Chemistry
All content tagged with keyword 'chemistry'
All content tagged with keyword 'chemistry'
Gases are all around us. They are the reason why the sky is blue and why we couldn't live on Mars. In this atmospheric talk, Tim Harrison and Prof Dudley Shallcross will look at what gases are nec...
Dr Andrew Szydlo
If you were able to make a substance change colour, or turn from a solid to a liquid, would that be magic? From a liquid that boils at room temperature to gases that are heavier than air, join A...
Prof Christopher Bishop
How did Chinese incendiaries made from honey lead to the development of gunpowder? Why do the loud bangs of fireworks have their origins in photography? How did an accident in a nineteenth...
Cosmetic Chemistry is workshop for our youngest scientists. Students have the chance to get hands-on and make their own bath bombs and lip balms whilst learning some fundamental chemistry. They will i...
Prof Andrea Sella
Rare earth elements – the 14 or so elements with romantic names such as neodymium, gadolinium and dysprosium – have been very much in the news over the past five years. Their niche uses in...