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Molecular Science: Spectrometry – for iPod/iPhone

by The Open University
Since Jun 23, 2009 02:06 UTC

Chemistry is of enormous importance in everyday life: almost everything that exists, and all that we see, make and eat is composed of molecules. The unravelling of molecular structure is a key activity of chemists. In these three video tracks, Dr Mike Bullivant looks briefly at three of the spectroscopic techniques that are used to determine the structure of chemical compounds – infrared spectroscopy, proton (1H) and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (nmr) spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. This material is taken from The Open University course S205 The molecular world.

Categories: Education

Tags: measurements, sample, tests

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Measuring the Immeasurable – Audio

by The Open University
Since Nov 10, 2010 04:08 UTC

We live with a paradox. We need to measure our world to make sense of it, but important things are really hard to measure. And, when we do measure important things, how do we tell people what we have found out? Dr Simon Bell from The Open University and the Bayswater Institute investigates the world of indicators (or measurements). Who decides what we measure – from ash cloud particles, to calories consumed, to GDP – how do we measure things and do these indicators have an influence on the policies within the EU that affect us all?

Categories: Education

Tags: ash cloud, decisions, economic, environemt, EU, European Community, GDP, indicators, measurements, policy, sustainability

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Molecular Science: Spectrometry – for iPod/iPhone

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Measuring the Immeasurable – Audio

by The Open University

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