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Royal Society of Chemistry: Kitchen Chemistry: Why Do Pans Stick? [Pdf]
Article about Teflon explains why foods stick to pans and poses questions about the chemistry that causes foods to bind to uncoated metals.
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Royal Society of Chemistry: Kitchen Chemistry: Is All Salt the Same? [Pdf]
Lesson plan investigation into types of salts used to season foods and in recipes asks students to consider and whether advertisers' claims about their salt products are truthful.
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Royal Society of Chemistry: Boron
A very nice site with a great deal of information on boron and its properties and uses.
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Royal Society of Chemistry: Periodic Table/helium
A great source of information on helium. Exceptionally thorough and well written.
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Royal Soc. Of Chemistry: Kitchen Chemistry: Chemical Changes During Cooking [Pdf]
Article, with embedded questions, describes the chemical changes that take place when meat is cooked when sugar is heated, and when fruits brown.
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Royal Society of Chemistry: Periodic Table
An interactive Periodic Table of the Elements that displays specific properties of each element
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Royal Society of Chemistry: Nitrogen
A short but nice description of nitrogen's uses and properties. Discusses the history of nitrogen and its characteristics.
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Royal Society of Chemistry: Kitchen Chemistry: Use of Salt in Cooking (1) [Pdf]
Instructions for experiments to see whether cooking green beans in salted water improves their taste, texture, or color.
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Royal Society of Chemistry: Californium
Very nice site with some of the most current information available on californium. Very well organized and easy to follow.
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Royal Society of Chemistry: Cobalt
A short summary of basic information on cobalt, including history.
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Royal Society of Chemistry: Nielsbohrium
A short summary of what little is known about this element.
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Royal Society of Chemistry: Osmium
The ChemicalSociety provides a short entry with information on the history, description and uses of osmium.
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Royal Society of Chemistry: Niobium
Basic information on the origin of the name and the uses of niobium
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Royal Society of Chemistry: Visual Elements: Selenium
Short entry describing selenium and a couple of its uses.
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Royal Society of Chemistry: Francium
This resource offers a short descriptive summary of francium.
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Royal Society of Chemistry: Fluorine
This resource presents a short summary of some descriptive information on fluorine.
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Royal Society of Chemistry: Fermium
This resource presents a short summary of some interesting information on fermium.
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Royal Society of Chemistry: Europium
Short summary of a description of europium, along with its uses.
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Royal Society of Chemistry: Erbium
This resource presents a short description of erbium's properties and uses.
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Royal Society of Chemistry: Nickel
The ChemicalSociety provides a short page summarzing some important information on nickel, as well as some health information.
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Royal Society of Chemistry: Nobelium
Descriptive information and a little history on nobelium.
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Royal Society of Chemistry: Platinum
The ChemicalSociety provides a short entry with a small amount of info on platinum and its uses.
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Royal Society of Chemistry: Rhodium
Short descriptive entry on rhodium, with a couple of interesting facts.
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Royal Society of Chemistry: Lead
Short descrptive summary of lead and some of its uses.