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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±«Óãtv 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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