Chemistry Outreach: Year 9 chemistry day

Introducing the fun aspects polymers with plastic milk and bouncing custard.

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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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‘We can’t get rid of fossil fuels and not have an alternative’
2020-12-15T09:10:00Z
Meet Phil Mercer, a chemist helping plan for a new lithium mine in Cornwall
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Beirut explosion
2020-11-02T06:41:00Z
How a warehouse of ammonium nitrate destroyed a capital city

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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.