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Explainer: The chemistry of farts | News | Chemistry World
Dec 21, 2016 · Consequently, De Lacy Costello and his colleagues have moved beyond the most common gases to studying volatile compounds released from faeces in very low concentrations. 6 Initially, they mimicked conditions in the large intestine by mixing faeces and nutrient medium in a container. They absorbed volatile chemicals onto plastic fibres above the mixture or pumped out through a tube, to be ...
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The complex chemistry of making paper
Apr 4, 2023 · Performance-enhancing chemicals address the process chemistry side of manufacturing, ensuring that each stage runs smoothly. Defoamers and dispersants tackle practical issues such as foaming and clumping in the pulping vats, while cleaning and descaling treatments ensure water quality meets the required standards.
Explainer: The science of alkyl nitrites aka poppers
Sep 16, 2021 · From the 1960s onwards, poppers became established as a recreational drug, with various alkyl nitrites produced, including isopropyl nitrite, isobutyl nitrite and butyl nitrite, to get around legal restrictions.The drug was widely used by clubbers for a brief time in the 1990s, but plays a continued role in gay subculture.
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History of noble gases | Feature | Chemistry World
Sep 9, 2016 · The Academy has a system called the pli cacheté, or sealed packet, whereby a scientist can deposit an account of an idea or a discovery. This would be sealed, numbered and kept until it could be opened by the depositor if they wanted to …
Can acid dissolve a body? | Opinion | Chemistry World
Jun 16, 2017 · The annals of crime are filled with gruesome tales of using chemicals for body disposal. In the mid-to-late 1940s, one of England’s most notorious killers, John Haigh, used sulfuric acid to dispose at least six victims’ corpses – a method that led to him being dubbed the ‘acid bath killer’. The Arellano-Félix Organization, a real-life cartel that inspired a …
Hydrothermal vents and the origins of life - Chemistry World
Apr 16, 2017 · The question ‘How did life begin?’ is closely linked to the question ‘Where did life begin?’ Most experts agree over ‘when’: 3.8–4 billion years ago.
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