Practical work has had a central and distinct role in chemistry. Experimentation is the essence of learning science. The purpose of doing experiments is to teach the principles of scientific inquiry, ...

THIS “Laboratory Manual of Physical Chemistry” covers only twenty-four experiments, but these are set out in detail with full references to the literature. An ample supply of blank pages is provided, ...

A team of researchers at the Departments of Physical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry of the University of Malaga and The ...

The quest to make metallic hydrogen has been long and arduous. Victory has been declared several times, and sometimes retracted. Scientists predicted hydrogen’s metallic state—which could be useful as ...

Engineered polymers hold promise for use in next generation technologies such as light-harvesting devices and implantable ...

Physical chemists aim to develop a fundamental understanding at the molecular and atomic level of how materials behave and how chemical reactions occur, knowledge that is relevant in nearly every area ...

You might think of chemistry only in the context of lab tests, food additives or dangerous substances, but the field of chemistry involves everything around us. "Everything you hear, see, smell, taste ...

When a chemical reaction occurs, atoms are neither created nor destroyed. Instead, the atoms rearrange themselves to form new chemicals. This is known as a chemical change. The other kind of change in ...

Find out why mustard burns your nasal passages but chillies don’t, the link between beetroot and camels, why you might taste boiled potatoes when you eat cheddar cheese or how beetles can make a ...