#SEC at the FGCU Annual Conference 2025 in Erlangen

Under the leadership of Petra Schultheiß-Reimann, the Chemical Education working group devised "Experiencing chemistry through ammonia". The symposium took place as part of the annual Conference of the Division of Chemical Education (FGCU) at the University of Erlangen: Friday 19 September 2025, 10:00–11:55.

Teachers, education researchers, trainee teachers and doctoral researchers met in Erlangen from 17 to 19 September 2025 to share their experiences and discuss new trends in chemical education; see FGCU2025. The SEC also took part in this Conference's poster exhibition with a contribution (see box on the right).

The concept behind the lectures submitted by the SEC is based on experiments selected for their educational value to help explain chemical equilibrium. They are set in the historical context of the Haber–Bosch process and the future of ammonia as a hydrogen carrier. The third lecture in particular fits the Conference motto "Global Transformation".

We were able to secure three outstanding speakers for this lecture series, “A Chemical Equilibrium as a Lever for Global Food Security and Decarbonisation”:

• Ekkehard Schwab: 112 Years of the Haber–Bosch Process – Collaboration between Science and Industry (Discussion lecture)
• Alfred Flint: Spectacle Lenses, Baking Powder and Soldering Stone – From the Phenomenon to Chemical Equilibrium according to the “Chemistry for Life” Concept (Experimental lecture)
• Benedikt Steinbach: Ammonia as the Key to Decarbonisation – New Pathways and Technologies for an Old Molecule? (Discussion lecture)

This website is currently being prepared.