All Polymers articles – Page 4
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NewsWho says wooden windows wouldn't work?
Scientists in China have turned wood into a transparent material that could be used as a replacement for glass in energy efficient buildings
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Magnificent moleculesPolyethylene terephthalate
Fernando Gomollón-Bel discovers the story of one of the most ubiquitous artificial compounds
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ResourceTeflon: kitchen science podcasts
Introduce your students to Teflon and the properties of materials with this short podcast.
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ResourceChemistry in sport: primary science podcasts
Join Kareena and her superhero friend K-mistry for this short podcast introducing children to how the properties of a material can make them suitable for a particular use.
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ResourceSmart materials in nappies: primary science podcasts
Join Kareena and her superhero friend K-mistry for this short podcast introducing children to absorbancy and comparing materials on the basis of their properties.
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ResourcePlastics challenge
Links to Practical Action’s plastics challenge, where students develop products from recycled objects, as a possible way of tackling environmental problems caused by plastic waste.
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ResourceCracking Chemistry!
Work your way through these fun chemistry practicals developed by National Science & Engineering Week.
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ResourceWood conservation - the Mary Rose
The Mary Rose is a wooden Tudor warship that sank off Portsmouth in 1545. While on the sea bed, most of her hull became covered in silt, which effectively sealed it and the artefacts it contained in anaerobic (air-free) conditions and preserved them from decay.
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NewsMulti-talented polymer more versatile than sum of its parts
Material with mix-and-match functionalities could be used in smart windows
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NewsBattery material helps people keep their cool
Nanoporous clothes would be transparent to body heat
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ResourceMaking a water magnifier
In this practical, students experiment with magnification by placing water drops on top of lettering.
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NewsProtein crystals stretch knowledge of exotic materials
Self-assembling protein tiles show rare property of thickening by the same amount as they are stretched by
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NewsPolymer takes the heat out of batteries
Polymer electrode coating may help prevent lithium battery fires
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ResourceConducting polymers and shape memory polymers │16–18 years
Worksheets on conducting polymers and shape changing polymers
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ResourceConducting plastics and shape changing polymers │14–16 years
Comprehension exercises that revise many basic ideas from chemistry and approach them from a novel perspective
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