Industrial processes
A collection of Catalyst articles about industrial processes.
Oil Refining
This Catalyst article looks at oil production in Trinidad and Tobago.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2003, Volume 13, Issue 4.
Green Solutions
A Catalyst article about green chemistry.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2003, Volume 14, Issue 1.
Nitrogen Notes
A Catalyst article investigating what nitrogen and its compounds are used for.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2004, Volume 15, Issue 2.
Aluminium
A Catalyst article about aluminium, a shiny silvery metal, which is extracted from its ore by electrolysis.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2005, Volume 16, Issue 1.
Plants and Mineral Nutrients
A Catalyst article looking at the chemicals that are in plants and trees and the role they play in the life of the plant.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2006, Volume 16, Issue 3.
Fats, Oils and Soaps
A Catalyst article investigating a few of the uses of naturally occurring oils.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2006, Volume 17, Issue 2.
Catalysts *suitable for home teaching*
A Catalyst article about how catalysts affect the rate of reactions and why catalysts are important in nature and in industry.
This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2008, Volume 18, Issue 3.
Process Chemistry
A Catalyst article describing how process chemists work in the pharmaceutical industry, devising methods of making new drugs.
This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2008, Volume 19, Issue 1.
Chemistry in a Blast Furnace *suitable for home teaching*
A Catalyst article about chemical reactions that occur in a blast furnace during the steelmaking process.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2006, Volume 16, Issue 3.
What Is Chemistry?
A Catalyst article about the many roles of chemists at work.
This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2009, Volume 19, Issue 3.
Drug Formulation
A Catalyst article describing how a medical drug is made into a form which works well in the body.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2009, Volume 20, Issue 1.
Chemistry in a Cage
This Catalyst article explains how zeolites, sponge-like materials developed from naturally occurring minerals, are used as chemical sieves and as catalysts.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2010, Volume 20, Issue 2.
Biofuels from Waste
This Catalyst article examines the differences between fossil fuels and biofuels.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2010, Volume 21, Issue 1.
Food Waste Recycling - Power from Potato Peelings
This Catalyst article describes how food waste can be treated by anaerobic digestion to produce methane and fertiliser.
This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2011, Volume 22, Issue 1.
What Is Biochemistry?
This Catalyst article looks at Biochemistry, the study of chemical reactions in living things, exploring how it differs from other biological subjects and how examples can be found in everyday life.
This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2011, Volume 22, Issue 2.
Careers in Biochemistry
This Catalyst article looks at young people working in biochemistry, detailing how they got to where they are and what their job involves.
This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2011, Volume 22, Issue 2.
Focus on Palladium
This Catalyst article explains the properties of this metal, and how it can be used for a vast array of objects.
This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2013, Volume 24, Issue 2.
Ionic Liquids
This article from Catalyst looks at ionic liquids which are a developing area in chemistry. Ionic liquids are liquids which have the potential to provide greener ways of carrying out chemical processes.
The article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2014, Volume 25, Issue 2.
Using Chemistry to Reduce Animal Testing
This article discusses how chemical tests can reduce the numbers of animals used in the testing of new products.
The article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2015, Volume 25, Issue 4.
Going for Gold
This Catalyst article investigates how gold is an important metal which, when extracted from its ore, has useful properties of durability and electrical conductivity.
The article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2015, Volume 26, Issue 2.