Create fabric dye by synthesising an azo dye and using it to change the colour of a piece of cotton
He synthesised the first artificial dyestuff, called mauve or aniline purple, while trying to synthesize quinine from a coal tar chemical. Perkin commercialised his discovery, developing production methods and uses for the new dye.
2020-05-22T08:27:00Z
Downloadable slide on the organic chemistry in cherry-flavoured soft drinks for your class
2020-04-29T10:25:00Z
Meet Mark Moloney, an organic chemist who spends his time pondering surfaces and hunting antibiotics
2020-04-27T10:24:00Z
Understand the structure of the virus behind the Covid-19 pandemic
2020-04-23T11:23:00Z
Let students practise algebra in a chemistry context
2020-04-06T11:24:00Z
Challenge the misconception that metals and non-metals are completely opposite in their properties with this activity
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