All Spectroscopy articles – Page 5
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Schools’ Analyst past papers 2014
Measure the acidity level of sprite, determine the weight of vitamin C in a tablet or test the copper content of water with these previous Schools’ Analyst competition challenges.
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Faces of Chemistry – National Gallery
These videos look at how chemical techniques have helped solve the mystery of the Portrait of Alexander Mornauer.
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Faces of Chemistry – Reckitt Benckiser: Gaviscon
Go behind the scenes of the Research and Development department that created Gaviscon.
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Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy is an invaluable tool in both the qualitative and quantitative analysis of substances. In this set of activities the focus is on colourimetry, UV/Visible spectrometry and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometry.
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Pollutant detection and remediation
Case-study involving the development of adsorption and photocatalysis experiments to study the removal of a pollutant from waste-water. This resource and its components are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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The Mole
Membranes’ twisted secret
Looking down a microscope at the nanoscale is helping us to better understand the world around us, explains Josh Howgego
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Chemistry masterclass
Undertake the work of a medicinal chemist by isolating an active compound. Find the kit list, safety instructions and session timings in the download
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Murder in the lab
Give students a flavour of analytical techniques used in forensic science. Find the kit list, safety instructions and suggested timings in the download
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Challenging Plants: Analytical Methods
Investigations of plants and soil often require the application of some basic analytical methods. Some important ones are given here.
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Laboratory and Pilot Plant Tours
Take a virtual tour of the areas where chemists work. The chemistry laboratories do initial research and the pilot plant is involved in making pharmaceutical products on a large scale. Key equipment and activities are highlighted. Courtesy of the ABPI.
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Organic molecules day
Students produce and analyse a simple aromatic compound using analytical techniques. Includes kit list, safety instructions and suggested timings
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Forensic Analysis: Laboratory Manual
Pre laboratory exercises and laboratory practicals in Forensic Analysis.
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Spectroscopy in your classroom - portable analysis
Tracy McGhie explains how your students can solve a murder mystery using state-of-the-art equipment
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ChemTube3D: Organic Structure and Bonding
This site contains interactive 3D animations for some of the most important organic reactions and structures covered during an undergraduate degree.
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Sewage Pollution: A Case Study
A laboratory investigation of sewage pollution based around a case study. Students analyse for various so-called biomarkers in soil samples and assess for likely sources of contamination.
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On This Day – Jul 02 : Sir William Bragg was born
He shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his son William Lawrence Bragg for pioneering x-ray crystallography. This technique uses the diffraction pattern observed from x-rays beams hitting a crystal sample to deduce the structure of complex molecules.