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Letters: January 2008
From Bernard Langley May I congratulate you and your colleagues on your splendid November issue of Chemistry World. The balance of topics, the quality of the writing, the enthusiastic spirit of the whole thing - from your editorial right through to that magnificent killer review of the green chemistry book ...
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OpinionSchlenk apparatus
Wilhelm Johann Schlenk, the German chemist who prepared some of the first organosodium and organolithium compounds, and developed the inert-atmosphere techniques now common in many labs
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A notable year for closures and layoffs
It's been a rough year, but the future looks bright, says Derek Lowe
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The confines of chemical space
Philip Ball wonders whether chemical space limits chemists' creativity
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Editorial: Hail to the chief
The new year sees John Beddington begin his tenure as the UK government's Chief Scientific Adviser
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Being a chemist is not bad for your health
In every issue of RSC News, I look at the 'deaths' column
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Letters: December 2007
From David Feakins Congratulations on the splendid October issue of Chemistry World. I found all the articles on the topic of energy absolutely riveting. For example, I have always been a supporter of nuclear fission as a medium-term answer to the supply of energy, but had not realised until I ...
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Beckmann thermometer
There was a time, long ago, that few of us remember, when you couldn't just head down to the basement and get a quick NMR or mass spectrum of your latest compound
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Letters: November 2007
From Alfred Bader Why do chemists refer to Avogadro’s number (Chemistry World, August 2007, p11) when, correctly, it should be called Loschmidt’s number? Amedeo Avogadro predicted in 1811 that someone, some day, would be able to calculate that number. The calculation of the number was first done by Joseph Loschmidt ...
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OpinionKipp's apparatus
If there's one piece of glassware other than a conical flask that spells the word 'chemistry' in the minds of most people it is Kipp's apparatus