Chemistry at Barstow High School

Links to Project Related Internet Sites:  Arranged by Category.

Color Additives - An FDA list of references about color additives in food and cosmetics.
Methylxanthines - this is a short document I produced that summarizes the effects and origins of caffeine, theobromine, and theophylline.
Sports Drinks and Electrolytes.

Carbon

Webelements - click on the Carbon in the periodic table to get some general information about the element and its different forms.
Carbon - learn general information about Carbon - from New York University.
Chemistry of Diamond.

Carbon Fiber - from Wikipedia
Carbon Fiber - general description and applications.
Carbon - from Wikipedia
Nanotubes - from the research office of IBM
Buckyballs - key text.  From NOVA.
Unearthing buckyballs.

Chemical of the Week - Buckyballs.
BuckminsterfullerenePictures of computer generated Buckyball molecular models.
   

Cooking

Baker's Toolbox:  Online Baker's Training
How Bread Works
How Sourdough Bread Works
Sourdough FAQs
Flour-based foods.  Contains information about gluten and gluten formation.
The Science of Cooking - Links here to general information about meats, breads, etc.  Links to more specific pages about food chemistry available.
BBC Hot Topics:  Cooking Chemistry
Kitchen Science from About.com - lots of links.
Food Study Manual - Question and Answer guide from University of British Columbia.  Good science and chemistry stuff!  Mention of VanderWaals bonds in gluten.
Maillard Reaction

Maillard Reaction - from Wikopedia
Maillard Reaction - from Oregon State
Food additives -
Flavor Chemist

Sports Drinks - Better than Water?  -  a good overview of rehydrating.   General comparison between water, sports drinks, juice, and other beverages.

Cream of tartar - Potassium bitartrate  

Food Science

US FDA/CFSAN Library of Chemistry Information.  A page of links from the Food and Drug Administration and the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.  Scroll down to the section titled Food and Chemistry for links about this subject specifically.  Many of the links in this section of this page came from this site. Fire and SpiceA page and references about the vanilloids.
Chemistry of Chilli PeppersAlso check out the links on the reference page.
The Science of Foods.  From Oregon State Univ.  This used to be an online course but is no longer, thus some links may be broken or outdated.
Food Resource.  This is also from Oregon State.

Paint

Ceramics

Pyrotechnics

Fuels and Oils

Textiles

Food/Drink Production

Construction Materials

Glass

Cosmetics

Metallurgy

Sugar

AP Chemistry

Links Pages - these are pages of links to other internet sites. 

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Periodic Tables

Chemical Equilibrium