ChemMatters Archive
ChemMatters is produced by the American Chemical Society in October, December, February, and April. The archive gives you access to all of ChemMatters’ past articles, dating back to February 1983. The most recently released issue is available through a complimentary subscription, if you chose to receive one when you joined AACT.
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The Olympic Flame: Chemistry Held HighDiscover what keeps the Olympic Flame lit during the games and what it is made of.
Issue Date | October 2008
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The Swoosh Goes Green: Interview with John Frazier, Environmental and Sustainability Chemist at NikeJohn Frazier explains how he and his Nike team apply their knowledge of chemistry to make shoes in ways that don’t harm the environment.
Issue Date | October 2008
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Chemicals in the Air: Latest Results From NASA's Aura SatelliteA NASA satellite called Aura has been orbiting Earth since July 2004 to collect data about how chemicals affect air quality and how Earth's climate is changing. Learn about how scientists make sense of these data and what these data are telling us about the ozone hole and chemicals in the air.
Issue Date | April 2008
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Emma Perry Carr: Fostering Teamwork To Study Organic MoleculesEmma Perry Car, a professor of chemistry at Mount Holyoke College was one of the finet female scientists to form research teams of professors and students.
Issue Date | April 2008
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Interview With Gerhard Ertl, Winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in ChemistryHow did he feel about winning the prize? Why does he think chemistry is interesting? What did he discover? Read the answers to these and other questions here.
Issue Date | April 2008
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Question From the Classroom | April 2008Why does regular glass shatter when it is heated, but Pyrex glass does not?
Issue Date | April 2008
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Sniffing LandminesDogs can be trained to detect landmines because their noses are so sensitive that they can detect very low amounts of vapor released by landmines from a distance.
Issue Date | April 2008
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The Chemistry of Arson InvestigationHave you ever wondered how fire investigators determine whether a fire has been set intentionally? Here, you will find some important clues that will get you started as an arson investigator.
Issue Date | April 2008
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The Quest for a Clean DrinkIn India and Bangladesh, drinking water is contaminated with arsenic. Three enterprising scientists have each recently devised a way to remove arsenic from drinking water. Discover how they did it.
Issue Date | April 2008
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"Follow the Carbon." Follow the What?A rover will soon join the two Mars Exploration Rovers "Spirit" and "Opportunity" that are currently exploring the red planet. Called the Mars Science Laboratory, this new rover will carry the biggest suite of instruments ever sent to the Martian surface to look for chemical evidence of past or present life there.
Issue Date | February 2008