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• BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - Why Does Baking Powder Put Out a Fire?

  - 2007-11-28

  LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, November 28 /PRNewswire/ -- There is a lot to learn about chemistry hidden in a packet of baking powder. It not only makes a cake's batter wonderfully light and fluffy, but could also extinguish a fire. In entertaining week LUDWIGSHAFEN,...

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• BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - Why is Fall Foliage so Colorful?

  - 2007-10-24

  LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, October 24 /PRNewswire/ -- When fall arrives the tree's living conditions begin to change. The days are shorter and the weather gradually cools down. So nature simply takes a small break and shows us a colorful world. Find LUDWIGSHAFEN,...

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• BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - What makes a Refrigerator Cold?

  - 2007-09-27

  LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, September 27 /PRNewswire/ -- To make it short: The cold does not come into the refrigerator. Instead, the warmth goes out. Technically speaking, a refrigerator cannot produce coldness. That sounds a bit strange at first, ye LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, September 27...

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• BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - How Does Soap Clean our Hands?

  - 2007-09-27

  LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, September 27 /PRNewswire/ -- So you try to get your greasy chicken fingers clean without soap - only water - and it does not seem to help much. The water either bubbles or rolls off the oil and your fingers stay...

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• BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - What Does the Gasoline Octane Rating Represent?

  - 2007-09-05

  LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, September 5 /PRNewswire/ -- You could go ahead and get the impression that it is always best to drive with 100-octane fuel. This is not true. Every gasoline-operated engine is adjusted to a specific type of gasoline. What d LUDWIGSHAFEN,...

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• BASF Podcast "The Chemical Reporter" - How is Mineral Water Carbonated?

  - 2007-08-22

  LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, August 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Many people like that tingling feeling on their tongue. Carbonated mineral water just seems to have that certain lively something. A bottle of soda water contains approximately six grams of carbon LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, August 22...

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