All Physical chemistry articles
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ResourceSpot the entropy errors worksheet | 16–18 years
Develop your learners’ metacognitive skills using thermodynamics questions and calculations
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Article
What are Halloween costume masks made from?
Find out about the creative chemistry behind costume masks
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Article
What state of matter is fire?
The burning question – is fire a solid, liquid, gas or plasma?
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Ideas
Teach electrochemical cells using number grids
Make explaining electrochemical cells and calculating potentials simple with number grids
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Experiment
Acid–alkali conductometric titration worksheet | 14–16 years
Develop your learners’ understanding of ions and the changes in ionic concentrations in an acid-alkali neutralisation
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News
A carbon allotrope that can scratch diamond
The amorphous carbon material created from buckminsterfullerene
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News
Graphene veil prevents fading
Atomically-thin graphene lattices are being used as a barrier against ageing
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News
An eye for wearable tech
The smart contact lens equipped with a rechargeable supercapacitor that won’t interfer with vision
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News
How much water makes ice?
Show your students how scientists have created the tiniest ice crystal ever made
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Resource
Thermodynamics starters 2 (16–18)
Test your students knowledge of thermodynamic principles such as enthalpy of solution, entropy and Gibbs free energy with these Starters for ten questions.
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Equilibria starters 2 (16–18)
Quiz your students on the equilibrium constant and how to use it with these Starter for ten questions.
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Kinetics starters 2 (16–18)
Test your students’ grasp of advanced kinetic principles such as the rate determining step, the rate equation and the Arrhenius equation using these Starter for ten questions.
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Equilibria starters 1 (16–18)
Quantify your students’ knowledge of equilibria with these Starter for ten activities covering dynamic equilibria, Le Châtelier’s principle and equilibria and industry.
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Kinetics starters 1 (16–18)
Use this Starter for ten to help embed kinetics theories including collision theory and the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution.
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Thermodynamics starters 1 (16–18)
Try these Starters for ten to reinforce your students knowledge of calorimetry, Hess’s law and bond enthalpies.
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Quantitative chemistry starters (16–18)
Put your students’ quantitative chemistry skills to the test with Starter for ten activities around topics such as the mole, the ideal gas equation, percentage yield and atom economy.
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Exhibition chemistry
An icebreaker for thermodynamics
Your students can learn a lot of chemistry from watching water freeze
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Experiment
Measuring density
By measuring the relative mass of seawater and tap water, students will be able to discover the density of these liquids. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Experiment
Mass changes in chemical reactions
Perform two chemical reactions to see whether any mass changes occur in this microscale class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
