Murder in the Lab
This event gives students a flavour state of the art analytical techniques that are used in an area of chemistry, which many students know something about from television - forensic science
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Renewable energy from sunlight to electricity
In this activity students make their own Gratzel cells and use them to power a calculator
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Photolithography
Students use photolithography - the process of using light to transfer a pattern onto a surface - to create their own printed circuit boards
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Make your own electrochromic polymer
Students discover that the best polymers produced can conduct electricity almost as well as copper - one of the best conducting metals
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Aspirin, the wonder drug
Students learn that aspirin is not only used as a pain killer but is used effectively in treating various forms of arthritis and in reducing the incidence
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Organic molecules day
Students carry out the nitration of a simple aromatic compound and then look at the product using various analytical techniques
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Chemistry Masterclass
This activity is designed to allow students to isolate the physiologically active organic compound in a medicine currently marketed by a pharmaceutical company.
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