{"id":1546,"date":"2011-10-19T14:34:24","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T19:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/?p=1546"},"modified":"2022-10-18T13:04:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T18:04:53","slug":"good-chemistry-celebrating-national-chemistry-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/good-chemistry-celebrating-national-chemistry-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Chemistry: Celebrating National Chemistry Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week (October 16-22) is <strong>National Chemistry Week<\/strong>, so we\u2019re shining the spotlight on how chemistry affects our everyday lives. From pharmaceuticals to vitamins to cleansing agents, most of us encounter the wonders of chemistry daily. The batteries that power our electric toothbrushes, the food prepared for our breakfasts, the ink that appears on our newspapers are all chemical creations in action.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/chemicalapp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1548\" title=\"ChemicalApp\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/chemicalapp.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"71\"><\/a>The <a href=\"http:\/\/portal.acs.org\/portal\/acs\/corg\/content?_nfpb=true&amp;_pageLabel=PP_TRANSITIONMAIN&amp;node_id=1033&amp;use_sec=false&amp;sec_url_var=region1&amp;__uuid=4602c4e4-e34d-4f1e-9bf7-c7dcfe65af91&amp;referred_id=5618\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer\">American Chemical Society<\/a> has designated the week\u2019s theme as \u201cChemistry\u2014Our Health, Our Future!\u201d Museums, university chemistry departments, companies, and government agencies are celebrating the week with demonstrations and displays, environmental clean-ups, lectures, tours, chemistry walks, and more.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, 2011 has been named the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chemistry2011.org\/about-iyc\/introduction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer\">International Year of Chemistry<\/a> (IYC 2011), a globe-spanning recognition of the contributions of chemistry. It coincides with the 100<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the founding of the International Association of Chemical Societies. With a slate of activities taking place worldwide, the goals include sparking interest in young students, generating enthusiasm for the future of the science, and enhancing the appreciation of chemistry in meeting world needs. Earlier in the year, the game show <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/25509632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em>Jeopardy!<\/em><\/a> celebrated IYC 2011 with a dedicated chemistry category.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/techinfo\/techinfo.asp?htmlfile=ChemOrdering.htm&amp;ID=59&amp;referred_id=5618\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer\">View<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><em>chemical products from Cole-Parmer.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week (October 16-22) is National Chemistry Week, so we\u2019re shining the spotlight on how chemistry affects our everyday lives. From pharmaceuticals to vitamins to cleansing agents, most of us encounter the wonders of chemistry&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[281,282,846,865,1132],"class_list":["post-1546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-events","tag-chemicals","tag-chemistry","tag-international-year-of-chemistry","tag-iyc","tag-national-chemistry-week"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Good Chemistry: Celebrating National Chemistry Week | from Cole-Parmer Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com.cn\/blog\/good-chemistry-celebrating-national-chemistry-week\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Good Chemistry: Celebrating National Chemistry Week | from Cole-Parmer Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This week (October 16-22) is National Chemistry Week, so we\u2019re shining the spotlight on how chemistry affects our everyday lives. From pharmaceuticals to vitamins to cleansing agents, most of us encounter the wonders of chemistry...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com.cn\/blog\/good-chemistry-celebrating-national-chemistry-week\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cole-Parmer Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antylia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-10-19T19:34:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-18T18:04:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/chemicalapp.jpg?w=150\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cole-Parmer Blog Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@antylia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@antylia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cole-Parmer Blog Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Good Chemistry: Celebrating National Chemistry Week | from Cole-Parmer Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com.cn\/blog\/good-chemistry-celebrating-national-chemistry-week\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Good Chemistry: Celebrating National Chemistry Week | from Cole-Parmer Blog","og_description":"This week (October 16-22) is National Chemistry Week, so we\u2019re shining the spotlight on how chemistry affects our everyday lives. From pharmaceuticals to vitamins to cleansing agents, most of us encounter the wonders of chemistry...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com.cn\/blog\/good-chemistry-celebrating-national-chemistry-week\/","og_site_name":"Cole-Parmer Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antylia","article_published_time":"2011-10-19T19:34:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-10-18T18:04:53+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/chemicalapp.jpg?w=150","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Cole-Parmer Blog Team","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@antylia","twitter_site":"@antylia","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cole-Parmer Blog Team","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com.cn\/blog\/good-chemistry-celebrating-national-chemistry-week\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com.cn\/blog\/good-chemistry-celebrating-national-chemistry-week\/"},"author":{"name":"Cole-Parmer Blog Team","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/bd8d004d4d77d6b31800fa11177c6da9"},"headline":"Good Chemistry: Celebrating National Chemistry Week","datePublished":"2011-10-19T19:34:24+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-18T18:04:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com.cn\/blog\/good-chemistry-celebrating-national-chemistry-week\/"},"wordCount":200,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com.cn\/blog\/good-chemistry-celebrating-national-chemistry-week\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/chemicalapp.jpg?w=150","keywords":["chemicals","Chemistry","International Year of Chemistry","IYC","National Chemistry Week"],"articleSection":["Announcements","Events"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com.cn\/blog\/good-chemistry-celebrating-national-chemistry-week\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com.cn\/blog\/good-chemistry-celebrating-national-chemistry-week\/","url":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com.cn\/blog\/good-chemistry-celebrating-national-chemistry-week\/","name":"Good Chemistry: Celebrating National Chemistry Week | from Cole-Parmer Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com.cn\/blog\/good-chemistry-celebrating-national-chemistry-week\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com.cn\/blog\/good-chemistry-celebrating-national-chemistry-week\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/chemicalapp.jpg?w=150","datePublished":"2011-10-19T19:34:24+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-18T18:04:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com.cn\/blog\/good-chemistry-celebrating-national-chemistry-week\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com.cn\/blog\/good-chemistry-celebrating-national-chemistry-week\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com.cn\/blog\/good-chemistry-celebrating-national-chemistry-week\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/chemicalapp.jpg?w=150","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/chemicalapp.jpg?w=150"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com.cn\/blog\/good-chemistry-celebrating-national-chemistry-week\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Good Chemistry: Celebrating National Chemistry Week"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/","name":"Cole-Parmer Blog","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Antylia Scientific","url":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coleparmer.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AntyliaScientific_CMYK.jpg?fit=400%2C107&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coleparmer.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AntyliaScientific_CMYK.jpg?fit=400%2C107&ssl=1","width":400,"height":107,"caption":"Antylia Scientific"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antylia","https:\/\/x.com\/antylia","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/antylia\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC41i86hGEGhQhM1KMqrDnZg"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/bd8d004d4d77d6b31800fa11177c6da9","name":"Cole-Parmer Blog Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e3e6aa661d0e443fb9050a9175a092?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e3e6aa661d0e443fb9050a9175a092?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Cole-Parmer Blog Team"},"url":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/author\/donna-donahue\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1546"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15310,"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1546\/revisions\/15310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}