The beauty of surface tension, spheres and attractive forces in nature

As laboratory partners and classmates, Nicole Zucker and Alison Whitney had the opportunity to explore chemical bonding and intermolecular forces of attraction inside the chemistry classroom.

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An almost forgotten simplification in the detection of amino acids

Abstract: Ninhydrin spraying may be eliminated by the incorporation of ninhydrin into the chromatographic solvent.

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Category: Feature Activities Classroom

Organic molecules of everyday life: 10. Hexenal

This is the 10th article in the series, which considers some common organic molecules encountered in our everyday lives. Described will be some general chemical information about the organic molecule, how it is useful to us, and other interesting facts.

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Category: Feature Chemistry News and updates

Public enemy number one?

At a party recently, a friend of mine (or should I say ex-friend), notorious for his outspoken personality, ran towards me as I entered the room. Realizing that I was about to be accosted, I pretended that I had forgotten to plug in my car’s block heater, and tried to leave the room. “Mark….Mark….”, I was trapped!

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