All RSC Education articles in November 2009
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The Mole
A day in the life of technical editor: Celia Gitterman
Celia Gitterman has spent the past four years working for the Royal Society of Chemistry as a technical editor. She talks to Tom Bond about her typical day
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News
Toxic Sunscreen Testing
Chemists use spectroscopic technique to shed light on the toxic metals in sunscreens and cosmetic products
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Soundbite
Potassium permanganate
Simon Cotton takes a look at those compounds that find themselves in the news or relate to our everyday lives.
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News
A Safer Nanotechnology
Researchers in Saudi Arabia have developed an environmentally friendly way of making nanomaterials from zinc oxide
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Feature
Phosphorus - food for thought
Can phosphorus-rich foods, such as fish, improve our intellect?
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Maths
The exponential function
Tips for teaching maths skills to our future chemists, by Paul Yates of Keele University
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News
GCSE expectations
Will the new GCSE science criteria published later this month by the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) satisfy the demands of all interested parties?
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News
The Salty Ocean Of Enceladus
European scientists discover that the giant plume of water emitted from Saturn's largest moon is fed by a salty ocean
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News
Treasure from the Earth's mantle
Research gives support to controversial theory on the origins of fossil fuels
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Review
Useful sites to extend the curriculum
Tony Tooth looks at some websites that may be of interest to chemistry teachers
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Feature
Investigating Crystal Structures
Sixthformers are introduced to Madelung constants as a way of investigating ionic crystal structures
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Exhibition chemistry
Hydrogen and chlorine – a photosensitive, free radical reaction
Demonstrating the photosensitive, free radical reaction between hydrogen and chlorine
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News
A new way to study chemistry
Alternative route to a chemistry degree that combines part-time and full-time study now available through the Open University.
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Review
Chemistry workbook for dummies
Peter J. Mikulecky, Katherine Brutlag, Michelle Rose Gilman and Brian Peterson
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News
Blueprint for improving school science in Scotland
Scottish Government's latest strategy for improving the teaching and learning of science in secondary schools in Scotland.