Anecdotes for Chemistry Teachers: The Nobel Prize

The history and background of the Nobel prizes.

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Anecdotes: Aluminium
The story of the discovery of the Hall-Heroult process for purifying aluminium.
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On This Day - Oct 14 : Alfred Nobel first patent
This patent was for the preparation of nitroglycerine, and was the first of his 355 patents. Nobel is most famous for the prizes carrying his name, awarded annually since 1901 for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace.

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The Gibbs free energy | Post-16 thermodynamics tutorials
Use this tutorial, including a video demonstration, to help post-16 students learn about equilibrium, the Gibbs free energy and the feasibility of reactions.
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Entropy | Post-16 thermodynamics tutorials
Try this tutorial with accompanying videos to help teach students on post-16 courses about the concept of entropy and the second law of thermodynamics.
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Chemical reactions | Post-16 thermodynamics tutorials
Use this tutorial with videos to explore how the chance behaviour of particles and energy determines the direction and reversibility of chemical reactions.