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Racemic Mixtures: Past Paper Question Analysis
P3 June 2017 Q13 This question is about racemates If you haven't gone through the paper, please look up the questions at www.aqa.org.uk,...
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Jan 19, 20231 min read


Calculating Mass from Moles: Past Paper Question Analysis
P3 June 2017 Q11 This question is about Moles, Mass and Mr If you haven't gone through the paper, please look up the questions at...
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Jan 19, 20231 min read


Hydrogen Ion Concentration and pH: Past Paper Question Analysis
P3 June 2017 Q10 This question is about hydrogen ion concentration and pH If you haven't gone through the paper, please look up the...
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Jan 19, 20231 min read


Cracking Alkanes: Past Paper Question Analysis
P3 June 2017 Q8 This question is about Cracking If you haven't gone through the paper, please look up the questions at www.aqa.org.uk, or...
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Jan 19, 20231 min read


Transition Metals: Past Paper Question Analysis
P3 June 2017 Q7 This question is about Transition Metals If you haven't gone through the paper, please look up the questions at...
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Jan 19, 20231 min read


Melting Points of Period 3 Elements: Past Paper Question Analysis
P3 June 2017 Q6 This question is about melting points across period 3 If you haven't gone through the paper, please look up the questions...
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Jan 18, 20231 min read


The Virus-Fighting Superstar
#22 Science in History 16 January 1980 On this day in 1980, a team of scientists at a Boston-based research facility announced a major...
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Jan 16, 20231 min read


The Telephone's Crowning Moment: Bell Demonstrates his Device to Queen Victoria
#21 Science in History 14 January 1878 Today in 1878, Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, demonstrated his invention to...
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Jan 14, 20231 min read


Women with the Right Stuff: NASA's first Female Astronaut Candidates
#20 Science in History 13 January 1978 On this day in 1978, NASA made history by selecting six women as their first female astronaut...
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Jan 13, 20232 min read


Uranus' 'King' and 'Queen' Discovered
#19 Science in History 11 January 1787 On this day in 1787, William Herschel discovers the two largest moons of Uranus, six years after...
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Jan 11, 20231 min read


Davy's Safety Lamp used for the First Time
#18 Science in History 09 January 1816 On this day in 1816, the Davy safety lamp was trialled at Hebburn Colliery in North-East England....
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Jan 9, 20231 min read


The Discovery of Superfluidity
#17 Science in History 08 January 1938 On this day in 1938, the journal Nature publishes two articles describing the superfluidity of...
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Jan 8, 20232 min read


Francium Becomes the Last Naturally Occurring Element to be Discovered
#16 Science in History 07 January 1939 On this day in 1939, French scientist Marguerite Perey reveals, in an entry made in her notebook,...
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Jan 7, 20231 min read


The Acid Dissociation Constant & pH: Past Paper Question Analysis
P3 June 2017 Q4 This question is about pH and the acid dissociation constant If you haven't gone through the paper, please look up the...
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Jan 6, 20232 min read


The Tragic Tale of the Pyrenean Ibex: The First Mammal to Go Extinct… twice!
#15 Science in History 06 January 2000 On this day in 2000, the Pyrenean ibex became the first mammal species to go extinct due to human...
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Jan 6, 20231 min read


Spirit of Mars: A Rover's Tale
#14 Science in History 03 January 2004 On this day in 2004, Spirit successfully lands on Mars. The Mars rover ‘Spirit’ was sent to...
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Jan 3, 20231 min read


Experimental Considerations: Past Paper Question Analysis
P3 June 2017 Q3 This question is about practical considerations during experimentation. If you haven't gone through the paper, please...
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Jan 3, 20231 min read


Energy: The Need-to-Know Basics
GCSE Energy in a Nutshell – includes a summary Energy is the ability to do work or cause change, while work is the transfer of energy...
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Dec 30, 20224 min read


From Thermoplastics to Thermosetting: A Beginner's Guide to the Different Types of Plastic
A look at the types of plastic we encounter every day. There is a summary suitable for GCSE Chemistry students at the end. There are...
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Dec 30, 20223 min read


Living in the Anthropocene: The Impact of Human Activity on the Planet
The Anthropocene is a term that has gained increasing recognition in recent years to describe the current geological epoch in which human...
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Dec 30, 20222 min read
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