All Polymers articles – Page 4
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ResourceCracking Chemistry!
Work your way through these fun chemistry practicals developed by National Science & Engineering Week.
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Wood 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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News
Multi-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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Battery material helps people keep their cool
Nanoporous clothes would be transparent to body heat
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Making a water magnifier
In this practical, students experiment with magnification by placing water drops on top of lettering.
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News
Protein 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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Polymer takes the heat out of batteries
Polymer electrode coating may help prevent lithium battery fires
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Conducting polymers and shape memory polymers │16–18 years
Worksheets on conducting polymers and shape changing polymers
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Conducting 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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QuantiCorp R&D: new products
This C/PBL resource involves an investigation into catalysis and conducting polymers for the production of biosensors. Students are challenged to develop a biosensor based on a conducting polymer in the context of an R&D department in a high-tech company.
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Feature
Layer by layer
Andrew Turley investigates a build-it-yourself 3D printer you can use in your classroom
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Experiment
Urea-methanal polymerisation
Explore condensation polymerisation by creating and investigating the properties of a thermosetting polymer in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Making plastic from potato starch
Try this class practical to make a plastic using potato starch and investigate the effects of adding a ‘plasticiser’. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Identifying polymers by density
Investigate and identify a variety of polymers used in everyday materials by testing their density in this practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Addition polymerisation with phenylethene
Use this practical or demonstration as an example of addition polymerisation using phenylethene to form polyphenylethene. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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The Mole
High hopes for hydrogels
It’s amazing what chemists can do with a jelly-like material that’s mostly water, says Bea Perks
