All RSC Education articles in Non-EiC content – Page 99
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ResourceAcids and alkalis: problem solving challenges
Develop students understanding of acids and alkalis as well as developing thinking and research skills
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ResourceOn This Day - Feb 10 : Per Teodor Cleve was born
He discovered the elements holmium (Ho) and thulium (Tm) in 1879. He also discovered didymium was in fact two separate elements, neodymium (Nd) and praseodymium (Pr).
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ResourceOn This Day - Mar 01 : Jacobus van't Hoff died
He was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1901 for his discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions.
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ResourceOn This Day - Jan 30 : Peter Agre was born
He was awarded half of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2003 for his discovery of aquaporins, which are proteins embedded in cell walls that regulate water movement. Each cell is comprised primarily of water, and so aquaporins are required to ensure organised water flow through.
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ResourceOn This Day - Jan 29 : Fritz Haber died
He was awarded the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his method of creating ammonia from nitrogen (N2) and hydrogen (H2). 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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ResourceInvention of nylon
Nylon is one of the strongest polymers created by man. What makes it so durable?
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ResourceLeaded and unleaded petrol
In USA in the 1970s, 200,000 tonnes of lead was added to petrol every year. Now leaded petrol for cars is banned. Discover the dangers of tetraethyl lead in petrol.
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ResourceRecycling plastics
Video exploring the differences between thermosetting, thermosoftening and partially biodegradable plastics
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ResourcePlastics and polymers
Plastics are all made in a similar way, but can be manipulated to have very different functions. Discover how their properties are determined.
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ResourceHydrocarbons factpack
An introduction to hydrocarbons. Learn how unreactive alkanes can be made into reactive alkenes.
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ResourcePollutant detection and remediation
Case-study involving the development of adsorption and photocatalysis experiments to study the removal of a pollutant from waste-water. This resource and its components are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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ResourceFractional distillation
Learn how the industrial process of fractional distillation transforms crude oil into a variety of products, from plane fuel to road surfacing.
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ResourceEsters and Perfumes
Esters occur in nature and have been harnessed by the perfume industry. What are esters and how are they made and used?
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ResourceOn This Day – Jul 17 : Frederick Abel was born
He invented cordite, a type of smokeless explosive made of nitrocellulose. Its use in firearms during WWI was a huge advantage over conventional gunpowder, because it does not produce visually obstructive smoke clouds when fired. Nowadays it is no longer used.
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ResourceOn This Day - Dec 26 : Radium was discovered
In July of the same year they had announced their discovery of polonium (Po) and for these discoveries they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 along with Henri Becquerel.
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ResourceFuture Morph
Future Morph is the Science Council’s website for young people, parents and teachers provides information on the wide range of careers from science and maths.
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ResourceThe Great Recovery
The Great Recovery is an RSA project launched in September 2012 supported by Technology Strategy Board and key industrial players.
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ResourceOn This Day – Sep 18 : Edwin McMillan born
McMillan and his colleagues discovered the elements neptunium (Np) and plutonium (Pu), the two elements following uranium (U) in the periodic table. Their names were inspired by the position of the planets in the solar system - Neptune is beyond Uranus and Pluto (before being declassified as a planet) is beyond Neptune.