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Exhibition chemistryThe reaction between aluminium and bromine
A spectacular demonstration performed in a glass jar
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FeatureThe Power of NMR: The Beginnings
Originally a curiosity of the quantum world, NMR is now an essential tool for chemists, biochemists and clinicians
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The MoleCarbon in the pipeline
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) - rolled up sheets of graphite around 90,000 times thinner than human hair
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Exhibition chemistryExplosive nitrated carbon compounds
Demonstrations designed to capture the student's imagination
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Exhibition chemistryThe extraction of iron
Demonstrations designed to capture the student's imagination
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FeatureBuild your own spectrophotometer
By designing and building their own visible-light spectrophotometers, students get to grips with the underlying principles of this widely used analytical tool
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Exhibition chemistryMigration of coloured ions
Observe both cation and anion movement in a single compound
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Exhibition chemistryThe 'blue bottle' reaction
A colour change experiment for investigating reaction kinetics