All History articles – Page 54
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OpinionSchlenk apparatus
Wilhelm Johann Schlenk, the German chemist who prepared some of the first organosodium and organolithium compounds, and developed the inert-atmosphere techniques now common in many labs
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Beckmann thermometer
There was a time, long ago, that few of us remember, when you couldn't just head down to the basement and get a quick NMR or mass spectrum of your latest compound
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OpinionKipp's apparatus
If there's one piece of glassware other than a conical flask that spells the word 'chemistry' in the minds of most people it is Kipp's apparatus
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Fashion drives natural product synthesis target selection
Total synthesis is not immune to the vagaries of fickle fashion, says Dylan Stiles
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OpinionBunsen burner
In terms of equipment associated with science, few, if any, are more iconic...
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The impossible dream of perpetual motion machines
Dylan Stiles hungers for the ultimate free lunch
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OpinionSoxhlet extractor
One sure-fire way of entering the chemical pantheon is to get your name associated with a piece of kit
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FeatureThe enduring image
In the commercial battle between digital and analogue photography, physics eventually prevailed. Here, Mike Ware reveals how chemistry shaped the history of photographic images
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Buckminsterfullerene and the quest for funny-looking molecules
Dylan Stiles just loves those funny-looking molecules
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FeatureThe woman that inspired Faraday
Jane Marcet wrote what was to become one of history's most important chemistry books. Hazel Rossotti dips into her pioneering 'Conversations on Chemistry'