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Colour creation

Blue and red make purple, but what makes blue? Discover how acids and alkalis indicate with different colours in this practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Bigger and better bubbles

Perfect for young learners, or older, this experiment shows off the science of surface tension. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Building a chemically powered boat

Put junk material to good use, and create a gas powered boat, to explore CO₂ production. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Chemical circuit breaker

Help a talented, but forgetful, professor to discover the purpose of her work, using acids and metals to produce hydrogen. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Apple browning

Enjoy a healthy snack, and learn about chemistry with this experiment into chemical preservation. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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A birthday cake candle timer

Use a candle to create a timer, and learn how combustion can be used to help in everyday life. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Chemistry: Idea to Market

This is a 10 credit module designed to lead students through the various stages of taking a new product from concept to market.
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On This Day – Aug 19 : Johan Gottlieb Gahn born

He is best known for discovering the element manganese (Mn). He also introduced improvements in copper (Cu) smelting, and helped to build up several factories, including those producing vitriol, sulfur (S) and red paint.
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School’s Analyst past papers 2013

Challenge your students to carry out back titrations with these previous Schools’ Analyst questions
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Challenging Plants: Introduction/Pedagogical Overview

In association with Reckitt Benckiser

Plants have the potential to help us to meet many of the challenges facing Earth and its inhabitants. This PowerPoint presentation introduces the uses of plants and summarises some of the underpinning chemical principles, concepts and ideas.
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Chewing Gum: Laboratory Exercise

This laboratory-based resource consists of an investigation into the composition of flavourings chemicals present in chewing gum.
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Parabens in household products

This is a laboratory-based investigation (either using GC or HPLC) of preservative chemicals commonly found in household products - parabens.
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Investigate Organic Reaction Mechanisms

Organic Reaction Mechanisms is a core component of organic chemistry at 16 to 19 level. It is covered in A-levels, Scottish Highers and International Baccalaureate but also in all undergraduate chemistry courses.
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Forensic Analysis: Laboratory Manual

Pre laboratory exercises and laboratory practicals in Forensic Analysis.
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On This Day - Jan 10 : Cottrell was born

Cottrell was a physical chemist who invented a way to remove particles such as smoke or lead oxides (Pb_xO_y) from the air. This electrostatic precipitator is still in use as an efficient method for reducing air pollution.
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Challenging Plants: Products from Plants

In association with Reckitt Benckiser

Plants can help us face the challenges facing Earth and its inhabitants by providing a vast array of useful products (food, fuels, fibres and feedstocks for example).
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Challenging Plants: Phytomanagement - Practicals

In association with Reckitt Benckiser

Plants have much to offer in terms of phytoremediation, phytoextraction and the potential of using plants to mine metals. This resource is designed to help students realise this potential knowledge and understand the key underpinning scientific principles.
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Challenging Plants: Phytomanagement

In association with Reckitt Benckiser

As well as improving the appearance of our environment, plants have much to offer in terms of phytoremediation (in its many forms), phytoextraction and the potential of using plants to mine metals. This resource is designed to help students realise this potential knowledge and understand the key underpinning scientific ...
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ChemTube3D: Organic Chemistry Reactions

This site contains interactive 3D animations for some of the most important organic reactions covered during an undergraduate degree.
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On This Day - Oct 30 : Linus Pauling Nobel Prize

He received the award for his research into the nature of the chemical bond. He subsequently received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962 for campaigning against the use of nuclear weapons, becoming the first and only person to be awarded two undivided Nobel Prizes.