Cacodyl: Chemistry in its element
It made Robert Bunsen seriously ill, Michael Faraday thought it 'barbaric' to use in battle and even Fritz Haber – the 'father of chemical warfare' – abandoned it after a fatal accident in his lab. Th...
25 Jan 20196min
Bronze: Chemistry in its element
Kit Chapman takes us back to the 1904 Olympics in St Louis, via the bronze age and ancient Greece
18 Jan 20194min
Ellagic acid: Chemistry in its element
Louise Crane introduces the antioxidant that led to exaggerated claims that 'whisky helps fight cancer'
11 Jan 20196min
Myristicin: Chemistry in its element
The spice that gives your Christmas eggnog its distinctive taste and aroma is also a toxic narcotic that played an important role in international history. Florence Schechter shares the history of myr...
17 Dec 20186min
Low-background steel: Chemistry in its element
Post-nuclear steel is a little bit radioactive, so for some specialist jobs we need to find a source of steel from before the bomb
7 Dec 20185min
Tin chlorides: Chemistry in its element
The compounds that put the 'tin' in tin cans and help you to reflect on your appearance
30 Nov 20187min
Propanethial-S-oxide: Chemistry in its element
Kat Arney's investigation of the pungent chemical in onions is enough to bring tears to your eyes
23 Nov 20185min
Epoxies: Chemistry in its Element
Epoxies – including hard-wearing resins and strong adhesives – can be found almost everywhere, from your household white goods to the Large Hadron Collider. And the aroma of these compounds cemented t...
16 Nov 20185min
