All Reactions and synthesis articles – Page 22
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Exhibition chemistryExplosive nitrated carbon compounds
Demonstrations designed to capture the student's imagination
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OpinionConcrete stalactites
Peter Borrows takes us on another excursion into local chemistry. In this issue: concrete stalactites
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Exhibition chemistryDecomposing hydrogen peroxide with blood
Mixing hydrogen peroxide with blood to produce a foam explosive
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FeatureWho really discovered the Haber process?
Although Fritz Haber's name is now attached to the process for the synthesis of ammonia from its constituent elements by using high pressure, who was responsible for this reaction?
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FeaturePhenols in medicine
Phenol encountered in school or college chemistry laboratories demands special respect on account of its toxic and corrosive nature. But phenol and its derivatives do have a few medicinal surprises
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Exhibition chemistryA spectacular reversible reaction
A demonstration with a dramatic colour change
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FeaturePain relief: from coal tar to paracetamol
Analgesics, ie pain-relieving drugs, fall into two categories: those that also reduce body temperature in fevers (antipyretics), and those that act mainly on the brain - typically morphine and diamorphine/heroin. Here we consider members of the first group, particularly those once designated 'coal tar analgesics'. Paracetamol, our most popular over-the-counter pain killer, is one of these.
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