Full list of all the articles published in Volumes 1-24 of Chemistry Review, arranged by issue Title of article Welcome to Chemistry Review How old is Pharaoh’s coffin? Ultrasound in chemistry Bonded! How paints stick to surfaces Bonding between molecules The structure of insulin The atomic spectrum of hydrogen Buckminsterfullerene, Model of Michael Faraday The structure of benzene Why is DNA helical? A new form of carbon to kick around Unboiling an egg Joint Matriculation Board From the classroom to industry and from industry to the classroom On being one's own rabbit Editorial Humphry Davy Allied Colloids Key topics covered Vol. 1 1 No. 1 1 Timothy Mason 1 1 Tony Turner 1 1 Tony Turner David Edwards 1 1 1 1 1 1 Richard Norman Rod Hubbard and John Garratt 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Make your own George Burton 1 1 Ovalbumin Atomic spectrum of hydrogen Industry Democritus replies Answer back Just chatting David Edwards Miranda Mapletoft 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haldane Worth reading Editorial Famous names Just chatting John Garratt Nigel Freestone Miranda Mapletoft 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 Mass spectrometry , archaeological remains, radioactive decay and half-lives, isotopic fractionation, radiocarbon Sonochemistry, cavitation, homogeneous reactions Paints, polymers, intermolecular forces, adhesion, surface tension of liquids Covalent bonds Crystals, amino acids, models of insulin Ionisation energy of a hydrogen atom, atomic spectrum of hydrogen Michael Faraday X-ray crystallography, Kekulé Molecule of DNA, sugar phosphate chain, hydrogen bonding Buckminsterfullerene Chemical manufacturing Type of article Editorial Revision note In pictures Answer back Making and doing Famous names How do we know? Author John Garratt Robert Hedges Spectroscopy A closer look at clay A question of organic reactions Getting fired up about clay Low fat margarine Origins and Miracles What on Earth is the Greenhouse effect? What the Solar System is made of Materials in the mouth Autoxidation, antioxidants and ageing Editorial What are old masters made of? Making hydrogen How a catalyst works Sun, stars and spectra Electrolysis Salt mines What's bred in the bone A hydrogen plant Surface tension explained Elementary crossword Chemistry from group V Polyunsaturates The Blind Watchmaker Concepts of greenhouse effect and role of carbon dioxide Chemical composition of sun using physical and chemical techniques, chemical condensation of elements Stainless steel and sapphires, dentine and enamel, plaque/dental decay, calcium phosphate and the apatite minerals free radicals, oxygen Revision note In pictures Answer back Make your own Democritus replies Worth reading How do we know? Editorial Research and chemical analysis on paint layers, flame ionisation detector, gas chromatography Hydrogen manufacture on a large scale Catalysts Structure and temperature of the sun Periodic Table How do we know? Revision note Just chatting Worth reading In pictures Democritus replies Making and doing Answer back Richard Dawkins Ian Campbell 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Tony Cox 1 2 David Brown 1 2 Bruce Gilbert 1 2 John Garratt Jennifer Pilc 1 1 3 3 Reiko Isuyama and John Garratt Roger Mawby Charlie Harding 1 3 Miranda Mapletoft Robertson Davies 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 Derek Gray Frank Harris 1 1 1 3 3 3 Graham Moyce Judith Hart Search for insulin Editorial Indigo - putting the blue in blue jeans New materials for the mouth The chemical basis of global warming Accidental discoveries in science Barry Knight The work of a conservator Shapes of molecules and electron pair repulsion (EPR) theory Neil Bartlett Optical isomerism Alcohol Noble Gas Chemistry Dyes and fabrics, A question of ideality Alcohol Editorial How do we know what an atom is like? Mass Spectrometry of Peptides and Proteins Choosing a degree course The Spider's Secret Interpreting mass spectra Models of atoms A.W. Hofmann Chemistry teacher Indigo, coal tar hydrocarbons John Garratt Tony Travis 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 4 Dental cements, amalgam fillings, polymers Greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases David Brown Ian Campbell 1 1 4 4 1 4 1 1 4 4 David Edwards Richard Pardy John Garratt Vanessa Barker 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 Neville Haskins 1 5 John Holder & Janet Cook Primo Levi Peter Nicolson 1 1 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 Banting, Best, Macleod, Collip Louis Pasteur, Royston M. Roberts Ethanol Noble gasses People Famous names Editorial Worth reading People In pictures Revision note Judith Hart Judith Ramsden Famous names Making and doing Just chatting Ted Lister Democritus replies Answer back Just chatting Editorial Special feature Worth reading Revision note In pictures Famous names Just chatting Tony Travis Colin Chambers Rates and Orders of Reaction Taking the sweat out of calculations How aspirin works Alchemy Editorial The accidental discovery of Buckminsterfullerene How to get the right formula Catalysts can do wonderful things The Greenhouse Effect: can we keep our cool? The ghost disease Gas testing crossword Different forms of carbon What makes a reaction go? Structural isomers, geometrical isomers Acids and equilibria Tropical rain forests Gen on -gens Editorial Fireworks A laboratory on wheels: the ‘ins and outs’ of motor oil How oxgen binds to haemoglobin Redox (and oxidation numbers) Bonfire Night brain wave The Periodic Table Answer back Making and doing Geoff Mines Tim Brosnan 1 1 5 5 John Holman John Garratt Jim Baggott 1 1 2 2 5 5 1 1 John Garratt Colin White 2 2 1 1 Ian Campbell 2 1 Worth reading Making and doing In pictures Revision note Democritus replies Michael Howell & Peter Ford 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 Answer back Just chatting David Edwards Gordon Fettis Gordon Woods John Garratt Ron Lancaster Bill Fox 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 How do we know? Jeremy Tame 2 2 Revision note Just chatting In pictures Maria Cavanna 2 2 2 2 2 2 Democritus replies Past and present Editorial How do we know? Editorial Motor oil Chemical reactions, phase transitions Zeolites: from strange rocks to cunning catalysts Models of zeolites Testing and estimating ions Editorial Colour changes in artists' Pigments How to think about electrons in atoms The social connections of the Bunsen Burner Markovnikoff and all that Energy profiles Robert Boyle Alternative fuels Wordsearch What happens in a Bunsen Flame? Peter Gregory Alchemy Editorial Do CFCs destroy the Ozone Layer? The compound that never was Cold Light Organic reaction mechanisms and curly arrows Democritus replies Making and doing Answer back Editorial How do we know? Revision note Famous names Answer back Making and doing In pictures Lewis Thomas Benzene rings Hexaphenylethane Chemiluminescence People Worth reading Democritus replies Editorial 2 2 Alan Comyns 2 2 David Edwards John Garratt David Saunders 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 Steve Smith 2 3 Michael Barnett 2 3 John Tucker 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 John Garratt Gwen & Mike Pilling 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 Norman Greenwood John Sleigh Geoff Hallas 2 2 2 4 4 4 Paul Philips Frank Harriss Has it been irradiated? Have you got Redox potential? Bread of Life Fast and Fresh An overview of organic reactions Fluorescent highlighting pens Editorial Crowning glory Liquid crystals at work Environmentally friendly catalysis Taking a year out From dolomite to magnesium oxide Christ, Clausius and Corrosion Recrystallisation – purification of solids Acids Osmium A question of applying knowledge Pam Hammer Editorial Flavour in low-alcohol beers Electrons transfer chemist to the top A perfect finish Ammonia production Why does beer froth, but cider not? Answer back Making and doing In pictures Revision note Democritus replies Editorial Hair, hair care Just chatting In pictures Hilary Stevenson & Richard Gray David Edwards John Garratt Joanne de Groot George Gray James Clark Justin Guest 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 2 2 5 5 Harold Morowitz Purification of solids Worth reading Lab page 2 2 5 5 Element 76 Revision note Democritus replies Answer back Margaret Ferguson 2 2 2 5 5 5 John Garratt Robert Muller Jim Baggott 2 3 3 3 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 People Editorial Chemistry of car painting Gus Palluel John McIntyre Democritus replies The periodic table Thin-layer chromatography Versatile silicones Silicones – the versatile polymers Hydrolysis The Grotta del Cane Crossword Editorial Rummaging in the human dustbin The explosive stuff of life Making standard solutions Vinegar and salt for cleaning copper-bottomed saucepans Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman! Infrared spectrometry Operation clean-up Pairs of organic compounds The arrangement of atoms in a molecule Testing for functional groups Puzzle page Editorial Poisons, potions and pharmacy The chemistry of life Exposing the Piltdown Man A new angle on bonding TLC silicone polymers Silicone tetrachloride, hydrolysis Famous Caverns and Grottoes, W.H. Davenport Adams Revision note Lab page In pictures Answer back Just chatting Worth reading Making and doing Editorial Metabolism Ammonium nitrate Just chatting Lab page Democritus replies Richard Feynman Worth reading Alastair Fleming 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 W.H. Davenport Adams 3 3 1 1 John Garratt Malcolm Rose 3 3 3 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 John Emsley Margaret Ferguson In pictures Iron sulphate X-ray diffraction. Crystallography. Crystal structure Answer back How do we know? Revision note Making and doing Editorial Lipids The Piltdown Forgery, J.S. Weiner Answer back Worth reading Revision note Don Ainley Corinne Slater Madeleine Moore John Garratt John Mann Max Perrin J.S. Weiner Gold, frankincense and myrrh Protein science in chemical design Using a separating funnel Precious medicine Examiner speak Group 4 halides Editorial A taste for chemistry Supercritical fluids Distillation Clare Senior Food History of the atmosphere SOCEET (social, economic, environmental, technological) Solid liquid Designing the right dye for the job Fish-liver oils, vitamins and bioassays Mr Muscle - Gungebuster Will-o-the-wisps and hot compost Solidification of solutions Catalyst paradox Editorial Sulphur, climate and the dinosaurs In pictures 3 3 3 3 W. Graham Richards 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 Robert Tims 3 3 4 4 Making and doing Robert Matthews Nigel Hughes 3 3 4 4 Food for thought Joan Mattingley-Cameron 3 4 Product profile Just chatting David Edwards John Garratt 3 3 4 4 Revision note Democritus replies Editorial Derek Denby 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 Mike Bushell and Robin Taylor Lab page Just chatting Democritus replies Editorial The Problems of Chemistry, W. Graham Richards Ozone, chlorofluorocarbons, chloroalkanes, chlorine Lab page People Worth reading In pictures Answer back Applied organic chemistry, colour chemistry Climatic change Chris Barnard David Nicholls John Garratt Tom Coultate Tony Clifford and Keith Bartle Margaret Ferguson John Garratt Simon Watts Born-Haber cycle and lattice energies Water – structure/property at their clearest Assault by salts – the decay of historic stonework The double helix Chemistry can detect faulty genes Make your own DNA molecule Losing the lead Melting point determination Treating heart disease – the discovery and development of a new medicine Editorial Mineral sculptures in biology Transition metals Handed molecules A prize collection Tin and lead Nitric acid acts upon copper In the money: Analysis of coins from antiquity A balancing act A year in France Measuring pH Ethanol/phenol Answer back Derek Jones 3 5 3 5 Clifford Price 3 5 James D. Watson 3 3 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 John Garratt Trevor Douglas and Jon Didymus Derek Denby Charles Stirling John Sleigh Gordon Woods Frederick H. Getman 4 4 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 Mike Cowell 4 1 Sue Howes Julie Tucker 4 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 Revision note Decay of historic stonework, corrosion James D. Watson Worth reading In pictures Making and doing Leaded petrol, unleaded petrol John Ramsden Lab page Peter Cross Editorial Revision note Helices Stamps with a chemical theme The Life of Ira Remsen, Frederick H. Getman Spending a year abroad on a chemistry course In pictures Substances Worth reading Answer back Just chatting Lab page Democritus replies Elementary spelling Crystal gardens Editorial Swimming pool chemistry Drugs in sport Designer polymers What exactly is a molecule? Extracting and studying enzymes Gas chromatography Hydrogen Naming aliphatic organic compounds Ethene and ripe bananas Petroleum technology Iodine Horse doping Editorial Buckyballs bounce into action Some thoughts about gases Organic conductors Circles, hexagons and aromaticity The importance of revision Water Cyanide bonds to metal ions Pharmacy Frank Crawley The history of the Bunsen burner Measuring volume Methyl mercaptan Making and doing Back page Editorial polyurethanes The Periodic Table, Primo Levi Democritus replies Lab page In pictures Worth reading Revision note John Emsley John Garratt Jennifer Harding Alan George Peter Galloway Primo Levi Peter Hanson Food for thought Answer back Substances Back page Editorial John Holman Mike Shipton John Emsley Answer back In pictures Democritus replies Past and present People Making and doing Lab page Substances Geoff Lloyd John Garratt Jonathan Crane Roger Partington Martin R. Bryce Geoff Hallas John Emsley 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Watercycle Rehumanising Chemistry Photodynamic therapy Molecular Olympics: Going for gold The paradoxical Dr Priestly and his discovery of dephlogisticated air Discoverer of the atomic nucleus Molecular fossils Solvent extraction Natalia Tarasova Sodium carbonate Directing aromatic substitution Column chromatography What is the colour of a bromine free radical? Powering the planet: the chemistry of oxidation and combustion Keeping track of energy changes Chemistry in pictures The Diamond Maker Dirt into Diamonds Making your own C60 The rocagalmide story: organic synthesis in action Polymer design by computer Colorimeters Back page Editorial Rutherford Worth reading In pictures Lab Page People Substances Answer back Back page Democritus replies Oxidation, combustion Glynn Gorick John Garratt John Griffiths and Jack schofield David Amabilino and Fraser Stoddart Truman Schwartz 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 Max Perutz 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Bill Fox 4 5 Dave Clark H.G. Wells 4 4 4 5 5 5 Viven Gupta Heather Jones 4 4 4 5 5 5 Chris Howick 4 4 5 5 Mike Shipton Gordon Woods Sue Howes Revision note Photography The Stolen Bacillus and other Incidents, H.G. Wells Harold Zaugg Worth reading Worth reading Readers write In pictures Lab page Mr Midgeley's discovery What use is a chemistry degree? Using natural dyes Argon – in the spotlight Mixing colours From black sheep to creative genius Oiling the wheels of progress Helium The case for and against organophosphorus compounds Paper – read all about it Answer back Just chatting Making and doing Substances Back page Editorial John Garratt 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 Michells Simmonds 5 1 Gordon Woods Tony Wellington 5 5 1 1 Mark Watson 5 1 David Jones 5 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 Jim Baggott 5 1 Andrew Parsons Process chemist Revision note People 5 5 1 1 Acetic acid, vinegar Focus on industry Bill Fox 5 1 Using an enzyme catalyst, monitoring the decomposition, contact lens chemistry Project page Derek Denby 5 1 Answer back Back page Alastair Fleming 5 5 1 1 Lubricants, fractional distillation, synthetic lubricants Substances Poisons Hydrogen bonding, papermaking process, waterproofing paper Chemical definitions (tongue-incheek) Getting your pinta from the cow Plastic light Growing crystals Who discovered the structure of benzene? Drawing organic compounds Ann Hutchinson – process chemist Ethanoic acid (acetic acid / Essigsäure / vinegar) Decomposing hydrogen peroxide Tackling calculations The flame test Making and doing Frank Harriss Brian Joice Enid Parker Gordon Woods In pictures Daedalus Lab page Josef Loschmidt, Kekulé Absolutely O K Why aren't all crystals spherical? Platinum What's in water? George Olah How to make a zombie Salt of the earth The Gold Makers Antidotes to wear Safe heating X-rays Forensic analysis of a deer Born-Haber cycles and lattice energies Jane Sutton - press and publicity officer -273.15oC is OK - OK? The crystal growing challenge Growing a crystal tree Relatively speaking Light messages from molecules Observing ‘Environmentally friendly’ chemicals Forming crystals, the growth of crystals, true crystal spheres Catalyst, uses, platinum compounds, manufacturing fibres pH value, conductivity, nitrate ion concentration, phosphate ion concentration, hardness of water, permanganate value Chemistry of carbocations Puffer fish, tetrodotoxin Fritz Haber Editorial John Garratt Gordon Van Praagh 5 5 2 2 Substances Gordon Woods 5 2 Project page Derek Denby 5 2 Barry Thomas Tony Wellington Peter Ellis 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Geoff Lloyd and Frank Harris Peter Nicolson 5 5 2 2 5 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 Poisons In pictures Worth reading Daedalus Lab page X-ray diffraction, looking at simple molecules, Dorothy Hodgkin Answer back Revision note Press and publicity officer People Just chatting Making and doing Back page Editorial Lab page Development of hydrogen peroxide, peroxygens, halogens, new polymers, effluent treatment, peroxygen analysis, reduction of gaseous emissions J.B.S. Haldane John Garratt John Garratt Amilra de Silva Margaret Ferguson Ken Rowbottom The reactions of metals with acids Nitric acid Fractional distillation Web of scent Facets of ammonia chemistry Odour of celibacy The sweet smell of danger Robert Osman – plant manager Melting and boiling points Chemiluminescence Lay your cards on the table Electrochemical cells Oxidation, hydrolysis Creative problem solving Using electrochemical cells Sir Humphrey Davy and the safety lamp Keeping things short Alfred Nobel (1833-96) Nick Owen - innovations marketing manager The pyrrole pigments Transition metals Making light of project work Calcium, magnesium, zinc Project page Derek Denby 5 3 Modern manufacture, nature's acid rain, nitration mixture, dissolving copper Substances Gordon Woods 5 3 Eric Albone 5 5 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 Peter Ellis 5 5 5 4 4 4 Mervyn Hudson 5 4 David Nicholls John Sleigh 5 5 4 4 In pictures Detection of scents, gas chromatography, pheromones Plant manager Answer back Daedalus Making and doing People Revision note Back page Editorial Electrochemical reactions, galvanic cells, Daniel cell, electroplating cell, cell reactions for the corrosion of copper via oxygen reduction Democritus replies Making and doing Lab page Electrochemistry Innovations marketing manager Revision note In pictures People Haem compounds, oxygen binding to haemoglobin, bile pigments, Vitamin B12 Chemiluminescence, luminol Answer back Project page Richard Gilbert John Skinner John Garratt Gerry Ottewill and Frank Walsh Margaret Ferguson A Truman Schwartz Dyed in the woolly Propanone The colours of pyrrole pigments Boyle – a good egg Trade roots - locating the sources of ancient artefacts Chemical dingbats Iodine Steam distillation Colour – a chemical overview Nuclear magnetic resonance Acids and bases Chris Hewitt What is photochemical smog? There’s more to vitamin C than Brussel sprouts A most unusual beetle! Gilbert Lewis and the chemical bond Stained glass A colour change! Stick with it Polymer wordsearch Manufacture, solvent properties Daedalus Substances Back page Editorial 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 Terry Threlfall and Paul Harrison Gordon Woods Margaret Ferguson Ken Kite 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 In pictures Revision note Simon Duckett Rod Beavon 5 5 5 5 People Project page Chris Hewitt Mike Pilling Derek Denby 5 5 5 5 5 5 Answer back Fifty years ago Frank Harris Peter Ellis 5 5 5 5 Back page Editorial Penelope Winton John Garratt Gill Thomas 5 6 6 5 1 1 6 1 Ancient artefacts, flint, pottery, neutron activation, lead isotope analysis Making and doing Substances Lab page Chlorophyll, energy and colour, woad, tyrian purple, inorganic pigments, stained glass and gemstones, colours in inorganic compounds NMR Strong and weak acids, salts of weak acids, self-ionisation of water Brand manager Oxides of nitrogen, radicals, ozone Brussels sprouts, sources and stability of Vitamin C Bombardier beetle Adhesives, how they work, polymers for glues, polyurethanes, acrylic glues, epoxy resins Making and doing Gordon Woods John Garratt Mike Cowell Sir William Grove (1811-1896) WebElements Doll disease Volumetric analysis First-class organic chemistry Rise and fall of CFCs Hydrogen peroxide Reactions that don't seem to add up Plant location Nick Hazel Acid-base indicators and buffer solutions Reactions of halogenoalkanes with potassium hydroxide Winning crystals Fire your imagination Proteins Anagrams Testing for metal ions Becquerel Alumina Clock reactions 100 years ago Chemistry on the web Dick Powell 6 6 6 6 6 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 Substances Project page Gordon Woods Derek Denby 6 6 1 1 Our essential chemical industry People Revision note Gill Thomas 6 1 Nick Hazel Rod Beavon 6 6 1 1 Answer back Geoff Hallas 6 1 John Garratt John Garratt 6 6 6 1 2 2 Substances Margaret Ferguson Peter Ellis Gordon Woods 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 Project page Derek Denby 6 2 Cellulose acetate, raman spectroscopy Stamps with a chemical theme CFCs, early refrigerants, HCFCs, global warming Copper(II) sulfate, sodium hydroxide reaction Benzene, dyestuffs Issues Manager, BP Chemicals Large crystals grown by readers Lab page In pictures Back page Editorial Isotopes, chemical reactivity, solutions and crystals Making and doing Lab page Luminescence, radioactivity Bauxite, occurrence in nature, precious stones, anodised aluminium Peter Ellis Anne Hodgson Howell Edwards Margaret Ferguson Ways of representing proteins Salt Ultraviolet and visible spectra Raw materials The inside of a cat A potentially dangersous fertiliser! Finding information about degree courses Acid-base equilibria Salt mining Taking chemistry to its limits Sex and scents in the natural world A bird's-eye view Dragons blood and celluloid Chemistry in the open air How pure is your aspirin? Silica Explaining emission spectra, flame tests, hydrogen spectrum, experimental set-up Water, air, earth Transition metals as catalysts, death of a catalyst, air/fuel management Ammonium nitrate In pictures Focus on industry Revision note Bill Fox 6 6 6 2 2 2 Gill Thomas and John Garratt 6 2 6 2 Answer back Graham Mills and Gerry Ottewill Frank Harris 6 2 Chemistry on the web John Garratt 6 2 6 6 2 2 John Garratt David Kelly 6 3 Gill Thomas 6 3 Anita Quye 6 3 Derek Denby Gordon Woods 6 6 6 3 3 3 Our essential chemical industry Concept map Back page Editorial Insect attractants, making chemical attractants Defining chemical industry, industry's customers, chemical companies Chemical conundrums for museums, gums, resins and waxes, plastics made from cellulose, GLC, infrared and raman spectroscopy Aspirin, thin layer chromatography Sand, carbon dioxide and silicon dioxide, glasses, glass fibre, quartz Our essential chemical industry In pictures Project page Substances Coppergate helmet Molecule of the month Knocking your organic chemistry into shape Anne Hodgson The island that time forgot… Spy versus spy Nitric oxide Capillary electrophoresis Separating solids from liquids Mass spectrometry Kinetics – facts and theory CHEMystery Dingbats Atmospheric inputs to the oceans Conservation, corrosion of buried iron, chemical analysis Chemistry Department, University of York Frankincense, dragon's blood trees Molecular sensors are molecules designed to recognise and signal the presence of specific species Free radicals, atmospheric NO, tropospheric, stratospheric NO, NO in the body Forensic scientists and art historians are amongst those using this revolutionary technique for analysing tiny samples, methods of detection, sample injection Rate of reaction, order, chain reactions, rate constants, rate-determining steps, collision theory Finding out how much of the pollution in the oceans comes from the atmosphere Sonia O'Connor 6 3 Chemistry on the web Answer back John Garratt Peter Simpson 6 6 3 3 People Back page Anne Hodgson Jonathan Steed 6 6 6 3 3 4 Gordon Woods 6 4 Anne Hodgson 6 4 Lab page In pictures Revision note Margaret Ferguson 6 6 6 4 4 4 Chemistry on the web Jason Lynam 6 6 6 4 4 4 Substances Michael Lewis Tim Jickells Essential energy An organic ‘Whodunit?’ Investigating enzymes Rock `n` roll eggs Lessons learned Analysing food flavours Coffee, tea and chemistry Take that! Keeping the costs down MathMol Dr Beaker Melissa Levitt Water treatment Handling gases Mixed oxides Copper chemistry Group 4 Virtual reality in molecular modelling Chemistry in the mould Interconversion of organic functional groups, tests for functional groups Browning bananas, hydrolysing oils Rocks and minerals Analysis of flavours in food using chromatography and electronic noses Chemistry of making roast coffee and black tea and processes of brewing How medicines get to work, formulating a drug molecule into an effective medicine Fixed and variable costs, reducing costs of production Some puzzles/logic problems Chemistry Commissioning Editor for OUP Salters, minerals to elements Our essential chemical industry Answer back Gill Thomas 6 4 Peter Blake and Keith Warren 6 4 Project page Back page Editorial Derek Denby John Garratt Zulfiqur Ali and Liam O’Hare 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 Michael Spiro 6 5 Amanda King 6 5 Our essential chemical industry Chemistry on the web Making and doing People In pictures Lab page Substances Answer back Revision note Back page John Garratt & Gill Thomas 6 5 Jason Lynam Tina Overton 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Editorial Anne Hodgson 7 1 Margaret Ferguson Gordon Woods Frank Harriss Ray Vincent As Mad as a Hatter Buckminsterfullerenes Chlorides How accurate are Titrations? Testing for gases Lunch with Sir Harry University research Breath of fresh air Identifying gases Foiling the food fraudsters Element search Getting the language right An open invitation Structures, equations and mechanisms Nitrogen and phosphorus in estuaries Oceans of mercury Keep it simple Mercury Bonding and structure, melting and boiling points, electrical conductivity Language of analysis Sir Harry Kroto, Buckyballs Mobile atmospheric monitoring lab Atmospheric chemistry - field campaign at Mace Head (hydroxyl radicals and organic compounds) Chemistry on the web Substances Project page Lab page Encounter All in a day’s work In pictures Revision note Wide range of analytical approaches used by chemists in detection of adulteration of foodstuffs, enzymatic methods, HPLC, isotopic methods Chlorine molecule, ions Introduction NEAB Removal of DIP in estuaries, quantifying removal processes, nitrogen In China - emperor Making and doing Top tips Research team Answer back Chemistry and the environment Back page Editorial Gerry Ottewill and Graham Mills Jason Lynam Gordon Woods 7 1 7 7 1 1 Derek Denby Ray Vincent Richard Beatty, Simon Evans, Cher Thornhill Alastair Lewis 7 7 7 1 1 1 7 7 1 1 Ray Vincent Reg Wilson 7 7 1 1 Margaret Ferguson Eric Albone Graham Curtis 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 Tim Jickells 7 1 Anne Hodgson 7 7 1 2 The curious life of nitric oxide Chemistry is fun! Kinetics Fantastic plastics Chocolate - the inside story Carbon monoxide - more than just a deadly gas Intermolecular bonds Oxidation States (or oxidation numbers) Mountains of waste Research & development Green pages Potassium chloride Up in smoke Nano-architecture The shapes of molecules Investigating surface tension Aluminium chloride Isomerism Nitric oxide is not just a pollutant gas, it is vital to the health of our bodies, oxides of nitrogen, macrophages Be safe, colourful chemistry, iodine clock Alkenes Ingredients Atomic efficiency of reactions, carbon monoxide and catalysis, catalysts Polar molecule Oxidation numbers, working out oxidation states Waste, disposal, landfill Croda Universal Ltd Lattice, salt bridges, manufacture of potassium compounds Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the atmosphere Osmium, predicting shapes, ethane and ethanol Lewis acid, bases, organic catalyst Anthony Butler and Douglas Short 7 2 Making and doing Answer back Focus on industry In pictures Anne Hubbard Andrew Bethell Bill Fox Thierry Guiheneuf John Evans 7 7 7 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 Revision note Top tips Cathy Sparrow Margaret Ferguson 7 7 2 2 Chemistry and the environment All in a day’s work Chemistry on the web Substances Paul Phillips 7 2 Colin Newbould Jason Lynam Gordon Woods 7 7 7 2 2 2 7 2 Back page Editorial Top tips Anne Hodgson 7 7 3 3 Making and doing Substances Revision note Gerry Ottewill Gordon Woods John Murray 7 7 7 3 3 3 Iceman of the Alps – the mummy who came in from the cold SO2 and acid rain Study chemistry and see the world! Planning your Chemistry What’s in wine? Challenge of materials Ring the changes with Chime Woman of achievement Molecules in space – the chemical laboratory at the end of the universe Head in the clouds Sulfur: Element of mystery Life, the universe and the electron Gold’s fingerprint CCl4 and SiCl4 Spectroscopic techniques to analyse human skin, lipids, mummies, molecular vibration and raman spectroscopy Detection and determination, sampling 29th International Chemistry Olympiad Organic acids found in wine Dorothy Hodgkin Radical reactions, thermodynamics, kinetics, spectroscopy, low temperature reactions kinetics, light and electromagnetic radiation, spectra, temperature Howell Edwards 7 3 Chemistry and the environment Encounter Tony Edmonds and John Lee 7 3 Michael Pollitt 7 3 Answer back Project page In pictures Chemistry on the web Back page Alastair Fleming Derek Denby Jason Lynam Jean Whittingham Ian Smith 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 3 3 Editorial Anne Hodgson Tony Semlyen 7 7 4 4 Chemistry on the web Jason Lynam 7 4 John Watling 7 4 Gordon Woods 7 4 Sulfur can exist as rings and chains, these forms give rise to a range of colours, which have been observed on the Jovian moon, Io From serious crime to ancient artefacts, elemental fingerprinting can reveal the secrets of gold As a solvent, toxicity of, reactions with water Substances Ioning out the problems Ion exchange resins Thermal analysis Chemistry at work Climate Change and CO2 Periodic patterns Black smokers Taking a closer look at chemistry Quantum mechanical magic in the scanning tunnelling miscroscope Tracing oil spills at sea Aluminium – a paradoxical metal The secret life of an organic reaction Seeing atoms Patent agent IUPAC Illuminated letters The use of ion exchange to purify water, calculations in ion exchange chemistry, ion exchange systems in nature pKa values for some amino acids Thermogravimetry (TG), differential thermal analysis (DTA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) Clay structure, electrochemical sensors, froth flotation Measuring temperatures of the past, molecular solution NEAB 1996 Hydrothermal activity beneath the sea Nick Womack 7 4 Project page In pictures Derek Denby Anne Hodgson 7 7 4 4 Encounter King Edward VI College 7 4 Chemistry and the environment Answer back Back page Editorial Brendan Keely 7 4 Peter Battye Brendan Keely Anne Hodgson Chris Ennis 7 7 7 7 4 4 5 5 Chemistry and the environment Focus on industry Revision note Evin McGovern 7 5 Peter Ellis 7 7 5 5 In pictures All in a day's work Did you know Tim Doust Siân Hockley, 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 Scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) Crude oil, oil spills at sea, chemical analysis A paradoxical metal, data table Curly arrows, substitution reactions addition reactions, elimination reactions Reconstruction Trainee patent agent for Glaxo Wellcome Naming elements 101-109 Phosphorescent inks, luminescence, Dr A Lane Measuring the boiling point of a liquid PMD – a natural seed germination inhibitor HCl Chromatography and the structure of a dipeptide Something lost in the translation? Konzo: a case of cyanide poisoning from food Quinine – one of the great molecules Calculations involving amounts Poison! Are you part of a research team? Logical chemistry pH: Who needs to know? Complex information Make a note: The production of intaglio printing plates Using mnemonic methods Measuring pH Halogens The welding torch Grasping the nettle Vapour pressure and boiling point, simple distillation Stereoisomerism Lab page 7 5 Research team Watford Grammar School 7 5 Hydrogen chloride Substances Answer back Gordon Woods Robin Hillman 7 7 5 5 Strontianite, strontium Cassava, cyanide poisoning, thiocyanate Back page Margaret Ferguson Angela Melamed 7 8 5 1 Cinchona bark and mosquito bites, natural and synthetic products, malaria, heterocyclic molecules, stereoisomers Chemical formulae and equations, calculating moles Chemistry and health Chris Ramsden 8 1 Top tips Margaret Ferguson 8 1 Chemistry on the web Research team Making and doing In pictures Answer back Doug Clow 8 8 8 8 8 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 Remember, remember Lab page Revision note Back page Editorial Tom Keogh David Lindsey Cathy Sparrow 8 8 8 8 8 1 1 1 1 2 Transition metal elements and complex ions nickel electroforming, silver spraying, chrome plating Acid base indicators, pH meters Joe McGinnis Dave Lindsey Brian Parker David Stone Anne Hodgson Alcohol and drink-driving: From consumption to conviction Niels Bohr Fire! Napthazarin, PDT and the fight against cancer The story system Medicines in the garden Metals in medicine Spider diagrams What is chromatography? Drugs in the hay Does faster mean further? Making models Marie Curie How do we do it? 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