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Chemistry just Cricket
02.04.07
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The Cricket World Cup is now well under way so why not mark the event by downloading our resource associated with cricket? The resource looks at both natural and synthetic dyes, specifically azo dyes, and also at light and the visible spectrum.

How are those very bright and colourful one-day strips of the International teams produced and why do objects appear coloured? To answer these questions download the resource and see what role chemistry plays in things, like the colours of clothes, we take for granted in every day life.

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