All Structure and bonding articles – Page 8
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Review
Molecules – a chemistry card game
Kristy reviews a chemistry card game that's educational and fun
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Resource
Recycling the undesired enantiomer of Naproxen
This context/problem-based learning (C/PBL) resource is part of a collection we have commissioned for you to use with your undergraduate students. This 5 credit module is based on the following scenario:Your students work for a company that produces (S)-naproxen, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), via a racemic method. Whilst (S)-naproxen ...
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Resource
Chemical and physical properties of pheromones
Help learner’s to understand what pheromones are, and how they are used by animals such as moths.
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Resource
The thickness of titanium atoms in paint
Discover the thickness of a film of paint, estimating how thick it is by titanium atoms/ions.
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Cobalt complexes
Devise structures for cobalt complexes given, decide how to distinguish between the four complexes, and identify some properties that are the same for all four complexes.
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Experiment
Sodium ethanoate ‘stalagmite’
Quickly grow your own ‘stalagmite’ from a supersaturated solution of sodium ethanoate in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Exhibition chemistry
Properties of alloys: finding the NaK
Why is NaK a liquid? Declan Fleming finds out
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Opinion
The education of Harry Kroto
Kristy Turner reflects on Sir Harry Kroto's relationship with education
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Feature
The origin of life
How did molecules turn into living organisms? Paul MacLellan investigates
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Feature
The bonds that bind
Mike Sutton plots the journey of the scientists who solved the riddle of chemical bonding
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News
Boron nitride composites stronger than their carbon cousins
Binding strengths of polymer–boron nitride nanotubes are higher than those reported for carbon nanotubes
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Resource
Organising your understanding
Three activities that progressively stretch learners’ understanding of these key topics using Venn-like diagrams to organise information
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Experiment
The density of ice
Demonstrate to students what happens as ice cubes floating on oil start to melt and the density of the water changes. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Resource
Conducting polymers and shape memory polymers │16–18 years
Worksheets on conducting polymers and shape changing polymers
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Chemistry Vignettes: Physical Chemistry
A series of short screencasts to introduce aspects of physical chemistry.