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How to make chemistry lessons explosive but safe

Our guests demonstrate how to get students interested in science

Some schools have been carrying out controlled explosions of the substance 2,4-DNC, but could teachers scale this down to provide a new way of engaging young people in science?

Andrea Sella, professor of inorganic chemistry at UCL and C麻豆社 science presenter Fran Scott bring some experiments into the studio to show what could be done.

(Photo: Albert Einstein, Credit: Associated Press)

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