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Jessica Clifton

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Jessica is Executive Director at ReAgent and leads a variety of growth projects. She has an extensive background in marketing, and has worked in the chemical industry since 2019. Outside of work, Jessica can be found on a run, building LEGO, or watching Star Wars.
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The Principles Of Sustainable Chemistry

Sustainable chemistry is a broad term that encompasses all environmentally-friendly practices in chemistry. These include minimising the carbon footprint and designing efficient chemical processes that produce the least possible amount of waste products. Sustainable chemistry is almost synonymous and interchangeable

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Why Is Green Chemistry Important?

Green chemistry is important because it aims to lower the carbon footprint and hazardous byproducts of industrial chemical processes, while still providing a cost-effective means of chemical manufacturing. Green chemistry is both a specialised scientific field within chemistry/chemical engineering and

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Can you Become a Doctor with a Chemistry Degree?

While a chemistry degree alone won’t allow you to become a medical doctor in the UK, it can help you to gain entry to a medical school. Many subjects on a medicine course either focus on chemistry or are related

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What is the Candela Unit of Measurement?

The candela is the base unit in the International System of Units (SI) that measures how bright or radiant a light source is, given certain wavelengths that are visible to the human eye. It’s measured in terms of the luminous

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What Is Green Chemistry?

Green chemistry aims to minimise the environmental impact of chemical products and chemical manufacturing. It’s applied across the lifecycle of a product, from initial design through to disposal. Many manufacturing methods and chemical applications, such as pesticides, can have a

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What Are Chemical Bonds?

Chemical bonds are the electrostatic attraction between atoms of different elements, which form a crystal or molecular compound. This happens either through sharing electrons, or the transfer of electrons from one atom to another. Chemical bonding gives rise to a

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What Is Volume In Chemistry?

Volume is a measure of the amount of space that matter occupies. Matter is defined as a physical substance that occupies space and has a mass.  In physical sciences like chemistry, the standard unit of volume is cubic metres (m3).

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What Can You Do With A Chemistry Degree?

A chemistry degree can pave the way for a lucrative and rewarding career. It opens up a wide range of opportunities in both academia and industry. However, the number of students applying for chemistry degrees in the UK and Ireland