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Chemistry in its element

Chemistry in its element

624 Episodes • By Chemistry World • www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts...
A weekly tour of the periodic table, from Chemistry World, the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
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Chemistry in its element
Chemistry in its element
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Batteries: The bedrock of the sustainable future
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Jun 1 2021 21m
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Cinnamaldehyde: Chemistry in its element
How did a tree bark from Sri Lanka become one of the... more
Dec 21 2020 7m
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Azidoazide azide: Chemistry in its element
A compound so explosively unstable that nobody has b... more
Dec 11 2020 5m
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Ochre: Chemistry in its element
How one of mankind's oldest pigments helped shepherd... more
Dec 4 2020 7m
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Maltodextrin: Chemistry in its element
A sweet compound that provides ample energy for extr... more
Nov 27 2020 7m
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Ionic liquids: Chemistry in its element
Liquid salts, ionic melts, fused salts, or ionic gla... more
Nov 20 2020 11m
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Chlorhexidine: Chemistry in its element
An antimicrobial compound that kills bacteria and vi... more
Nov 13 2020 8m
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Asparagusic acid: Chemistry in its element
Does asparagus give you foul-smelling urine? Helen A... more
Nov 5 2020 7m
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Glycyrrhizic acid: Chemistry in its element
A sweet treat with a deadly trick for Halloween – gl... more
Oct 30 2020 6m
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Propofol: Chemistry in its element
Also known as 'milk of amnesia', propofol helps to p... more
Oct 23 2020 6m
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Sofosbuvir: Chemistry in its element
Hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir made waves when first la... more
Oct 16 2020 6m
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Bedaquiline: Chemistry in its element
Meera Senthilingam makes a welcome return to the pod... more
Oct 9 2020 9m
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Oxybenzone: Chemistry in its element
This summer's extreme weather prompts Katrina Krämer... more
Oct 2 2020 12m
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Gypsum: Chemistry in its element
From Lavoisier’s experiments with plaster of paris t... more
Aug 7 2020 8m
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Favipiravir: Chemistry in its element
Originally developed to treat flu and marketed in Ja... more
Aug 2 2020 7m
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Tannic acid: Chemistry in its element
Tannic acid in green acorns can kill wild animals an... more
Jul 24 2020 8m
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Ractopamine: Chemistry in its element
Common in the US but banned in the EU, this animal f... more
Jul 17 2020 7m
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Hexasilabenzene: Chemistry in its element
Brian Clegg discovers what a six-membered silicon ri... more
Jul 10 2020 6m
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2AP (2-acetyl-1-pyrroline): Chemistry in its element
Frances Addison on the aromatic compound found in bo... more
Jul 3 2020 5m
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Dexamethasone: Chemistry in its element
News that this cheap, ubiquitous steroid drug may re... more
Jun 26 2020 6m
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Porcelain: Chemistry in its element
Mike Freemantle on the art, history and science of t... more
Jun 19 2020 6m
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Feldspar: Chemistry in its element
Brian Clegg introduces the humble mineral that delig... more
Jun 12 2020 7m
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Cimetidine: Chemistry in its element
Mike Freemantle introduces the peptic ulcer treatmen... more
Jun 5 2020 7m
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Fexinidazole: Chemistry in its element
The World Health Organisation hope to eradicate huma... more
May 29 2020 6m
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DMT – Dimethyltryptamine: Chemistry in its element
Georgia Mills investigates the psychoactive found in... more
May 22 2020 7m
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