CHEMISTRY In our community. The Chemical Universe Chemistry is the study of atoms Atoms are the...

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CHEMISTRY In our community

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Page 1: CHEMISTRY In our community. The Chemical Universe Chemistry is the study of atoms Atoms are the building blocks of nature How many atoms are there in.

CHEMISTRYIn our community

Page 2: CHEMISTRY In our community. The Chemical Universe Chemistry is the study of atoms Atoms are the building blocks of nature How many atoms are there in.

The Chemical Universe

Chemistry is the study of atoms

Atoms are the building blocks of nature

How many atoms are there in a cup of tea?

Chemical Science is shaping our future

15,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

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Chemistry of Flowers

Smell a Flower• The Fragrance is Chemistry

See a Flower• The Colours are Chemistry

Touch a Flower• The Structure is Chemistry

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Chemistry in the Home

Everything in your home is Chemistry

Shower Gel, Wallpaper, Baked Beans…

Teflon™ was discovered by accident

Energy efficient, colour changing buildings

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Paints

Pigment• Particles to add colour

Matte Paints• Particles to add texture

Non-Drip Paints• Polymers to change consistency

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Improved Performance

Our leisure time has been changed by Chemical Science

Computer parts, sports equipment

Carbon fibre is 3 times stronger than steel

Better flat screen displays

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Flat Screen Displays

The past• Cathode ray tubes

The present• Liquid Crystals• Plasma displays

The future • Light emitting polymers• Electronic Ink

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Art and the Chemical Sciences are linked

Art preservation

Chemistry is art• Sense-ational• Visual Elements

New materials for artists

Modern Masters

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Photography

Chemistry makes the film

Chemistry develops the image

Chemistry prints the picture

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Cooking is Chemistry

Chemical changes are responsible for changes in flavour and texture

Chemistry keeps food fresh

Most E-numbers are naturally occurring

Healthy Cream Cakes!

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Ice Cream

Complex Structure• Ice• Fat• Air• Sugar

Stability

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Energy is Chemistry

Chemistry can be used to store energy

Batteries are chemistry

The Space Shuttle’s solid rockets burn 10 tonnes of fuel per second

Cleaner sources of energy

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Petrol

Drilling Fluids

Refining

Fuel Additives

Catalytic Converters

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Green ChemistryChemical science that is environmentally friendly

More efficient production of the chemicals we need

53% of people recycle paper - only 23% recycle plastic

Cars powered by hydrogen

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Organic Farming

Use of natural pesticides and fertilisers

Chemists isolate, develop and make these

Even organic pesticides are chemicals!

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Fashion

Looking good is down to chemical science

2-in-1 shampoos, non-iron shirts

Toothpaste and paint have many similar ingredients

Self-cleaning clothes

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Synthetic Dyes

Desired Colour

Dye fastness

Novel properties

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Healthier Lives

All medicines use chemical science

Clean water through chemical science

We live twice as long now as 100 years ago

Cures for Cancer, AIDS…

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Asthma Drugs

Container• Plastic shell

Active Ingredient• Pharmaceutical

Spray Formation• Aerosol

Image courtesy of GlaxoSmithKline

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Biochemistry

Human body is made up of 100 trillion cells

Adult body is 50-65% water

Carbon is key element in the body

22 amino acid structures

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Body chemistry

Proteins-digest foods, fight infections, build organs, move muscles

Enzymes are proteins

Blood and oxygen

DNA-genetic molecule

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Chemical Science...

... is important to us all

… is the world around us

… is always looking to the future

… is more than you might have thought