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World Service,10 Jan 1997,18 mins

Chemical Energy

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The art of working with combustion. Fire is still one of the most powerful chemical reactions; the production of energy - heat, light and gas - makes it extremely versatile. This is a programme from the BBC World Service Archive and was originally broadcast in 1997.

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