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Esters and Perfumes *suitable for home teaching*

This film, from Twig World, looks at esters which occur in nature and have been harnessed by the perfume industry. It explores what esters are and how they are made and used.

The key points in the film are:

•Esters give many fruits their scents, including bananas, lavender and pineapples.

•They are produced by a reaction between an alcohol and carboxylic acid.

•They are made of a sequence of carbon and oxygen atoms called an ester linkage.

 

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Subject(s)Science, Chemistry
Age11-14, 14-16
Published2010 to 2019
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Direct URLhttps://www.stem.org.uk/rx34c2

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