Sunday, December 31, 2017
Introduction to Entropy
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What is entropy? What is meant by a chemical system having low entropy or high entropy? What is the relationship between disorder, energy ...
Saturday, December 9, 2017
Chemistry Rockets to Mars
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NASA is developing the most powerful rocket in history, the Space Launch System (abbreviated to SLS) to launch the spacecraft known as Orion...
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Ruthenium-106 Cloud
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In October 2017 the German Federal Office for Radiation Protection detected a radioactive cloud containing ruthenium-106 wafting over Europe...
Friday, November 17, 2017
Iron from Used Toner Cartridges
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Students and teachers all do a lot of printing and photocopying. If your laser printer or photocopier is like ours, it probably has a sign ...
Saturday, November 4, 2017
Energy Content of Food
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As I read the"nutritional information" panel on my box of cereal this morning I wondered how you would measure the "energy co...
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Spud Lite?
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"Spud Lite", the advertising poster said, "25% less carbs", followed in fine print by "than other potatoes". ...
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Food From Toxic Cycads
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The Chamorro people of Guam were suffering from a terrible disease that resulted in paralysis, dementia and death. As the Chamorro be...
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