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Environmental toxicology examines how chemicals move through air, water, soil, food and living organisms, and how exposure can affect human and ecological…
A cloud of white foam erupting from a kitchen bench is one of the first chemistry memories many Australian children share. Whether the experiment happens…
Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas formed as uranium in soil and rock breaks down. It has no colour, smell, or taste, so an indoor concentration…
Australia's chemistry students are increasingly looking beyond traditional placements in the mining sector of Western Australia or the pharmaceutical labs of…
A redox titration of iron(II) with potassium permanganate is a reliable way to determine the concentration of Fe²⁺ in a solution. In acidic conditions,…
Dr. Durga D. Poudel has spent his working life at the boundary where metals meet biology, a place most students walk past without noticing. His profile opens a…
Everyday screens depend on molecules that occupy an unusual state of matter: liquid crystals. They can flow like liquids while preserving some of the…
The saponification value is one of the oldest quantitative tests still used in lipid chemistry, and it remains a workhorse in both industrial quality control…
Geochemistry connects the visible landscape with the chemical history hidden inside rocks, soils, sediments and water. For Nepal, this field is especially…
Phthalates are a family of chemicals added to plastics to make them flexible, durable and less likely to crack. They are common in soft PVC products such as…