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Nuffield Chemistry: Stage II Background Books
The Nuffield Chemistry Background Books appeared as a series of colourful, highly illustrated, short readers to amplify and extend work done in class. Some of the books described applications of chemistry, others were historical while a few focused on particular chemical ideas. Some of the books featured all these aspects of chemistry.
Themes
There were 18 Background Books for Stage II of the course. These were written for students in the age range 14-16.
Mainly applications:
*Coal
*Making Diamonds
*Petroleum
*Plastics
*Detergents
*Fertilizers and Farm Chemicals
*Man-made Fibres
Mainly historical:
*Dalton and the Atomic Theory
*Humphry Davy
*Inside the Atom
*Michael Faraday
*The Nitrogen Problem
*The Periodic Table
*The Start of X-ray Analysis
Mainly about concepts:
*Dissolving
*Catalysis
*The Structure of Substances
*Radioactive Chemicals
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Dissolving
This is one of the 18 Background Books published for Stage II of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book explores the chemical ideas related to solubilility and solutions. The main ideas covered are:
*what happens when a substance...
The Start of X-ray Analysis
This is one of the 18 Background Books published for Stage II of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book was written by the X-ray pioneer, Sir Lawrence Bragg, who describes the early use of X-rays to discover the structures of ionic crystals...
The Periodic Table
This is one of the 18 Background Books published for Stage II of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book describes aspects of the history of chemistry by exploring the developments that led to the Periodic Table.
There are 4 parts to...
The Nitrogen Problem
This is one of the 18 Background Books published for Stage II of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book outlines the chemical nitrogen problem and then describes the limitations of the Cyanamid process and the solution devised by Haber and...
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| Subject(s) | Science, Chemistry, Working scientifically |
|---|---|
| Age | 14-16 |
| Published | 1960 - 1969 |
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cx4yq |
