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Organometallic uranium chemistry: small molecule activation

by Jessica Higgins
Organometallic uranium chemistry: small molecule activation
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 10 years ago | 4427 views
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Jess gives a lively account of her work which involves the study of how uranium organ-metallics can catalyse unusual and useful reactions.  She is a PhD student at the University of Sussex, UK.

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00:20:00

Suzuki Coupling Reactions

by Akira Suzuki
Suzuki Coupling Reactions
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 3100 views
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The discoverer of these really useful reactions talks about their discovery and development.

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00:30:00

Metal Flux Synthesis Media for Magnetic Compounds

by Susan Latturner
Metal Flux Synthesis Media for Magnetic Compounds
for 22 and upwards,
Lectures | 22 and upwards | 13 years ago | 2035 views
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Early rare earth metals (La, Ce, Pr, Nd) combined with late first row transition metals (Fe, Co, Ni) can produce low melting eutectic mixtures. For instance, a 75:25 mole percent mixture of La and Ni forms a eutectic that melts at 532 õC. We are inv....

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00:09:00

The History of Nitrous Oxide

by Gina Nicoloso
The History of Nitrous Oxide
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 2070 views
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A look at the interesting history of nitrous oxide

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00:12:00

Carbon Sequestration

by Kyle Serniak
Carbon Sequestration
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 2719 views
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Why is carbon sequestration so important?

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The Periodic Table as you’ve never seen it before

by Martyn Poliakoff
The Periodic Table as you’ve never seen it before
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 2200 views
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A wonderful set of videos about all the elements, available interactively from the opening page.

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00:03:00

Manchester United

by Harry Kroto
Manchester United
for 11-14 and upwards,
Workshops | 11-14 and upwards | 15 years ago | 8095 views
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A workshop in Chemistry at Old Trafford.

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00:42:00

Atmospheric Chemistry

by Sherwood Rowland
Atmospheric Chemistry
for 14-19 and upwards,
Interviews | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 2261 views
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In this interview Sherwood Rowland talks about Ozone depletion and the effect of CFCs on Ozone and Global Warming (Greenhouse Warming where infrared radiation is trapped). He explains the chemistry of Ozone depletion and the history of what led to th....

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00:40:00

Conductive Polymers

by Alan Heeger
Conductive Polymers
for 18-22 and upwards,
Interviews | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 3332 views
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Heeger says that he started as a physicist and thinks like a physicist but got interested in the late 70's in the study of materials. For him it was a natural evolution to move to polymers and in 1975 he began working with Alan MacDiarmid and became ....

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01:00:00

The Chemistry of Interstellar Space

by Bill Klemperer
The Chemistry of Interstellar Space
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1723 views
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Radioastronomical observations of our galaxy have revealed hordes of molecules in the interstellar medium. Extremely fast reactions result in the high abundance of complex organic compounds in the space between the stars. Amazingly, the key to all th....

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00:26:00

Constructing Chemical Formulas

by Colin Byfleet
Constructing Chemical Formulas
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 18539 views
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An introduction to constructing and recognising chemical formulas. Using 20 well-known elements, the valency-rules which govern the atomic ratios are explained and used with several examples.

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00:33:00

Chemical Equations – and how we construct them

by Colin Byfleet
Chemical Equations – and how we construct them
for 14-19 and upwards,
Teaching modules | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 2102 views
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An introduction into the writing down of fully balanced chemical equations. The process is explained starting with word equations, finding all the relevant formulas and then working with some useful rules for finding the correct coefficients in the b....

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00:37:00

Oxidation Numbers and Equations

by Colin Byfleet
Oxidation Numbers and Equations
for 14-19 and upwards,
Teaching modules | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 2696 views
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The concept of oxidation and reduction is explained and generalised using oxidation numbers with ionic and covalent examples. Several equations are balanced, using the oxidation number method to fix various atomic ratios.

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00:11:00

Energy Challenges: Power from Hydrogen

by Jeff Whalen
Energy Challenges: Power from Hydrogen
for 18-22 and upwards,
Postgraduate presentations | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1981 views
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We are faced with energy challenges and the promise of power with hydrogen. The fuel cell and solid state hydrogen storage methodologies are currently limited by materials and represent the cutting edge of energy technology. Implementation to a real ....

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00:07:00

Synthesis of Stable, Water Soluble Gold Colloids

by Layal L Rouhana
Synthesis of Stable, Water Soluble Gold Colloids
for 22 and upwards,
Lectures | 22 and upwards | 16 years ago | 2471 views
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Ligand exchange reactions were utilized in the production of aggregation-resistant gold nanoparticles, having an average diameter of 5 nm, comprising a gold core capped with a mixed shell of citrate and zwitterionic ligands. The prepared nanoparticl....

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00:05:00

What are we made of?

by Harry Kroto
What are we made of?
for 11-14 and upwards,
Lectures | 11-14 and upwards | 16 years ago | 2018 views
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Development of the ideas which persuaded us to accept the theory of atoms and molecules as constituents of matter.

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00:28:00

The Discovery of Element 101

by Colin Byfleet
The Discovery of Element 101
for All ages,
Interviews | All ages | 16 years ago | 4350 views
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A first-hand interview of the moment of this discovery from Greg Choppin who worked with Glen Seaborg.

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