{"id":2454,"date":"2020-05-07T14:58:12","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T13:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/?p=2454"},"modified":"2020-05-11T09:17:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T08:17:58","slug":"chemistry-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/2020\/05\/07\/chemistry-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemistry Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Questions <\/span><\/h3>\n

1.Watch the <\/span>trailer<\/span> for the \u2018Plastics Unwrapped\u2019 <\/span><\/a>project. <\/span>What properties can you think of for current plastics, that would need to be retained by new <\/span>biodegradable<\/span> plastics?<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Chemistry<\/p>\n

View the Materials Sheet on a larger scale.<\/a><\/p>\n

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2.Take a look at the M<\/span>edicine<\/span> Sheet below. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"Chemistry<\/p>\n

View the Medicine Sheet on a larger scale.<\/a><\/p>\n

Can you identify any of the functional groups in <\/span>the experimental antiviral <\/span>remdesivir<\/span> (shown). You will not know all of these, but you will by the end of a chemistry degree at Kent!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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3. Look at the E<\/span>nergy<\/span> Sheet below. For the reaction of a fuel cell, can you identify which reaction is an <\/span>oxidation <\/span>and which is a <\/span>reduction<\/span>? <\/span>What is the only waste product of the fuel cell reaction?<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>\"ChemistryView the Energy Sheet on a larger scale.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Please submit your answers by 31 August 2020<\/strong> to spsmarketing@kent.ac.uk.<\/a> We will be announcing the winner shortly after!<\/p>\n

Good luck!<\/p>\n