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Some Elements of Medicine: A Sample of Metals and Their Compounds Used to Treat Illnesses

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Anthony Toole

Metabolism and Valence Electron Energy: Oxygen Has Lower Energy Orbitals Than Carbon or Hydrogen

In: Biochemistry

By: Art Ayers

A Simple Explanation of Adenosine Triphosphate: ATP is the Biochemical Energy Molecule of Living Cells

In: Biochemistry

By: Bridget Coila

Structure of an Atom: Atoms are of Biological Importance

In: Biochemistry

By: Diane Ursu

Cell Metabolism is a Defining Feature of Life: Even Living Cells Need Nurishment in Order to Function

In: Biochemistry

By: Deborah Percy

The Solvay Process for Carbonates: Manufacture of Sodium Carbonate and Bicarbonate

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Harry P. Schlanger

Redox Reactions Defined: Named According to Gain or Loss of Electrons

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Harry P. Schlanger

Does Distilled Water Conduct Electricity? How Water Conducts Electric Currents

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Feature Writer Megan Jungwi

Alchemy and the Philosopher's Stone: A Brief History with the Nature of an Alchemist's Goal

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Feature Writer Lorraine Syratt

The Uses of Hydrogen Peroxide: A Reagent that Bleaches, Cleans and Creates Fluorescence

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Jennifer Graham

Naming Linear Alkynes: Rules of Nomenclature for Triple-Bonded Linear Hydrocarbons

In: Organic Chemistry

By: Philip McIntosh

Cell Membrane: Phospholipid Bilayer Formed by Surface Tension

In: Biochemistry

By: Art Ayers

What Is Surface Tension? Hydrogen Bonds, Organized Water and Maximized Entropy

In: Biochemistry

By: Art Ayers

Telling the Difference Between Gemstones: How Scientists and Industry Professionals Identify Gemstones

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Feature Writer Megan Jungwi

How Shampoo Works: The Chemistry Behind Shampoo's Cleansing Action

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Feature Writer Megan Jungwi

Alcohol, More Than Just a Drink: The Importance in Chemistry of Alcohols and Related Compounds

In: Organic Chemistry

By: Anthony Toole

Why Water and Oil Don't Mix: Here's Why Oil Does Not Dissolve in Water

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Feature Writer Megan Jungwi

Hydrophobic, Hydrophilic and Hydrogen Bonds: Oily Molecules are Unable to Bond with Water

In: Biochemistry

By: Art Ayers

Hydrogen Bonds Form Biological Structures: H-bond is H Attached to Valence Electron Pair of O or N

In: Biochemistry

By: Art Ayers

Cell Metabolism and Energy Basics for Everyone: Energy Extraction, Capture,Transfer, Burning Makes Life Possible

In: Biochemistry

By: Feature Writer Donald Reinhardt

Titanium, Modern Technology's Designer Metal: An Indispensable Element, Once Thought to be Rare and of Little Use

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Anthony Toole

Naming Alkane Alcohols: Nomenclature of Hydroxylated Compounds With Carbon Single Bonds

In: Organic Chemistry

By: Philip McIntosh

Naming Linear Alkenes: Rules of Nomenclature for Linear Double-Bonded Carbon Compounds

In: Organic Chemistry

By: Philip McIntosh

The History of Polystyrene: How the Widely Used Expanded Packaging Material was Developed

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Naming Cyclic Alkanes: Rules of Nomenclature For Single-Bonded Carbon Rings

In: Organic Chemistry

By: Philip McIntosh

Naming Linear Alkanes: Rules of Nomenclature For Single-Bonded Carbon-Hydrogen Compounds

In: Organic Chemistry

By: Philip McIntosh

Everyday Chemistry Investigation Projects: Research the Science of Normal Life using Scientific Method

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Simple Explanation of the Types of Chemical Bond: The Main Ways that Atoms Join Together to Form Molecules

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Martin Bell

Simple Explanation of Atomic Structure: Definitions of Parts of the Atom and How They Affect Chemistry

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Martin Bell

Nuclear Binding Energy: What Holds the Nucleus of an Atom Together?

In: Physical Chemistry

By: Martin Bell

Reaction Specificity of Enzymes: Proteins Rigidly Bind Ligands by Multiple Weak Bonds

In: Biochemistry

By: Art Ayers

Safety Issues With Hydrofluoric Acid: Special Precautions Needed When Handling HF

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Martin Bell

Aluminium (Aluminum), Earth's Commonest Metal: Only Non-metals Oxygen and Silicon are More Abundant in the Crust

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Anthony Toole

How DVDs and CDs Store Data: Reading and Writing a Digital Versatile Disk or Compact Disk

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Martin Bell

Why Does Red Cabbage Change Color When Cooked? Red Anthocyanin Pigments in Cabbage Turn Color with Changes in pH

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Stephanie Jolly

Physics of Ice and Water: Water's Liquid and Solid Phases Are Vastly Different

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Properties and Uses of Sodium Bicarbonate: Baking Soda Bicarbonate has Powerful Effects and Myriad Applications

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Harry P. Schlanger

Calcium, the Element of Construction: Compounds of this Metal Support Mountains, Buildings and Our Bodies

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Anthony Toole

Adolf Baeyer and the Synthesis of Indigo Dye: Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry in 1905

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Andy Allison

Hermann Fischer Discoverer of the Peptide Bond: The Early Chemistry of Peptides, Purines, and Sugars

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Andy Allison

Jacobus van't Hoff Pioneer of Physical Chemistry: The World's First Nobel Chemistry Prize Winner

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Andy Allison

Silicon - Applications of the Ubiquitous Element: In Many Periods, the Uses of Silicon Compounds Have Defined the Age

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Anthony Toole

Silicon, the Element That is Everywhere: A Natural Resource That Will Never Be in Short Supply

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Anthony Toole

Entropy and Free Energy Made Simple: Everyday Models to Explain Thermodynamics

In: Physical Chemistry

By: Andy Allison

The Platinum Group Metals: An Industrially Important Family of Very Rare and Expensive Elements

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Anthony Toole

Zinc, Wide Usage of a Modest Metal: One of the Earliest Metals to have Appeared in Human History

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Anthony Toole

Water The Greenhouse Gas in a Glass: Structure of Water Molecules and Role in Climate Change

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Andy Allison

Blue Skies, White Clouds, Red Sunsets: Some Effects of Colloid Sized Particles

In: Physical Chemistry

By: Anthony Toole

Phosphorus, the Bringer of Light: A Toxic Element that is Essential to all Living Things

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Anthony Toole

Proteins and Amino Acids: The Biochemistry of the Building Blocks of All Proteins

In: Biochemistry

By: Kenneth Rosen

Angiotensin II Signaling Pathways: G-protein Activation and Kinase Signaling Cascades

In: Biochemistry

By: Alicia Mae Prater

Rhubarb and Other Poisons: This Delicious Food Contains a Highly Toxic Chemical

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Anthony Toole

Radioactive Element Polonium. One of the great and ultimately tragic Tales of Chemistry.

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Anthony Toole

Oxygen and Dietary Antioxidants: Oxidative Stress May Contribute to Aging and Disease

In: Biochemistry

By: Tamara Golden

The Periodic Table by E.R.Scerri: A Review of this New Book on a Foundational Topic of Chemistry

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

Atmospheric Chemistry: Natural and Man-made Chemicals in the Air

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

The Production and Uses of Zinc: The Metal used for Galvanising, Paints, Brass and other Alloys

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Environmental Chemistry: The Chemistry of Earth, Water and Air in Balance

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

Atomic Orbitals: The Quantum Mechanics of Electrons in Atoms

In: Physical Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

LSD – Psychedelic Hallucinogen: Recreational Drug "Acid" was Produced Accidentally

In: Biochemistry

By: Simon Davies

Gasification: Cleaner Electricity: A New Technology that Generates Electricity Cleanly from Fossil Fuel

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

DNA: The Information Molecule: The Double Helix Molecule, Watson and Crick and the Human Genome

In: Biochemistry

By: Simon Davies

Mass Spectrometry: Identifying Molecules by Smashing them up.

In: Organic Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Cerium – Rare Earth Element: A Reactive Metal that can Help Reduce Particulate Pollution

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

The Chemistry of Benzene: A Hexagonal Molecule on which is Founded Aromatic Chemistry

In: Organic Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Chlorine For Water Treatment: Why is Such a Dangerous Chemical Added to Water?

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Carbon Monoxide: Useful but Deadly: The Silent Killer Used to Make Detergents and Acetic Acid

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

The Chemistry of Glass: The Composition and Properties of Different Types of Silica Glass

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

The Haber Process: Fixing Nitrogen from Air to Make Ammonia for Fertilizers

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

Surfactants: Cleaning Chemicals: How do Soap and Washing-Up Liquid Work?

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Automated Peptide Synthesis: Bruce Merrifield Invented a New Method for Bulk Protein Synthesis

In: Biochemistry

By: Simon Davies

Kevlar: Bullet-Proof Polymer: Plastic that is Five Times Stronger than Steel

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Is Salt Bad for You? Does Sodium Chloride Causes High Blood Pressure and Heart Disease?

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Pauling and Sickle Cell Anemia: The First Condition Described as a Molecular Disease

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

What Is Cellular Metabolism? Anabolic Pathways of Aerobic Respiration Turn Food into ATP Energy

In: Biochemistry

By: Feature Writer Tami Port

What Is an Enzyme Catalyst? Catalytic Proteins and Catalysis in Living Systems

In: Biochemistry

By: Feature Writer Tami Port

What Is the Nucleotide ATP? The Energy Currency of Organic Molecule Adenosine Triphosphate

In: Biochemistry

By: Feature Writer Tami Port

What Are Organic Molecules? Carbohydrates, Proteins, Lipids and Nucleic Acids

In: Organic Chemistry

By: Feature Writer Tami Port

Amino Acids and Proteins: Structure and Function of Peptide Monomers & Polypeptide Polymers

In: Organic Chemistry

By: Feature Writer Tami Port

What Is a Carbohydrate or Saccharide? Mono- Di- and Polysaccharides: Sugar's Sweet Organic Molecules

In: Organic Chemistry

By: Feature Writer Tami Port

What Is a Lipid Molecule? Organic Chemistry of Fats, Phospholipids, Waxes & Steroids

In: Organic Chemistry

By: Feature Writer Tami Port

The Chemistry of Sulfuric Acid: The Industrial Chemical Produced in the Largest Volume in the World

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

Rates of Chemical Reactions: The Study of Kinetics, Catalysts, Conditions and Collision Theory

In: Physical Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

An Introduction to Noble Gases: Elements in this group have a special electron configuration.

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Lisa A. Bessasparis

Methods of Electroplating: Plating Metal Objects Using Electrochemistry

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

Types of Polymers: Different Categories of Long Chain Molecules

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

The History of Polymers: Long-Chain Molecules which Have Become Indispensable in Modern Life

In: Organic Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Metals and Non-Metals: Classification of Elements According to Properties

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

What is Physical Chemistry? Energy Changes, Atomic Structure and Reaction Rates

In: Physical Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Enzyme Inhibition: Ribonuclease A and Tosylphenylalanine Chloromethyl Ketone(TPCK)

In: Biochemistry

By: Melanie Lamprecht

Cholesterol Chemistry: Is Cholesterol Bad for our Health? Why do we need Cholesterol?

In: Biochemistry

By: Simon Davies

The Chemistry of Fat: Saturated and Unsaturated Triglyceride Lipids

In: Biochemistry

By: Simon Davies

Wine Chemistry: The Importance of Chemical Understanding in Wine Manufacture

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

How do Batteries Work? The Portable Electricity Source is Indispensable in Modern Life

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Electrochemistry: Chemical Reactions Caused by Electric Current

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Proteins: Polymers of Amino Acids Vital to Biochemistry in the Human Body

In: Biochemistry

By: Simon Davies

Chemical Websites: A Roundup of Chemistry Resources on the Internet.

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

Oxidation and Reduction: Redox Reactions Useful to Understand Batteries and Metal Extraction

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

The Chemistry of Concrete: Aggregate, cement and water combine in important chemical reactions

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

Water – The Chemical for Life: A compound of Oxygen and Hydrogen with unique properties.

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

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