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Materials
Periodic Graphics
Periodic Graphics: The materials science of cycling
Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning explores the alloys and polymers used in bicycle equipment.
by Andy Brunning, special to C&EN
May 23, 2021
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 99, Issue 19
To download a pdf of this article, visit cenm.ag/bicycles.
References used to create this graphic:
Case, Fiona. “Where the rubber meets the road.” Chemistry World, Sept. 29, 2011.
Exploratorium. “The science of cycling.” Accessed May 12, 2021.
Nicol, Scot. “Metallurgy for cyclists.” Originally published in several issues of VeloNews (1994). Republished on BikeGremlin (Feb. 6, 2021) by Relja Novović.
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.
Correction
This story was updated on May 25, 2021, to correct the structure of the example polyester (polyethylene terephthalate). The structure was missing an oxygen.
Chemical & Engineering News
ISSN 0009-2347
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