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Opinion
Letters: November 2008
From Alan Dronsfield Norman Nicholson asks about the introduction of uranium as the catalyst for the Haber process (Chemistry World, September 2008, p42). In 1908, Haber and Le Rossignol realised that it would be possible to synthesise ammonia in an 8 per cent yield at about 600°C and 200 atmospheres ...
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Opinion
Notions of nanobots
Ubiquitous images of nanobots are 20,000 leagues from reality, warns Phil Ball
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OpinionAbbes refractometer
The other day I found myself in the supermarket staring at a frozen cliff of buttery spreads
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Opinion
Editorial: Funding strategies
Why chemists are worried about the EPSRC's change in funding strategy
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OpinionClaisen's flask
In the name of effective multi-tasking, modern technology tries to combine as many functions into one small gadget as possible
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Opinion
Letters: October 2008
With reference to your interview with the new head of the ACC, Cal Dooley (Chemistry World , September 2008, p9), bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates are just two of several hundred chemicals that exhibit oestrogenic activity (EA) in plastics. These chemicals leach from almost all plastics sold today, including polyethylene, ...
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Opinion
Is the time ripe for a new second?
Philip Ball asks if you can spare him 429 228 004 229 952 oscillations of your time
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Opinion
Editorial: Launch of the LHC
The Large Hadron Collider captured the public's imagination but is it time to reconsider funding for particle physics?
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Opinion
Starting early
My first memory of being taught chemistry is being told to learn the names of all the elements, in order.
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OpinionRaschig's rings
Few who have listened to the music of Richard Wagner can remain indifferent to it.