CHEMISTRY CREATES COMFORTS OF HOME

Abstract

COULD THERE BE a better time for chemists to celebrate than National Chemistry Week (NGW)? The Minnesota Section of the American Chemical Society went allout for its centennial anniversary with a daylong expo on the last day of the week of festivities. The bash was held at Concordia University in St. Paul, where more than 500 chemists, community members, and kids of all ages oohed and aahed at the expo's chemistry demonstrations and toured history exhibits, too. Activities like these have become staples of NCW, ACS's annual extravaganza. NCW is celebrated in many ways. This year, as in the past, nearly 10,000 volunteers assembled at schools, malls, museums, and even zoos across the country to demonstrate the positive effects that chemistry has on everyday life. NCW officially was held on Oct. 22-28 this year, and the theme was Your Home—It's All Built on Chemistry. People seem to forget how much ...