Chemistry Outreach: The salt cellar mystery

Introducing the world of forensic science; gathering chemical and fingerprint evidence to solve a crime.

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Limestone weathering
This activity is designed for students aged 11-14. It can be used to reinforce work on the reactions of carbonates with acids as well as the chemical weathering of rock.
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Back to basics with spectrophotometry
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How to demonstrate the Beer–Lambert law using your smartphone as a light meter
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Smartphone spectroscopy: Beer–Lambert law
Use your smartphone to measure changes in concentration across different concentrations of squash at home or in the classroom. Use your results to predict the concentration of an unknown dilution of squash.

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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.