The Citadel Chemistry Department

Yay student presentations at the Spring ACS Meeting!

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/metal-waste-catalyst-hydrogen-production

Metal waste catalyst forges way to hydrogen production from water - Interesting Engineering This technology aims to deliver ‘the most promising green pathways for hydrogen production’ via electrolysis of water.

Congratulations to Austin Hronek (BA Chem, 2025)!

Citadel veteran student wins the 10th annual Baker Business Bowl, receives $10,000 for their business plan - The Citadel Today Tsuboi Agriculture is the winner of the 10th annual Baker Business Bowl and went home with a $10,000 check to start the business.

Congratulations to all the presenters at the SFSSM Banquet!

Wow!

Snapshot of noble gas atoms emerges from within a graphene sandwich – Physics World Nanoclusters of krypton and xenon directly imaged at room temperature for the first time thanks to confining layers of graphene

Congratulations to Blake for getting the highest yield and winning the coveted silver skull!!!!

Congrats to all of the cadets that went to SERMACS this fall!

https://www.space.com/asteroid-may-contain-element-beyond-periodic-table-new-study?lrh=7d4cd08a892f492701c28e3231467e92011ff8812f8a80249c6e196afc784f43

Nearby asteroid may contain elements 'beyond the periodic table', new study suggests Naturally occurring superheavy elements beyond those listed in the periodic table could potentially explain why asteroid 33 Polyhymnia is so dense, new research suggests.

Woot! At the last weekend workshop cadets saw stoichiometry in action. The cadets made rockets with varying ratios of fuel/oxygen and saw which ratio launched the rockets the furthest!

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/plastic-upcycle-soap-surfactant

Chemists turned plastic waste into tiny bars of soap Researchers developed a process to turn plastic waste into surfactants, the key ingredients in dozens of products, including soap.

Congratulations to all of the summer researchers!