{"id":89735,"date":"2014-02-27T08:14:42","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T13:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=89735"},"modified":"2014-03-04T08:31:31","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T13:31:31","slug":"breaking-bads-bad-chemistry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2014\/02\/breaking-bads-bad-chemistry\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Bad’s Bad Chemistry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The down-on-his-luck chemistry teacher Walter White, left, from the blockbuster TV series Breaking Bad, in his ‘lab.’ (Source: photobucket.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the final episodes of Breaking Bad became available for the first time on Netflix this week, UConn chemistry professor Nicholas Leadbeater offered a three-part examination of the chemistry behind the hit television show.<\/p>\n

On Monday, he discussed why Walter White\u2019s meth was so unique. Listen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, he discussed White’s use of acids to make evidence disappear. Listen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, he examined White’s use of instant poison gas to make one of his Greatest Escapes. Listen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Leadbeater is an associate professor of organic and inorganic chemistry at the University of Connecticut, where he heads the New Synthetic Methods Group<\/a>. The group conducts research on cleaner and more efficient methods for creating synthetic materials. Leadbeater holds a Ph.D. from Cambridge University, where he was a research fellow until 1999.<\/p>\n

These talks were first aired on WAMC<\/a>, the PBS station in Albany, N.Y., as Academic Minutes, and were also hosted by Inside Higher Education<\/em><\/a>. The Academic Minute<\/em> features researchers from colleges and universities around the world.<\/p>\n

Thanks to WAMC for the station\u2019s permission to post these spots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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