Aluminium oxynitride (AION) – marketed under the name ALON.
The material is 85% as strong as sapphire, is a ceramic and has similar structural and optical properties to sapphire.
Triple A Learning IB Blogs
February 8, 2011
February 4, 2011
Cold Isotope Chemistry
Isotopes react in the same way, don’t they?
Chemical reactions are unaffected by the isotopic composition so the percentage of different isotopes of the same element in a substance would be the same as the percentage of each naturally occurring isotope.
September 3, 2010
Organic Chemistry: Different Formula
In organi chemistry, there are a number of conventional methods used to represent the atoms in a molecule:
If we use ethanoic acid as an example:
May 22, 2010
Atomic Structure Intro
The BBC website (www.bbc.co.uk) really is a great! They have run an educational section for school children of all ages (BBC Bitesize).
I came across the following flash video on atomic structure a few days ago:
