Have you ever looked at the man-made materials around you and wondered how they came to be? One of chemistry's most exciting attributes is its ability to affect how individual substances bond and interact to create new materials. The Chemistry Channel contains the inventors or inventions that have contributed to the understanding, use and science of chemical substances and their transformation — including their composition, structure and properties.

   
Aluminum

Anti-Leukemia drugs

Bakelite

Bromine Extraction

Carborundum

Catalytic Cracking

Cortisone

Dynamite

HDPE and Polypropylene Plastics

Isothiocyanate Compounds (Antigen)

Kevlar

Nystatin (Antifungal / Antibiotic)

Oral Contraceptives

Pasteurization

Peanut Products

Penicillin

Pentothal / Anesthesia

  pH Meter

Photography

Polymerase Chain Reacton

Polyurethane

Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)

Prozac

Scotchgard (TM) Textile Protector

Synthetic Rubber

Tagamet - Cimetidine

Teflon

Tetracycline

Titanium

Transparent Silica

Vaccine for Hepatitis B

Vitamins

Vulcanization of Rubber


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