Earlier this month, our Lower 6th chemists took part in the Royal Society of Chemistry - Schools' Analyst Competition.
In this competition, they took on the role of analytical chemists, assisting the Trading Standards Office to investigate some unusual products on sale at Super Sugar Candy Store. They used their skills as analytical chemists to determine if the items were safe for consumption and had the correct ingredients on the packaging. They performed spot-checks for vitamin C content, extracted the dyes colouring a range of candy sweets and separated out the mixtures using thin-layer chromatography to determine which, if any, of the restricted dyes were present in the sweets and analysed samples of cake mixture by performing a volumetric analysis.
A very rewarding and insightful day for our L6 pupils who enjoyed the challenge immensely.
