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As our oil reserves diminish chemists have found a way to turn coal and gas into kerosene and petrol.
As our oil reserves diminish chemists have found a way to turn coal and gas into kerosene and petrol.
| Module code and title: | S246, Organic chemistry |
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| Item code: | S246; 05; 1991 |
| First transmission date: | 14-07-1991 |
| Published: | 1991 |
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| Duration: | 00:25:00 |
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| Producer: | Tony Jolly |
| Contributors: | Pieter Kwant; Malcolm Rose |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Amsterdam; Aviation; Burning-off; Fuel; Gas; Gasoline; Holland; Oil fields; Recycling; Shell research lab |
| Subject terms: | Chemical industry--Planning; Chemistry, organic |
| Footage description: | Footage - Chemical refinery (0'23"-1'16") - Gas flares in desert. Reactor. C atalyst, samples and processes (2'33"-3'32") - Shell Research, Amsterdam. Laboratory. Catalytic process. Oven, reactor, gas chromatograph. Trace (3'33"-5'08") - Microflow reactor in laboratory. Bench scale reactor. Catalyst. White paraffinic wax. Bottle of gas oil and bottle of dark oil. VDU screen in control room. Chart recorder (5'09"-10'03") - Scanning Tunnelling Microscope. Catalyst samples on carousel. Needle (10'45"-12'01) - EM scan at 300nm of cobalt catalytic surface. EM scan showing atoms and voids on surface of catalyst (12'02"-12'47") - Spectrometer. Picture of Energy Loss Spectrometer (EELS). Graphics of EELS, schematic of atoms, spectrum (13'00"-15'12") - Graphic explaining gas molecules reaction with catalyst (15'13-18'24") - Microscope. Catalyst sample removed from carousel inside microscope (18'25"-19'21") e.Man pours glass of whisky. Monosodium glutamate crystals poured into bag. Fo ods containing monosodium glutamate e.g. soup, sauce mixes, tomatoes, mushrooms, cheese (19'22"-19'49") - EM coryneform cell. Molasses. Fermenters (19'50"-20'09") - Graphic of synthesis (20'10"-20'29") - Bags of glutamate in warehouse. Fermenters. Graphic of fermentation (20'30"-20'52") - Picture of EM coryneform cell. VDU screen in control room (21'01"-21'46") - Bacteria peels off drum. Bags of Protorsan. Evaporator. Glutamic acid. Crude crystals. Dried cake ofglutamic acid. Monosodium glutamate crystals. Centrifuge/rotary drier. Packaging plant (21'47"-22'58") - Microscopic view of coryneform bacteria. Orsan plant. Technician inspecting test tube. Glutamic acid (22'59"-24'10"). |
| Master spool number: | HOU6979 |
| Production number: | FOUS631B |
| Videofinder number: | 4077 |
| Available to public: | no |
