Episode 22 - Crystal healing
Episode 22 of the Never Lick the Spoon podcast, hosted by Institute for Molecular Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, titled "Episode 22 - Crystal healing" was published on November 21, 2022 and runs 15 minutes.
November 21, 2022 ·15m · Never Lick the Spoon
Summary
This month, we're focusing on a chemical process which is all around us: how crystals form. Humans have been using crystallisation to harvest salt from seawater for millennia. In the modern industrial world, it's used to make sugar, gemstones and silicon chips. So it’s a bit of a surprise to find a completely undiscovered phenomenon, of a crystal healing itself, happening in crystals of paracetamol. How have we missed this? Why is it happening? And how could it be useful?
Episode Description
This month, we're focusing on a chemical process which is all around us: how crystals form. Humans have been using crystallisation to harvest salt from seawater for millennia. In the modern industrial world, it's used to make sugar, gemstones and silicon chips. So it’s a bit of a surprise to find a completely undiscovered phenomenon, of a crystal healing itself, happening in crystals of paracetamol. How have we missed this? Why is it happening? And how could it be useful?
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