All Physical chemistry articles – Page 8
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ResourcePost-16 thermodynamics tutorials
Thinking about how to teach thermodynamics? Try these tutorials, including videos and animations, to help post-16 students learn about the key topics.
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ResourceJust Add Water: Part 2
A series of fun, engaging, short chemistry demonstrations about water, taken from a lecture by Dr. Peter Wothers of the University of Cambridge. Video: Just Add Water: 11 - Carbohydrates Video: Just Add Water: 12 - Dehydrating Sugar Video: Just ...
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NewsMagnetic nanocubes self-assemble into spirals
Tiny cubes of magnetite form superstructures under a magnetic field
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ResourceEnthalpy and the chemistry of matches | Chemistry Olympiad worked answers
Try this worked example of a Chemistry Olympiad question on enthalpy change and the chemistry behind matches. Includes video walkthrough and transcript.
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NewsCalculations predict new form of phosphorus
Flat layers of ‘blue phosphorus’ may have ideal properties for nano-electronics
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The MoleTrade secrets... Neon lights, flicker bulbs and chaos
Secrets of the trade: Jonathan Hare shines a light on randomness
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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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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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ReviewChemistry3
This book introduces the three traditional areas of inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. It is aimed at those in the first year of UK university chemistry courses.
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The MoleMake your own spectroscope
Find out how to build your own spectroscope using an old DVD to explore colour and the splitting of light in this article from the ‘Avogadro’s lab’ series.
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FeatureRadical changes in our atmosphere
Dudley Shallcross and Tim Harrison explain how a breakthrough has allowed us to study Criegee biradicals, and what this could mean for atmospheric science
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ResourceRi Christmas Lectures® 2012: Chemical Change
A teaching resource on Chemical Change, supported by video clips from the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures® 2012. Video: Chemical Change videos
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ResourceSolar cells and circuits
Explore how to set up an electrical circuit containing solar cells and how connecting them in different ways will produce different results.
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ResourceMake a Grtäzel cell
Make a dye sensitised solar cell using household items such as raspberries.
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ResourceSolar cells and absorption
Explore the relationship between light and absorption in solar cells.
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ResourceSolar cell in a drinking straw
Capture electricity from sunlight using raspberry juice and drinking straws.
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