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| Unit 1 Articles: Working with Measurements | |||
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Date |
Location |
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Instruction / Tips |
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| Nanotechnology's Big Impact | Oct
'09 |
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| Quest from the Classroom: Science doesn't prove anything. | Oct '07 | |
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| Quest. from the Classroom: Why does a Helium Balloon Float? | Dec '06 | |
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| Thermometers | Dec '06 | |
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| Material Safety Data Sheets: Passports to Safety | Oct '06 | |
Must also read the MSDS Sheets for HCl and Ni |
| Glass: More Than Meets the Eye | Oct '06 | |
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| Beefing Up Atmospheric Models | Oct '03 | |
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| Making the World Safe for Blondes | Sep '02 | |
focus on the meaning of "Validation" |
| How Earth Got its Aura | Sep '05 | |
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| Flight of the WB-57 | Sep '05 | |
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| Titanic: Was it Doomed by Chemistry? | Dec '11 |
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| What Chemists Do |
Oct '09 |
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| What
Uuought to Know About Elements 112-118 |
Oct
'09 |
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| Research Ethics 101 |
Feb '09 |
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| Serendipitous Chemistry | Oct '07 | |
How many things were accidentally discovered |
| Life on Mars? | Dec
'94 |
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| An Orbitz Investigation |
Oct '97 | |
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| Fire at your Fingertips |
Feb '01 | |
focus
on methods of testing and timing tell what the hypothesis and conclusion of their tests were |
| Soil Chemistry - Sifting through the Past | Apr '01 | |
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| Cryogenics: Extremely Cold
Chemistry |
Feb '04 | |
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| 4 Cool Chemistry Jobs | Dec
'03 |
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| Murder She Floats | Dec
'02 |
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| Unit 2 Articles: Classification of Matter | ||||
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Date |
Location |
Further
Instruction / Tips |
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| Ice, Cream, and Chemistry | Feb '14 | |
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| The Sweet Science of Candy-Making | Oct '14 | |
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| Graphene: The Next Wonder Material | Oct '12 | Web |
Also check out Video about this Article | |
| Open For Discussion" Lighten Up! (CFL Light Bulbs) | Apr '12 | |
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How
Plasma TV's Work  (links to
HowStuffWorks.com) |
Web |
Click Next Page to read
full article |
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| Recycling Aluminum: A Way of Life or a Lifestyle? | Apr '12 |
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| UltraCold Atoms (Bose-Einstein Condensate)
on Nova (PBS) Website |
Web |
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| Myths: Chemistry Tells The Truth (Microwaves & "Is Glass a Liquid?") | Dec '10 |
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| Is this Water
Recycled Sewage? |
Feb
'11 |
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| A Single Ignition: A
Cautionary Tale |
Apr '11 |
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| Questions
from the Classroom: Can You See Steam? |
Oct
'09 |
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| Ancient Soil Chemists of the
Amazon |
Feb '09 |
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| Oil Drilling Disaster
Discussion |
Oct
'10 |
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| The Race for Iodine | Oct '06 | |
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Dec '05 | |
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| The Science of Slime | Dec '04 | |
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| Student Chemist Gets Plants to do the Dirty Work | Apr '03 | |
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| Chemistry of the Light Bulb | Apr '03 | |
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| Memory Metal | Oct '93 | |
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| Ink | Feb '93 | |
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| Saint's Blood | Feb '93 | |
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| Brand-Name vs Generic Drugs: What's the Difference? | Feb '13 | |
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| Who Put the Cheddar in the Cheese? | Feb '12 | |
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| Forensic Chemists | Oct '10 |
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| It's
All About Liquid Crystals |
Oct
'10 |
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| The Not-So-Simple Life of Filters | Feb '08 | |
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| Tantalum, Congo, and Your Cell Phone | Oct '07 | |
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| The Captivating Chemistry of Coins | Apr '07 | |
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| Gold in Your Tank | Apr '07 | |
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| Bling Zinger - The Lead Content in Jewelry | Apr '06 | |
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| Salting Roads: The Solution for Winter Driving | Feb '06 | |
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| Secrets of the Samauri Sword Revealed | Dec '05 | |
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| Buried in Ice | Apr '04 | |
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| Lead - Beethoven's Heavy Metal Ailment | Oct '01 | |
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| How We Smell and Why We Stink | Dec '01 | |
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| Matches: Striking Chemistry at Your Fingertips | Dec '02 | |
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| Tapping Saltwater for a Thirsty World | Oct '02 | |
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| Clean Water and Edward Frankland | Oct '02 | |
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| Artificial Snow: Powder for the Slopes | Dec '00 | |
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| The Birth of the Elements | Oct '00 | |
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| Unit 3A Articles: Chemical Equations & Reactions | |||
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Title |
Date |
Location |
Further
Instruction / Tips |
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| In the Fog about Smog |
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| Is Your Car a Living Thing? | Feb '13 | |
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| Sugar: An Unusual
Explosive |
Dec
'10 |
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| The Olympic Flame: Chemistry Held High | Oct '08 | |
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| The Captivating Chemistry of Candles | Dec '07 | |
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| The Science of Nascar | Feb '07 | |
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| The Dog Ate my Homework | Apr '06 | |
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| Building a Better Bleach: A Green Chemistry Challenge | Apr '04 | |
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| Carnivorous Plants | Dec '93 | |
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| Crazy Candies | Oct '93 | |
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| Camping Stoves | Apr '92 | |
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| Wastewater | Apr '92 | |
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| The New Chemistry of Fuel Cells | Dec '07 | |
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| Ice That Melts | Oct '95 | |
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| Iron For Breakfast | Oct '94 | |
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| Bubble Gum | Oct '94 | |
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| The Exploding Cabin | Oct '94 | |
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| CO Control | Oct '97 | |
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| Teeth Whitening (inlclude | Dec '03 | |
be sure to read the "Fizz and Wizz" subarticle box |
| The Fizz-Keeper | Feb '02 | |
See
Mr. Arrow to take one home |
| Going for Platinum | Apr '05 | |
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| The Silent Killer | Feb '05 | |
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| Airbags
(in cars) |
Feb '97 | |
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| Unit 4 Articles: Stoichiometry | |||
| Article
Title |
Date |
Location |
Further
Instruction / Tips |
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| Flatus: Chemistry in the Wind | Feb '03 | |
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| Unit 3B Articles: Acids, Bases, and Molarity | ||||
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Date |
Location |
Further
Instruction / Tips |
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| What Makes Magic Tricks Tick? |
Oct
'10 |
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| The Forensics of Blood | Feb '08 | |
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| Retiring Old Tires | Apr '07 | |
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| ChemHistory: Coal Mine Safety | Feb '04 | |
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| Lab on a Stick | Oct '04 | |
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| Green Chemistry: Stopping Pollution Before it Starts | Apr '03 | |
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| Alien Atmosphere: There' No Place Like Home | Oct '03 | |
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| Ozone: Molecule with Split Personality | Sep '01 | |
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| Survival at Sea | Oct '92 | |
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| Diesel Under Pressure | Feb '91 | |
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| Swimming Pool Chemistry | Apr '83 | |
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| pH and Hair Shampoo | Apr '83 | |
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| Not Milk? Living with Lactose Intolerance | Apr '13 |
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| Rio Negro & Amazon:
Two Rivers that Refuse to Mix |
Dec '10 |
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| Rebreathers | Feb '08 | |
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| How the Cookie Doesn't Crumble | Dec '07 | |
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| Do you want Biodiesel with that? | Apr '05 | |
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| Chemical Counterfeit Catcher | Oct '97 | |
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| Mystery Matters: Biosphere II | Feb
'95 |
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| Swimming Pools | Apr '94 | |
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| Unit 5 Articles: Structure of the Atom | ||||
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Title |
Date |
Location |
Further
Instruction / Tips |
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| Where Do Chemical Elements Come From? | Oct
'09 |
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| Element Hunters -- National Geographic | May '13 | |
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| Fireworks! |
Oct '10 |
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| Quest from the Classroom: How
can a noble gas like radon be poisonous? |
Feb
'09 |
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| Follow the Carbon, Follow the What? | Feb '08 | |
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| The Sun: Fusion at Work | Feb '07 | |
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| The New Alchemy | Oct
'06 |
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| Sick Buildings: Air Pollution Comes Home | Oct
'06 |
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| The Chemistry of Digital Photography | Feb '06 | |
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| Einstein's Miraculous Year | Dec '05 | |
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| Liquid Crystal Displays | Oct ' 05 | |
be sure to read inset on Plasma Displays | |
| AntiMatter | Apr
'05 |
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| Life in a Greenhouse | Oct '03 | |
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| The Explosive History of Nitrogen | Feb '03 | |
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| Studying the Energy of the Universe | Sep '02 | |
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| Spectroscopy: Seeing the Unseen | Sep '01 | |
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| Microwave Chemisty | Dec '93 | |
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| Shrouded in Mystery | Feb '89 | |
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| Carbon-14 Dating | Feb '89 | |
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| Unwrapping the Mystery of Mummies |
Feb '12 | |
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| Chemistry in Harry
Potter's World |
Feb '09 |
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| The Tale of the Teeth | Dec '08 | |
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| The Death of Alexander Litvinenko | Apr '07 | |
about Radioactive Polonium Poisoning | |
| Real or Fake? The James Ossuary Case | Feb '06 | |
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| Motion Detectors | Dec '05 | |
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| Questions from the Classroom: Uranium Enrichment | Apr '05 | |
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| Ocean BioLights | Dec '04 | |
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| The Search for Martian Water | Oct '02 | |
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| Studying the Energy of the Universe | Apr '01 | |
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| Luminol - Casting a Revealing Light on Crime | Dec '01 | |
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| Chemiluminesceince: The Cold Light | Oct '95 | |
about Glow Sticks |
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| Fine Art Fraud | Dec '94 | |
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| Nuclear Accidents book- part 1 Three Mile Island (Chap 3, 4 & 8) | |
Report on how nuclear
power plants work and the events that happened during the TMI crisis. |
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| Nuclear
Accidents
book - part 2 Chernobyl (Chap 3,5, & 8) |
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Report on how nuclear power plants work and summarize the events that happened during the Chernobyl meltdown | ||
| Video: Crisis in the
Atmosphere |
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#VT 363.73 CRI - Write about the environmental effects of Chernobyl | ||
| Video: Secrets of Science - Our Solar System | |
#VT 523.2 OUR - Write about how the sun works and describe the debate over the nature of light. | ||
| Video: The Prize: The New Order of Oil - Program 8 | |
#VT 338.2 PRI - Summarize program 8 | ||
| Video: Madame Curie | |
Summarize
Marie Curie work with radiation and discovery of radium |
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| Video: Smithsonian World Video "The Atom" | |
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| Unit 6 Articles: Periodic Trends and Chemical Bonding | |||
| Article
Title |
Date |
Location |
Further
Instruction / Tips |
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| Hot Peppers | Dec '13 | |
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| The Many Looks of the Periodic Table | Oct '08 | |
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| Demystifying Gross Stuff | Oct '11 | |
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| Linus Pauling: An American Hero | Oct '07 | |
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| Paintball! Chemistry Hits its Mark | Apr '07 | |
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| Why Doesn't Oil Mix with Water? | Apr'06 | |
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| Permanent Waves | Apr '93 | |
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| Old News, New Paper | Apr '93 | |
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| ChemHistory: The Great Hartford Circus Fire | Feb '05 | |
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| Magic Sand | Apr '94 | |
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| Water of Life | Feb '05 | |
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| Lithography Printing | Oct '01 | |
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