Anecdotes for Chemistry Teachers: The Discovery of Nylon

The background to the discovery, naming and production of Nylon.

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Anecdotes: Aluminium
The story of the discovery of the Hall-Heroult process for purifying aluminium.
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Generating high value chemicals
2020-11-26T07:22:00Z
Plastic waste could be upcycled into a chemical that is more valuable than the original plastic
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Seeding the ocean against climate change
2020-11-06T08:28:00Z
Volcanic ash could be a key ingredient to sequester carbon dioxide

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Prepare oxalic acid as a primary standard
2020-11-23T09:35:00Z
The toxic ingredient lurking in green vegetables, oxalic acid is familiar to Advanced Higher students for other reasons
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Business skills and commercial awareness for chemists
In association with The National HE STEM Programme
Looking beyond your chemistry degree? Use this self-study resource to learn about the skills and knowledge you need to build a career in business or industry.
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Chemistry for All project
2020-11-10T14:35:00Z
Resources used by some of the activity providers for outreach work as part of the Chemistry for All project. Resources for careers related activities, STEM club activities and support for longer projects.