All Spectroscopy articles – Page 6
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ResourceOn This Day - Jun 18 : Jerome Karle was born
Karle was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Herbert Hauptman for direct methods of analysing crystal structures using X-ray scattering. These achievements have been developed into practical instruments, which are used to determine the structure of natural products.
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ResourceOn This Day - May 11 : Koji Nakanishi was born
He pioneered the use of spectroscopic and chemical methods to determine the structure of complex natural products. To date, he has determined the structures of over 200 biologically active animal and plant products including ginkgolides, new nucleic acids and antibiotics.
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ResourceOn This Day - May 05 : Arthur Schawlow was born
His research focused on optics – in particular lasers and their use in spectroscopy. Schawlow shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1981 with Nicolaas Bloembergen and Kai Siegbahn for their contribution to the development of laser spectroscopy.
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ResourceOn This Day - Feb 03 : Edmond Frémy died
He is best known for Frémy’s salt (potassium nitrosodisulfonate), which is a strong oxidising agent that he discovered in 1845. This salt is a long-lived free radical that can be used as a standard in electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy.
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ResourceInfrared Spectrometer
Watch an illuminating six-minute video explaining how infrared spectroscopy works.
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The MoleA day in the life of a sensors and spectroscopy development scientist at AWE: Imran Khan
Imran uses his expertise in chemistry to do research on hazardous materials. He tells Josh Howgego what it’s like to do fundamental research for the government
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The MoleA day in the life of a research scientist: Tom Salter
Tom Salter has spent the past two and a half years working for Dstl as a research scientist. He talks to James Berressem about his typical day
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Lesson planDetermining the structure of compounds | 16–18 years
Examine data relating to the structure and complexity of compounds, including mass, infrared and 1H NMR spectra
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Lesson planAtoms and atomic structure: a ‘similar and different’ activity | 16-18 years
Help students consolidate their ideas about atoms and atomic structure, working in pairs to identify key concepts, using this lesson plan for 16–18 year olds.
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FeatureInvestigating commercial sunscreens
Commercial sunscreens provide the basis of an industry-linked investigation suitable for students at various levels
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FeatureInvestigating the secrets of the Stradivarius
For the past 200 years violin makers around the world have sought to produce violins that would rival those of Stradivari and Guarneri made during 1700-50.
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FeatureAnalytical chemistry makes the news
University departments traditionally divided chemistry into inorganic, organic and physical subsets, with analytical chemistry sitting somewhere in between. But this is changing. The teaching of analytical chemistry is currently undergoing a renaissance in many universities.