Chemistry in its element podcast – compounds – Page 25

  • Vintage camera and photos on a wooden table
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    Silver nitrate

    2010-11-24T00:00:00Z

    Phillip Broadwith captures the history of Silver Nitrate

  • Close up of wine glasses on a wooden table
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    Silicon dioxide

    2010-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Brian Clegg raises a glass to the chemistry of silicon dioxide

  • Strychnos nux vomica tree
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    Strychnine

    2010-11-10T00:00:00Z

    This week, Simon Cotton takes us into the world of cloaks and daggers by focusing on the poisonous compound Strychnine

  • Scoop of white powder
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    Sulfanilamide

    2010-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton pays a tribute to the compound that saved thousands of lives during a decade when penicillin was not available

  • Vintage gas mask buried in the sand
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    Sulfur mustard

    2010-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Deployed in the first world war and named for their distinctive ordour, Brian Clegg talks us through the most terrible agents of chemical warfare 

  • Jelly beans on a table
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    Tartrazine

    2010-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Brian Clegg explores the compound that colours our world

  • Cancer patients receiving chemotherapy treatment in a hospital
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    Taxol

    2010-10-13T00:00:00Z

     A crucial compound in chemotherapy - John Mann explores the anticancer drug Taxol 

  • A bottle of Testosterone and a syringe against a white background
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    Testosterone

    2010-10-06T00:00:00Z

     A compound that is appreciated by many athletes, Simon Cotton investigates Testosterone

  • TETRACYCLINE generic drug pills in a prescription bottle
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    Tetracycline

    2010-09-29T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton travels back to 1945 where a sample of Missouri soil produced a golden yellow antibiotic

  • Puffer fish on a black background
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    Tetrodotoxin

    2010-09-22T00:00:00Z


    This week Simon Cotton investigates Tetrodoxotin (TTX), a poisonous chemical obtained from the fugu fish

  • pack of thalidomide tablets
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    Thalidomide

    2010-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton introduces the story of Thalidomide - a compound that caused some disastrous consequencs

  • cannabis plant
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    Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

    2010-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Akshat Rathi introduces one of the key psychoactive ingredients in cannabis

  • Broken chocolate bar chunks on a solid white background
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    Theobromine

    2010-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Brian Clegg explores the bitter compound enjoyed by those of us with a sweet tooth

  • Titanium dioxide crystals against a colourful background
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    Titanium dioxide

    2010-08-25T00:00:00Z

    A compound with many uses, Phil Robinson talks us through Titanium Dioxide 

  • TNT explosives on a blue background
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    TNT

    2010-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton takes us through the history of an explosive compound

  • Submerged nuclear reactor with blue glow
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    UF6

    2010-08-11T00:00:00Z

     Phillip Broadwith investigates a compound that could fuel a nuclear reactor 

  • Phytoplankton sample under a microscope
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    Uk37

    2010-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Josh Howgego dives into the importance of the unicellular marine organism Emiliania huxleyi

  • urea fertilizers in researcher hand, to research on nutrient and fertilizer management
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    Urea

    2010-07-28T00:00:00Z

     Ian Le Guillou explores Urea's 300 years old history

  • Antibiotic tablets on a white table
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    Vancomycin

    2010-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton explains the chemistry behind Vancomycin, an antibiotic used to treat a number of bacterial infections

  • Vanilla fruit drying
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    Vanillin

    2010-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton explores the history of Vanillin