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.
Buckminsterfullerene. Pictures 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 ChemistSports Drinks - Better than Water? - a good overview of rehydrating. General comparison between water, sports drinks, juice, and other beverages.
Cream of tartar - Potassium bitartrate
- Wikipedia article about cream of tartar.
- Description of compound and formation from Monash Scientific.
- General Descriptions from answers.com. Also contains some links.
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 Spice. A page and references about the vanilloids.
Chemistry of Chilli Peppers. Also 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
- How is Paint Made?
- Glossary of Terms Used in the Paint Industry
- Ace Hardware's Learn about paint chemicals -
- Paint Removal Process - may be some relevant chemistry links here, but I haven't checked them out yet.
Ceramics
Pyrotechnics
- Chemistry of Fireworks and Pyrotechnics - good links from this page.
- Chemistry of Firework Colors.
- Firework Periodic Table - shows the important elements used in pyrotechnics and what their purposes are.
- Chemistry of Pyrotechnics.
- The Physics of Colored Fireworks.
- Pyrotechnics Links. This page includes links to pages about fireworks, ballistics, special effects, and more.
- The Journal of Pyrotechnics.
- The Chemistry of Pyrotechnics.
- How Fireworks Work.
- How Do Sparklers Work?
Fuels and Oils
- Chemistry of Fuel Cells - although not really about "fuel" or "oil" as we generally think of, this is a viable way of powering equipment in the future as long as sufficient advances in the technology take place.
- Fuel and Petroleum Chemistry - a page of links to sources of information.
- Links to Fuel Chemistry Sites -
- Lard-Fired Boiler Cleaner Than Fuel Oil - just an article about biofuel, but there are some links here to some biodiesel sites.
- Gas, Fuel, Organic Chemistry -
- Fuel Chemistry -
- MSU research turns vegetable oil into fuel oil - an article with no links. But may serve as good general information about biodiesel.
Textiles
- Caveman Chemistry: Twine and Textiles
- Textile Chemistry - general information about what textile chemistry is; from the American Chemical Society
- Cotton Incorporated Textile Chemistry - General information, also contains links to other sites.
- Textile Chemistry Terminology -
- FabricLink - For Learning About Fabrics, Apparel, and Clothing Care
- Textile Online Books - pdf versions of books, very large download size
Food/Drink Production
- Careers in Cereal Chemistry - general information about cereal chemistry
- Flavors and Fragrances: the chemistry challenges
- Sports Drinks and Electrolytes.
Construction Materials
- Adhesives (links)
- Pulp and Paper (links)
- Composites (links)
- Concrete and Mortar (links)
- Coatings (links)
- Polymers (links)
- The Future of Concrete
- Materials Scientist - has links to other areas of applied chemistry
Glass
Cosmetics
Metallurgy
- Metallurgy Resources on the Internet -
- Open Directory - Metallurgy -
- Metallurgy and Chemistry of the Main-Group Metals
- All Metallurgy - many links to many aspects of metallurgy
- Short History of Metals
- Ancient Metallurgy
Sugar
AP Chemistry
Links Pages - these are pages of links to other internet sites.
- nothing here yet.... need to add some
Periodic Tables
- Firework Periodic Table - shows the important elements used in pyrotechnics and what their purposes are.
Chemical Equilibrium
- Zumdahl online - Chemical Equilibrium - solving problems.