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Periodic graphics: Chemistry at the movies

Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning takes a gander at the molecules responsible for your cinematic experience

by Andy Brunning
February 14, 2017 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 95, Issue 8

This is an infographic describing the molecular makeup of movie popcorn, movie film, 3-D glasses, and the contents breathed out by audiences watching a movie.

To download a pdf of this article, visit https://cenm.ag/movies.

References used to create this graphic:

Chemistry in the service of art

Primary odorants in popcorn

Cinema audiences reproducibly vary the chemical composition of air during films, by broadcasting scene specific emissions on breath

How do 3D glasses work?


A collaboration between C&EN and Andy Brunning, author of the popular graphics blog Compound Interest

To see more of Brunning’s work, go to compoundchem.com. To see all of C&EN’s Periodic Graphics, visit http://cenm.ag/periodicgraphics.

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