Chemistry in its Element
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Podcast
Zirconium tungstate
Generally, things get bigger as they get hotter. Neil Withers examines one of the exceptions – zirconium tungstate
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PodcastGuncotton or nitrocellulose
From an apron aflame to a popular propellant, Michael Freemantle tracks the history of guncotton
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PodcastThiamine or vitamin B
Brian Clegg introduces an essential nutrient, and the first to hold the name ‘vitamin’: Thiamine or vitamin B
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PodcastCephalosporins
A story which starts knee-deep in sewage and ends with the spread of drug resistant infections like MRSA
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PodcastXenon hexafluoroplatinate
Hayley Birch discovers the compound that opened up a wing of the periodic table for reactions: Xenon hexafluoroplatinate
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PodcastSodium azide
Raychelle Burks finds out how Potbelly’s patrons became poisoning patients, in the mystery of the sodium azide-laced iced tea
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PodcastMethyl salicylate
In this week’s podcast, Raychelle Burks tells us of the cool but warming effects of methyl salicylate, better known as oil of wintergreen.
