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Chemistry in its element
Chemistry in its element episodes
- Urushiol: Chemistry in its element
Kat Arney introduces a two-faced tree sap that can cause nasty rashes or be made into beautiful Japanese furniture
6 min - Mercuric chloride: Chemistry in its element
Through an early ointment for spots through a medicine for syphilitic Victorians, Michael Freemantle traces the history of highly toxic mercuric chloride
7 min - Nepetalactone: Chemistry in its element
The catnip compound that felines go crazy for could have exciting uses for humans, too, as Kat Arney finds out
6 min - Spermine and spermidine: Chemistry in its element
Kiki Sanford explores how polyamines found in semen could be related to a long and healthy life
9 min - Mustine: Chemistry in its element
Michael Freemantle on chemical weapons and the birth of cancer chemotherapy
7 min - CiiE: Molybdenum disulphide
Forming layers just three atoms deep, molybdenum disulfide shows potential in filtration, flexible screens and minuscule transistors
8 min - Arsenic trioxide: Chemistry in its element
Kit Chapman explains how a 'daft' pharmacy mix up led to a series of poisonings in Victorian Britain
6 min - Darcin: Chemistry in its element
Jane Austen’s Mr Darcy lends his name to a pheromone that lets mice feel the love, as Kat Arney discovers
7 min - Porphyrins: Chemistry in its element
Brian Clegg examines the colourful compounds that no red-blooded creature can do without: Porphyrins
7 min - Solvated electrons: Chemistry in its element
Blue flashes and metallic water are just some of the tricks the smallest possible anion has up its sleeve
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About Chemistry in its element
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A weekly tour of the periodic table, from Chemistry World, the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry.