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The Beirut explosion: What is ammonium nitrate and what happens when it explodes? wp.me/p4aPLT-8eo https://ift.tt/30zGdhz

#Coronavirus has everyone stockpiling hand sanitiser — but how effective is it? This graphic takes a look! https://ift.tt/2PLqUMX #COVID19 https://ift.tt/38jkDhH

CORRECTION: The minimum percentage of bleach is 0.1%, not 10%. This has been corrected in the graphic on site. https://ift.tt/2Jr4EnQ

Elizaveta Shanaeva / Devid Naryzhnyy | free dance | russian junior nationals 2020

For #IWD2020 here’s another instalment of the ‘Women in Chemistry History’ series! https://ift.tt/3cAbh4J #InternationalWomensDay #eachforequal https://ift.tt/38xQyez

It looks great and it also works well. Instead of a heat gun or an oil bath, we often use infra lamps as heat source during the recrystallization of various products. It is a safe and easy method for heating a flask. 

How do tests for #coronavirus work? This graphic takes a look at how current tests diagnose #COVID19: https://ift.tt/2QrFY2z https://ift.tt/2WtSVwx

Hay fever got you reaching for the antihistamines? Here’s how different medicines help relieve allergy symptoms: http://www.compoundchem.com/2014/06/20/hayfever/

For International Women’s Day, here are 12 women from chemistry history: wp.me/p4aPLT-2ra and 12 from chemistry present: wp.me/p4aPLT-5w7

What a lucky shot! While astrophotographer Fritz Helmut Hemmerich was capturing an image of the Andromeda galaxy, a sand-sized rock from deep space crossed right in front of the camera creating this incredible green streak. Or it was just aliens. 👽

The UK has identified the nerve agent used in Salisbury as a Novichok agent. Here’s what we do (and don’t) know about them: https://wp.me/s4aPLT-novichok

Stephen Hawking (1942 - 2018)  (via agentthirsty)