the reversible reaction of hydrated copper(II) sulfate. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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What are the dissolved solids in seawater?
Analyse the salts that crystallise from evaporating seawater, illustrating cation and anion tests in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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The properties of hydrogen chloride
Use this demonstration and practical to investigate properties of hydrogen chloride, such as its solubility in water. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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The reaction of aluminium and copper(II) sulfate
Try this practical or demonstration to illustrate the displacement of copper from copper sulfate using aluminium foil, with kit list and safety instructions.
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Chemistry's interfaces: the nano frontier
This resource is designed as an introduction to the science of metal and semiconductor nanoparticles. It’s focused on level 1 and 2 students so it places a particular emphasis on the difference between the physical and chemical properties of the bulk form of materials, individual molecules and nanoparticles in the ...
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Commercial Skills: Finance
This module asks teams of students to assess the financial impacts of two projects with a chemical background.
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Commercial Skills: Feasibility
In this module students are asked to summarise and critique two out of the five chemistry-based projects, based on their previous work, and present their preferred option to a “business” audience.
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Commercial Skills: Project Management
This module asks teams of students to identify the route to market, and produce a ‘project plan’, for a number of potential projects with a chemical background.
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Commercial Skills: Market Research
This module asks teams of students to estimate the market value of a number of potential projects with a chemical background.
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Commercial Skills: Innovation
This module asks teams of students to evaluate a number of potential projects, with a chemical background, and identify why they might be of potential value.