Journal of the 41st InternatIonal ChemIstry olympIad, CambrIdge

CatalyzerISSUE 10 SUNDAY 26 JULY 2009

Final Issue:

resultsCongratulations to all those who took part in this year’s Olympiad. Well done to everyone who received a metal.

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Ruibo Wang ChinaAssaf Mauda IsraelHung-I Yang TaiwanVlad Puscasu RomaniaJihoon Kim KoreaNaoya Ozawa JapanBaptiste Haddou FranceOleg Salnikov RussiaYang-Ting Chen TaiwanDo Kim KoreaJi Liu ChinaDaoBo Wang SingaporeRobert Pollice AustriaChih-Cheng Yeh TaiwanTaavi Pungas EstoniaKenichi Endo JapanHsu-Hang Yeh TaiwanRi Oh KoreaAria Samiei IranDaniil Khokhlov RussiaXinchen Huang ChinaBahdan Ranishenka BelarusIvan Chernyshov RussiaChau Vu VietnamYixiao Wang U.S.A.Julia Batki HungaryZhi Hao Gani SingaporeMartin Strebl Germany

gold silver

honourable mention

Dominik Stefanko SlovakiaBill Huang AustraliaDávid Katona HungaryWenchi Liu ChinaAbhishek Padmanabhan IndiaNathan Benjamin U.S.A.Ondřej Henych Czech RepublicAli Mashreghi IranBrian Seifried U.S.A.Marcin Warminski PolandFlorian Berger GermanyAbdurrahman Turksoy TurkeyAlberto Lena ItalyRobert Owen United KingdomYuqun Lin SingaporeAlif Noikham ThailandAtsuhiro Nakajo JapanEgle Maksimaviciute LithuaniaSoma Zsoter HungaryPinnaree Tea-mangkornpan ThailandConstantin Giurgiu RomaniaIan Houlsby United KingdomShruti Khatri IndiaGleb Široki EstoniaIgor Novozhilov RussiaPeter Bullock United KingdomMarcin Malinowski PolandMaciej Sienkiewicz PolandXiao Xiao SingaporeBogdan Ardan UkraineColin Lu U.S.A.Matthias Schmid GermanyAmanmyrat Abdullayev TurkmenistanAnh Le VietnamMathieu Dartiailh FranceIman Abbaspour IranFangzhi Jia AustraliaPacharapon Sinchairojkul ThailandAsparouh Lilov CanadaHuseyin Erguven TurkeyOliver Funabazama-Barcenás MexicoYair Litman ArgentinaLevindo GarciaQuarto BrazilJoel Lawson New ZealandSasilada Sirirungruang ThailandIgnas Anikevicius LithuaniaCharlie McTernan United KingdomVinayak Gagrani IndiaPetra Vizjak CroatiaManikanta Kotaru IndiaQuang LuNguyen VietnamRomans Čaplinskis LatviaJason Kong AustraliaIvana Polim Indonesia

bronzeDzmitry Shakhno BelarusYeongSeok Cha KoreaChristoph Krumpeck AustriaAndriy Neshchadin UkraineLadislav Hovan SlovakiaKelvin Cheung AustraliaMelih Baci TurkeyKonstantin Krautgasser AustriaSimon Luca RomaniaJohannes Hellwagner AustriaBening Muhammad IndonesiaAdhitya Moeljadi IndonesiaLiudmila Budanitskaya BelarusArtur Stachowiak PolandMohammadHadi Khakrand IranLuca Zucchini ItalyIryna Barodzich BelarusZhalgas Serimbetov KazakhstanAndriy Bolbat UkraineAya Eizawa JapanPetr Motloch Czech RepublicDimas AbdillahFikri IndonesiaMehman Bunyatov AzerbaijanJan Orkisz FranceTamás Vörös HungaryEric Coomes CanadaYorck Mohr GermanyBrian Salvati ArgentinaFurkat Mukhtarov KazakhstanTudor Balan RomaniaAlgirdas Neniskis LithuaniaNicolas LópezAbdala ArgentinaConnie Zhao CanadaNazar Mammedov TurkmenistanLeif Schelin SwedenTobias Iveland NorwayDilmurat Moldobaev KyrgyzstanFilip Vranješević CroatiaPavel Švec Czech RepublicAlberto Branchi ItalyDaniel Quill IrelandEduardo Romero-Montalvo MexicoJarkko Järvelä FinlandArthur Reis BrazilOlli Lainiala FinlandWepa Roziyev TurkmenistanHsiao-Chen Jan New ZealandAllan Thor DenmarkIgor Marković CroatiaHiram BorbollaHernández CubaJared Lewis New ZealandIlya Skripin KazakhstanPavol Ondrisek SlovakiaAlexanderKristianGrevsen Denmark

Oleg Vybornyy UkraineToghrul Almammadov AzerbaijanEvitar Degani IsraelGabriel Hernández-Fernández MexicoAlexander Blokhuis NetherlandsChristos Anastassiades CyprusHyun-Sun Roh New ZealandMikael Twengström SwedenVladimiras Oleinikovas LithuaniaOndřej Hák Czech RepublicJose MonteroBastidas PeruAgil Azimzada AzerbaijanSaman Zia PakistanValeriu Scutelnic MoldovaRobinzon Ramos-Madrigal MexicoHuong Le VietnamGankhulug Gansukh MongoliaUyanga Dagvadorj MongoliaJeremy Witmer CanadaMartin Martinov BulgariaJoãoVictor MagalhãesCaminha BrazilTim Evers NetherlandsKadiLiis Saar EstoniaGareth Gamble IrelandDavid RodríguezSanMiguel SpainErnesto AguilarInfante CubaAigerim Shamshidin KazakhstanNayha Enver Pakistan

Luka Andrejčič SloveniaTino Canziani SwitzerlandThibaut Grouy BelgiumYngve Guttormsen NorwayMatin Huseynli AzerbaijanChristian Jensen DenmarkMaksim Mišin EstoniaJernej Repas SloveniaLuca Schneller-PavelescuApetrei Spain

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Written and Produced Chris Adriaanse and Amy Chesterton Production Consultant Michael Derringer Images Michael Derringer (cover) and Caroline Hancox Email catalyzer@bluesci.org

the element song

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symbolism

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The reversel depicts a stylised DNA molecule with a chain of hydrogen-bonded water 1. molecules. It was designed by Philip Nathan, a specialist coin and medal designer.The shield of the University of Cambridge.2. Logo of the Department of Industry, Universities and Skills (DIUS). 3. The Leopard's Head hallmark of the Goldsmiths’ Company (see article in Issue 8).4. The shield of the University of Oxford.5. The coat of arms of the Royal Society of Chemistry. 6. The shield of the Royal Society of Chemistry. The central symbol represents the sun 7. surrounded by symbols for the ancient planets on a benzene ring, representing the seven metals known to the early alchemists. The Latin motto of the Royal Society of Chemistry8. Pro scientia et humanitate. An agreeable and almost literal translation is for the sake of knowledge and for the benefit of mankind.

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There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium, And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium, And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium, Europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium, And lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium, And gold and protactinium and indium and gallium, And iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium.

There’s yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium, And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium, And strontium and silicon and silver and samarium, And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium, and barium.

There’s holmium and helium and hafnium and erbium, And phosphorus and francium and fluorine and terbium, And manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium,

Dysprosium and scandium and cerium and cesium. And lead, praseodymium, and platinum, plutonium, Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium, And tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium, And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium.

There’s sulfur, californium, and fermium, berkelium, And also mendelevium, einsteinium, nobelium, And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc, and rhodium, And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, ungsten, tin, and sodium.

These are the only ones of which the news has come to Havard, And there may be many others, but they haven’t been discavard.

IUPACas requested by many of this year’s olympians, here are the words to ‘the element song’ by tom lehrer.

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