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Chemistry provides the raw materials for more than 70,000 products that help keep you safe, warm, cool, on time, in motion, and connected. From heart monitors to satellites to cell phones to microwave ovens to synthetic fibers, chemistry makes the things that make modern life possible. If you can't spot the innovations of chemistry, you're just not looking.

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They Shoot, They Score! The Chemistry of Hockey

Chemical-based products have gone a long way in modernizing the sport of ice hockey, leading to renovated rinks, improved sticks and pucks, and—most importantly—better protected players. » learn more

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Essential to the Great Outdoors

No matter what the season, folks will take their sports and recreational activities outside. While nature provides an arena that can’t be beat, plastics have your equipment needs covered. » learn more

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The Science Behind the Cocktail

Have you ever wondered why some alcoholic drinks are carbonated? Why bartenders pour alcohol in first for a cocktail, followed by the mixer? Or if garnishes really influence the flavor of a drink? » learn more

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Turf Treatments: More than Par for the Course

If you've ever played golf, you understand the importance of the putting green actually being green. Chemistry helps keep turf free of grassy and broadleaf weeds, unsightly diseases, and insect damage, which improves the aesthetics of the golf course and a course’s playability. » learn more

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Taking it to the Hoop: The Chemistry of Basketball

Whether it’s the plastic water bottles that help replenish players between substitutions or the foam “wiggle sticks” fans use to distract an opposing free throw shooter, chemistry can be found all around the basketball court. Here are some examples of the most prominent ways chemistry makes basketball possible. » learn more

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