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Episode 59: Dr. Paul Chirik on Modern Alchemy
September 5, 202517 min · 3,216 words
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Dr. Paul Chirik, the Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Chemistry and the Chair of the Department of Chemistry at Princeton University, researches something he calls “modern alchemy.” As many of the world's most effective chemical catalysts are made from rare and precious metals, Dr.
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not carbon footprint, but elemental footprint. And what that means is, as you go through your life, how many elements do you need to live your quality of life?
“what we've found is that we can make iron, cobalt, and nickel catalysts do what palladium won't.”
“what we learned how to do was to make an iron catalyst that puts butadiene into squares. And no one had ever made a structure like that before.”
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