Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour

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A chemistry tour of the Oxford University Botanic Garden.

  1. 10/18/2012

    21. Thank you and goodbye

    Thank you for exploring the Botanic Garden with our group of plant loving chemists.

    20 sec

  2. 10/18/2012

    20. Pigments from plants

    One small part of the plant kingdom makes a different type of pigment to all the rest.

    1 min

  3. 10/18/2012

    19. Plants in extreme environments

    How plants manage to photosynthesise in extreme environments.

    1 min

  4. 10/18/2012

    18. Why are plants green?

    Why chlorophyll and hence plants, looks green.

    1 min

  5. 10/18/2012

    17. Ancient pigments

    How chemistry can change the colour of dye molecules from plants.

    3 min

  6. 10/18/2012

    16. Nitrogen fixation

    Hear about natures natural nitrogen fixers.

    1 min

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    15. Nitrogen uptake by plants

    Why nitrogen is important to plants and the communities of microorganisms living in the soil.

    1 min

  8. 10/18/2012

    14. The caramel tree

    Why the Katsura tree smells of caramel and how analytical techniques have solved the problem of what is responsible for the smell.

    3 min
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A chemistry tour of the Oxford University Botanic Garden.

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    Oxford University
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
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