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Seminar: James Bour (Wayne State University)

Dr. James Bour, chemistry professor at Wayne State University, will deliver a seminar in person at Kalamazoo College on Thursday, October 13, at 6 p.m. in Dewing Hall, room 103. This seminar is jointly sponsored by KACS and the Kalamazoo College Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Questions may be directed to edwardwthomas@gmail.com or Blakely.Tresca@kzoo.edu. Title: Understanding Relationships Between Defectivity and Microporosity in Organic Polymers Abstract: This presentation describes efforts to understand structural features critical for high surface areas in porous organic polymers. Using a network disassembly approach, we show that porosity is highly sensitive to dangling end defects. The implications ...

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Chemistry Day at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum

kalamazoo valley museum 230 N. Rose Street, Kalamazoo

The Kalamazoo Valley Museum and the Kalamazoo Section of the American Chemical Society invite you to attend the event “Fabulous Fibers: The Chemistry of Fabrics!”, which is the 2022 theme of our National Chemistry Week outreach. Visitors of all ages will enjoy chemistry experiments related to fibers, as well as other favorites. After a two-year hiatus, the 36th annual event will take place in person on Saturday, October 15, from noon to 4 p.m. at the museum; it is FREE to attendees. Discover how chemistry can tell us more about fibers using fire in Great Balls of Fire! Use the ...

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KACS EC Meeting

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KACS EC Meeting

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Sustainable Science – Recycle a Poster

Our keynote speaker will be Mark E. Jones, Ph.D. Mark retired in March 2021 as Executive External Strategy and Communications Fellow for Dow Chemical, having spent a decade on the CTO’s staff. As an active contributor to the American Chemical Society he has served as chair of the Midland Local Section, writes for Industry Matters, hosts webinars and currently serves on the Committee on Public Relations and Communications and the National Historic Chemical Landmarks subcommittee. All scientists interested in presenting a poster, please send your abstracts to symposium@kalamazooacs.org along with the poster title, the author list with the presenter underlined ...

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KACS EC Meeting

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KACS EC Meeting

contact chair@kalamazooacs.org for information and an invitation

KACS EC Meeting

contact chair@kalamazooacs.org for information and an invitation