GROTTI , M.

Improving the interest of high-school students towards chemistry (and science in general) is one of the goals of the Italian Ministry of Education. To this aim, we designed a context-based activity that actively involved students in six different laboratory experiences interconnected by a case study of the murder of Miss Scarlet, from the...

The organic complexation of dissolved iron (DFe) was assessed in 5 snow, 34 sea ice, 12 brine and 24 under-ice seawater samples collected during a 22 day time series in the East Antarctic sector in austral summer 2009. Similar to seawater, over 99% of DFe was bound to organic ligands in snow, sea ice and brines throughout the study. Dissolved...