Chemistry podcasts – Page 16
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PodcastAmmonium carbonate
Ever taken a whiff of smelling salts? For many years, the compound that contributed the pungent pong was ammonium carbonate
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PodcastAsafoetida
With a name that literally means rotten resin, asafoetida is a surprising food additive and deodorant
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PodcastSorting the Beef from the Bull by Richard Evershed – Book club
This month we discuss the ubiquitous nature of food fraud and its detection
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PodcastMethyl isocyanate
The 1984 accident at Bhopal, India, was the worst in the history of industrial chemistry. It involved a leak of methyl isocyanate
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PodcastShikimic acid
Kat Arney introduces a biologically ubiquitous compound, important in beating both infectious viruses and invasive weeds
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PodcastScientific Paper Writing by Bodil Holst – Book club
This month, we discuss how to write quality scientific papers
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PodcastTetraethyl lead
For decades, automobile fuel had a dangerous additive: Tetraethyl lead. Matt Gunther explains why a toxic compound was added to our fuel
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PodcastHaloperidol
It failed as a painkiller, but Haldol rapidly became an essential medicine for schizophrenia. Raychelle Burks explains more
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PodcastCadmium telluride
It may not be the best material for solar cells but it has some distinct advantages
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PodcastWhy Science is Sexist by Nicola Gaston – Book club
This month we discuss unconscious bias and other reasons why science is sexist
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PodcastUranium dioxide
This week’s compound has had a glowing career in the arts and a runaway success in the energy sector
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PodcastFluorescein
Kat Arney discovers the compound that first coloured the Chicago river green for St Patrick’s Day
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PodcastElements of Power by David Abraham – Book club
This month we learn of the problems that arise from mining rare metals in David Abraham’s The Elements of Power