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Chemistry in its element Chemistry World
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4.8 • 25 Ratings
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A weekly tour of the periodic table, from Chemistry World, the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
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Batteries: The bedrock of the sustainable future
In this special podcast produced in partnership with Waters Corporation, find out how understanding the chemistry and materials that go into batteries marks the first step towards making them safer and increasing energy density, and unlocks new opportunities for reuse and recycling
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Cinnamaldehyde
How did a tree bark from Sri Lanka become one of the essential flavours of the festive season? We explore the history of cinnamon and the compound that gives it its distinctive taste and aroma
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Azidoazide azide
A compound so explosively unstable that nobody has been able to measure how sensitive it is without it, well, exploding.
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Ochre
How one of mankind's oldest pigments helped shepherds secure their sheep and inspired one of the most popular songs of the twentieth century
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Maltodextrin
A sweet compound that provides ample energy for extreme endurance events – find out how maltodextrin helped Anna Ploszajski swim the English channel
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Ionic liquids
Liquid salts, ionic melts, fused salts, or ionic glasses – call them what you like, these much-hyped solvents show great promise. Katrina Krämer speaks to chemical engineer Jason Bara about ionic liquids.
Customer Reviews
Educational and Entertaining!
This podcast is perfectly bite sized. It presents chemical and historical information on various compounds and elements in an effective and entertaining manner. I particularly enjoy the multiple different narrators.
Edit: just finished relistening to this podcast 2 years later, and it holds up just as well the second time through! I particularly enjoyed the comedic physical descriptors of the shapes of compounds.
short and worth every minute
great little chemistry info nuggets
Great
Nice stories nice voices good learning.
I am enjoying it very much.
Thank you.
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