Chemistry: A Volatile History Chemistry: A Volatile History Chemistry: A Volatile History is a 2010 BBC documentary on the history of chemistry presented by Jim Al-Khalili. It was nominated for the 2010 British Academy Television Awards in the category Specialist Factual. Only in the last 200 years have we known what an element is – a substance that cannot be broken down further by chemical reaction. The Ancient Greeks, with no way of breaking open substances, could only base their ideas of the elements on what they could see: Earth, Fire, Water and Air. In the 16th century alchemists were busy trying to turn
Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry "ChemSusChem". The RSEQ is also co-editor of the journal "Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry" (published by Springer ) and "Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics" (PCCP), published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. The society also periodically publishes a newsletter and other publications without fixed periodicity. Anales de Química Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry The Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ) is a Spanish scientific society dedicated to the development and dissemination of chemistry, in its aspect of pure science and in its applications. It originated in 1980 after the split of the Spanish Royal Society of Physics and Chemistry which itself was