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Developing alternatives to non-renewable organic resources such as oil and the production of steroids and ethanol.
Developing alternatives to non-renewable organic resources such as oil and the production of steroids and ethanol.
| Module code and title: | S246, Organic chemistry |
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| Item code: | S246; 16; 1982 |
| First transmission date: | 1981 |
| Published: | 1982 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:01 |
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| Producer: | Neil Cameron |
| Contributor: | John Coyle |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Chemical feedstocks; Coal; Gas; Maize glucose; Oil; Penicillin; Sugar cane sucrose |
| Footage description: | aFootage - Plastic bird cage, plates, bowl, car at plastic exhibition. BP Grangemouth plant. North Sea oil rig (0'18"-1'36") - Graphics of Brent oil field pipeline route to St. Fergus and Mossmorran. St. Fergus complex (1'44"-2'28") - Graphic of oil rig (2'45"-2'56") - Coal miners drilling coal face. Graphic of UK coal resources (2'57"-3'25") - Interview with Arthur Scargill in 1975 (3'26"-3'52") - Graphic of how coal is converted to liquids (3'53"-4'26") - Conversion of coal to liquids at Coal Research Establishment (4'34"-6'51") - Processing plant in South Africa, Sasol Two (7'05"-7'49") - Graphic showing conversion of coal into fuel and chemical feedstocks (7'50"-8'29") - Graphic showing chemical reaction giving hydrocarbons (8'39"-9'04") - Storage tanks on fire (9'05"-9'28") - Yam roots being dug up and processed. Graphic of chemical equation. Sugar cane and processing factory (10'04"-11'11") - Archive film of penicillin being discovered and troops being treated (11'12"-12'15"). Manufacture of penicillin at Beecham Pharmaceutical. Chemical equation of penicillin G, 6-APA and amoxycillin (12'16"-19'33") - Time-lapse graphic of E. Coli. Chemical equation of sucrose and ethanol. Sugar fermentation plant in Brazil. Fermentation process. Beetle cars running on gasohol. Sugar cane loaded onto lorry (19'34"-21'14") - Interview with Chuck Vlitos (21'15"-22'00") - Oil platform (23'10"-23'33"). |
| Master spool number: | HOU4291 |
| Production number: | FOUS290Y |
| Videofinder number: | 4372 |
| Available to public: | no |
