All Structure and bonding articles – Page 2
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FeatureWhy you need A-level chemistry to study dentistry
Understanding enamel, fillings and anaesthetics requires chemistry knowledge
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Carbon nanotubes grown using kitchen chemicals
Cheap compounds found in kitchen cupboards can act as catalysts for making carbon nanotubes
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Self-defence classes for our immune system
Andy Extance finds out how vaccines help people fight off germs without getting ill
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Reef-safe sunscreens
Nina Notman investigates the science behind UV-absorbing sunscreens and ‘reef-friendly’ formulations
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Transition metal chemistry starters (16–18)
Help your students become proficient in answering questions on the transition metals with these Starter for ten questions including redox titrations, colourimetry, and catalysis.
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Periodicity starters (16–18)
Reinforce ideas about period 3 oxides, their reactions and their structure and bonding with these Starter for ten activities.
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Aromatic chemistry starters (16–18)
Use these Starter for ten questions to challenge your students to name aromatic compounds and recall the structure of benzene and electrophilic substitution mechanisms.
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Organic chemistry starters (16–18)
Starter for ten questions covering some of the main aspects of organic chemistry at GCSE and A level, including functional groups, nomenclature, isomerism and mechanisms
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Bonding starters (16–18)
Starter for ten quizzes that focus on bonding topics like the nature of chemical bonds, covalent bonding and properties and bonding.
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Probing difficulties with quantum atomic models
What you can do to make grasping atomic representations easier
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Chop! Chop! Creating useful chemicals from lignin
Breaking the hardy carbon-carbon bond in wood puts new fuels on the horizon
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Science concept cartoons: what holds atoms together?
Spark discussion and stimulate thinking about what holds atoms together in a way that encourages pupils to share their ideas.
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A new angle on collision theory
Scientists shoot the world’s smallest projectiles – individual molecules – and use them to study how reactions happen
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Analysis
Finding the fake booze
Ever wondered what Raman spectrometry is? Here’s how it can find out what’s in a bottle without opening it.
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The determination of copper in brass
Investigate how much copper there is in brass (an alloy of copper and zinc) by dissolving the brass in nitric acid and comparing the colour of the solution with that of solutions of various concentrations of copper
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Chemistry and Sport - Swimming
Explore the halogens, their salts, and their relation to swimming.
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