Option 8: The Chemical Industry

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Teachers and students had considerable freedom in their response to this Revised Nuffield Chemistry option because under O-level regulations it was teacher assessed. Practical work was based on a ‘real’ industrial process from the fine chemicals industry.

Contents
1. The development of an industrial process
2. The production of sulphuric acid
3. The economics of the chemical industry
4. A laboratory investigation
5. The siting of chemical industry
6. The life story of RD 100
7. Visits and films
8. Study topics

URL: http://stem.org.uk/rx4hb

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