Monday, August 21, 2017
Acenes
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Acenes are molecules in which benzene rings, shown below, are fused together. Researchers are very keen on making acenes because of th...
Friday, August 4, 2017
Law of Conservation of Energy
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We use the Law of Conservation of Energy all the time. Every time I plug the kettle in to boil some water (for a nice hot cup of tea), elec...
Saturday, July 22, 2017
Airbag Recalls
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In 2008, a few thousand cars were recalled in the USA to have "faulty" Takata airbags replaced. By 2016, tens of millions of cars...
Friday, June 30, 2017
Chiral Centres and Chiral Molecules
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What is a chiral molecule? How do you find the chiral centre, or chiral carbon, in an organic molecule? What makes a molecule chiral? Why...
Saturday, June 10, 2017
Airbags
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"BANG! I hit a hard pillow! Then there's white powder everywhere!", Sam graphically described a recent car accident. The...
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Oxygen Gas From Comets
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Rosetta was a European Space Agency (ESA) Mission, launched in 2004 with the goal of capturing comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014 and t...
Sunday, April 30, 2017
What makes a good fuel?
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There are lots of fuels to choose from. Some are non-renewable fossil fuels such as oil, kerosene, petrol or gasoline, diesel or petrodiese...
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