Everything we can see and touch, and quite a lot that we can’t as well, is made of tiny particles called atoms. Some substances, like particles of this iron, contain only one kind of atom. Iron is an ...

When traveling to the Thuringian Forest or the Harz Mountains, it is impossible to avoid coming across images that are difficult to get used to. Dead spruce trees (Picea abies) dot the landscape like ...

Students learn to classify matter as elements, compounds, and mixtures. Matter: Classification of Matter: Students learn to classify matter as elements, compounds, and mixtures and to distinguish ...

Students will learn how to categorize matter as either pure substances or mixtures. Students will apply tests, based on physical properties of matter samples, to determine whether a mixture is ...

Elements and Compounds: Understanding elements and compounds is basic knowledge to study chemistry. Elements are the basic building blocks of matter, while compounds are substances formed when two or ...

Matthew Addicoat receives funding from EPSRC and the Royal Society. The universe is flooded with billions of chemicals, each a tiny pinprick of potential. And we’ve only identified 1% of them.