Compound Interest (website)
{{short description|Website with infographics about chemicals}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Compound Interest
| url = {{URL|www.compoundchem.com}}
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2013|12}}
| language = English
| author = Andy Brunning
}}
Compound Interest is a website launched in 2013 by Andy Brunning with infographics on everyday chemistry.{{cite web|last1=Fulton|first1=April|title=Chemist With Visual Flair Answers Burning Food Science Questions|date=27 June 2014|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/06/27/324871833/chemistry-teacher-s-extra-curricular-activity-about-to-pay-off|website=NPR|accessdate=18 December 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Wolf|first1=Lauren K.|title=C&EN Talks With Andy Brunning|url=http://cen.acs.org/articles/92/i27/CEN-Talks-Andy-Brunning.html|date=July 7, 2014|volume=92|issue=27|accessdate=18 December 2016|work=Chemical & Engineering News}} The infographics describe, for example, how chemicals found in food and nature give them smell, taste, and color.{{cite web|last1=Zhang|first1=Sarah|title=The Chemistry Behind the Different Colors of Autumn Leaves|date=18 September 2014|website=Gizmodo|url=https://gizmodo.com/the-chemistry-that-explains-how-leaves-change-color-in-1636414284|accessdate=18 December 2016}} The website has a monthly collaboration with the American Chemical Society.{{cite journal|title=Periodic Graphics With Compound Interest|journal=Chemical & Engineering News Archive|date=7 December 2015|volume=93|issue=48|page=44|doi=10.1021/cen-09348-scitech3 |last1=Andy Brunning }} Content of the website is used as information source by various newspapers and media, including the Washington Post,{{cite news|last1=Feltman|first1=Rachel|title=How deodorant makes you stink less|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/09/21/how-deodorant-makes-you-stink-less/|accessdate=18 December 2016|newspaper=Washington Post|date=21 September 2015}} Time,{{cite magazine|title=VIDEO: What Causes Garlic Breath?|url=https://time.com/2849572/heres-why-you-get-garlic-breath/|magazine=Time|date=9 June 2014 |access-date=18 December 2016}} The Conversation,{{cite news|last1=Lorch|first1=Mark|title=How chemistry can make your ironing easier|url=https://theconversation.com/how-chemistry-can-make-your-ironing-easier-74563|accessdate=25 May 2017|work=The Conversation|date=2017-03-16|language=en}} and Forbes.{{cite news|last1=Drahl|first1=Carmen|title=What You Need To Know About Theobromine, Poster Child For Valentine's Chocolate Chemistry|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/carmendrahl/2017/02/14/theobromine-chocolate-chemistry-valentines/|accessdate=25 May 2017|work=Forbes|date=2017-02-14}}{{cite news|last1=Drahl|first1=Carmen|title=San Francisco's Rotten Egg Smell Mystery Is All About The Sulfur Chemistry|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/carmendrahl/2017/01/02/san-franciscos-rotten-egg-smell-mystery-is-all-about-the-sulfur-chemistry/|accessdate=25 May 2017|work=Forbes|date=2017-01-02}}