Chemistry Week Support Material
The material on this page provides more information about how chemistry is related to everyday topics such as food, sport, entertainment, cleaning and fashion. Links are provided to RSC resources with useful information and experiments in these topic areas.
You can also find details of how to acquire one of the highlights of Chemistry Week - the RSC visual elements t-shirt!
Chemistry Week T-shirts
Own one of the RSC's limited edition Visual Elements t-shirts - this year the t-shirt features the element tungsten
Downloadable Files
Introduction
What is Chemistry Week all about?
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Topic 1- Food
Cooking is probably the first chemical process invented by humans - find out more about the chemistry of food.
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Topic 2- Sport
Competitive sports person or a couch potato - either way chemistry helps you relax!
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Topic 3 - Fashion
Chemistry is what we wear and the way we look. Fashion is Chemistry.
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Topic 4 - Entertainment
Let chemistry entertain you!!!
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Topic 5 - How clean is your house?
Just how does chemistry clean your house? Imagine your house without chemistry.
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Staff contact details
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Related Links
Contemporary Chemistry
Includes sections on the chemistry of diet, cleaning, hair and diamonds
Kitchen Chemistry
Web resources accompanying the Kitchen Chemistry book published by the RSC in conjunction with Heston Blumenthal this year
Chemistry and Sport
Leaflet looking at the chemistry of respiration and how athletes can manipulate this process to their advantage....
Modern Materials in Sport
Self contained leaflet highlighting the use of modern materials in sport.
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