In this workshop students will discover what a colour actually is, understand how objects become coloured, and how Chemists can manipulate these aspects to produce both natural and synthetic dyes. The workshop begins with a brief overview of light including the electromagnetic spectrum and colour mixing. This leads on to a discussion of how colour arises through removal of specific wavelengths of light, and both additive and subtractive colour mixing. The students then discover how chemical bonding can lead to colour, and they produce both a natural and two synthetic dyes. The final part of the workshop pitches the students against a ‘real-life’ analytical chemistry scenario during which they will devise their own experiment using aspects of pH and colourimetry to solve a colourful problem.
Start Time - 10:30
End Time - 16:00
This event is suitable for students aged 16-18 ChemNet members/non-members
To register please contact ChemNet@rsc.org FULLY BOOKED
Please note that registration will close 7 days before the event
ChemNet/Jointly organised with Sean Thruston of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. We would like to thank the Mayor of London and the Department for Education for their funding of this event through the London Schools Excellence Fund
Start Time - 10:30
End Time - 16:00
This event is suitable for students aged 16-18 ChemNet members/non-members
To register please contact ChemNet@rsc.org FULLY BOOKED
Please note that registration will close 7 days before the event
ChemNet/Jointly organised with Sean Thruston of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. We would like to thank the Mayor of London and the Department for Education for their funding of this event through the London Schools Excellence Fund
