Chemistry Examples from the Real World.

On every Friday (except for the exam day on Nov. 19), the first 10-15 minutes of lecture will be devoted to describing an example the Chemistry you are learning from the Real World.

Here are PDF versions of the Real World Fridays:

• Argon Handout

 
• Quantum Well Devices

 
• Detecting Photons

 
• The Sodium D-Lines

 
• Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids

 
• All about Pentagons

 
• LCROSS Search for Water on the Moon

 
• Magnetic Materials

 
• Proteins

 
• Mars Pathfinder Rover Handout

 

Additional Information:

• Green Fluorescent Protein (Nobel Prize 2008)

 
• X-Ray Fluorescence Handout

 
• Meteorite Paper 1

 
• Meteorite Paper 2

 
• Hydrothermal Vents Paper 1

 
• Hydrothermal Vents Paper 2