A growing compilation of articles on chemistry related to light
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Video: How Does a Match Work?, Why does a match burn? Why does it ignite only on the friction surface of the matchbox? |
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Video:ย The Chemistry of the Candle Flame, What happens chemically when a candle is burned? |
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Focus: Burning Time of a Candle, How long does it take for a candle to burn down and what does this time depend on? |
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Video:ย Lit Candle Covered With a Glass, What happens if you cover a lit candle in a water basin with a glass? |
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Video: Where is the Heat of a Candle Flame?, With an experiment of Michael Faraday we examine where the heat of a candle is |
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Focus: Chemistry of the Christmas Candle, When we light a candle, the chemistry we are pursuing is not only especially beautiful, but also especially complex |
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Clever Picture: The Electromagnetic Spectrum, There’s more to the electromagnetic spectrum than meets the eye |
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Spotlight: The Future of Lighting, New challenges to materials research due to the second semiconductor revolution |
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Interview: Snapshot of Light as Both a Particle and Wave, Can an image capture the dual behavior of light at the same time? |
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Video: The Chemistry of Firewoks, The video shows what happens during fireworks and how chemistry is involved |
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Clever Picture: Chemistry of a Sparkler, Chemical look at a hand-held firework |
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Focus: What Color Is the Sun?,
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