Aberdeen ✈️ Prague for #ECLC2025 💧💎 (now to make the talk on the plane like a real academic…) #academiclife #chemsky #liquidcrystals

Aberdeen Liquid Crystal Group success! 💧💎

@ydnew.bsky.social just a substituted benzoic acid! (I should add a caveat that I’m doubtful it’s ✨supposed✨ to be pink 🫢)

four pictures in a row: a mug of a frothy amber alcoholic beverahe in a mug, a baby sheep, a yellow, long headed muppet, and a sherrif's badge. thsi is like a pictogram - have to figure out the chemistry concept with these in order.

IYKYK

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Infographic on the smoke recipes used at the Papal Conclave. Historically, the conclave generated black smoke by burning tar or pitch with the ballots. Today, they use a mixture of potassium perchlorate, anthracene and sulfur. In the past, the conclave added wet straw to the burning ballots to generate white smoke. Today, they use a mixture of potassium chlorate, lactose and rosin (pine tree resin).

Eyes are on the Vatican this week for the selection of a new Pope 💭

Specific recipes are used for the black and white smoke released to indicate the result of conclave voting – here's a look at the chemicals involved: wp.me/p4aPLT-8St

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I’ve made some ✨beautiful crystals✨ in the lab before, but this might be the best thing I’ve ever made. It’s so pink and soft 🥹💖 #chemsky #chemistry #academiclife

📢 Save the date! Our PG symposium is happening on June 18th in the Chemistry Department. Hope to see lots of staff and students there!

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