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• Compound Interest: Chemical Structures of Neurotransmitters

  A bit of a chemistry/biology tie in today with a series of posters looking at the chemical structures of some of the main neurotransmitters in the brain. I've also included a little information on the...

• Compound Interest: Chemical Compounds in Herbs & Spices

  [Now available to purchase as herb/spice jar labels here!] It's often stated that cooking is much like chemistry, or vice versa. I thought it'd be fun to take that a little further, and look at the ma...

• Compound Interest: The Twelve Principles of Green Chemistry: What it is, & Why it Matters

  Green chemistry is a concept that crops up with increasing frequency; we've already discussed it here previously with reference to the Periodic Table's 'endangered' elements, and the recycling rates o...

• Compound Interest: The Chemical Elements of a Smartphone

  click to enlarge There are an isolated few graphics online that look at elements involved in the manufacture of a smartphone - for example, this 'Periodic Table of iPhones' - but there's remarkably li...

• Compound Interest: The eye-watering chemistry of an onion

  Click to enlarge The latest in the series of food chemistry graphics looks at the chemistry of onions - specifically, what causes their odour, and why chopping onions will make your eyes water. Intere...

• Compound Interest: Inorganic Pigment Compounds – The Chemistry of Paint

  The latest in the Colourful Chemistry series looks at the inorganic compounds that give many paints their colours. This shows a limited selection of the most common compounds, and there are many other...