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| A family of chemicals made by fermenting sugars |
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| A metal mixture, often with special properties |
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| Drinking excessive amounts of alcohol over a short space of time with the intention of getting completely drunk |
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| Clothing that lets the water vapour from sweat escape has this |
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| Fibres made from carbon atoms only. They are stiffer than steel |
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| Something made from more than one type of material, carefully arranged together |
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| Something that lets energy, (such as heat or electricity), pass through it easily |
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| (of the body) Not having enough water in the body |
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| Boiling a liquid and then cooling and condensing the gas; used to concentrate or purify |
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| A chemical that stops the oil and water parts from seperating in emulsion |
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| Mixtures of water and oil that do not separate out |
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| The acid in vinegar. You may hear it called acetic acid, which is the old name for it |
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| The process in which yeast turns sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide. Used to make beer and wine |
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| A special fabric that can 'breathe' but keeps liquid water out |
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| 'Water-loving' - chemicals that dissolve or mix completely with water |
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| 'Water-hating' - chemicals like oil that do not 'mix' with water |
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| Modern packaging that actively controls the environment around the food and stops it going bad |
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| A very strong plastic fibre that can be used for bullet-proof vests |
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| The chemical in egg yolk that acts as an emulsifier in mayonaise |
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| A brand of very stretchy polymer (plastic) fibre |
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| A very thin layer, or sheet, of material |
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| Something with millions of microscopic holes (pores) |
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| A nano-sized machine or robot |
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| A material which has nanoparticles used in combination with other materials |
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| One billionth of a metre (10 -9m) - the scale of atoms |
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| A particle with a diameter of between 10 and 100 nanometres |
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| New technololgy built around the use of nanoparticles |
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| A nano-sized tube made by rolling up a sheet of carbon atoms |
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| Spread out from a source. Eg. light from a bulb or infrared radiation from a hot object |
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| Oils and fats go rancid when they react with oxygen. It makes them taste bad |
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| A special alloy that goes back to its original shape on warming if you bend it |
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| A material that can change its properties when conditions change |
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| A sweet-tasting chemical found naturally in fruits |
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| The material used to coat 'non-stick' pans |
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| A brand of insultating material that is made from very fine polypropene fibres. Polypropene is a type of plastic |
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