YOUNG chemist got the right result at a competition.

Four Year Eight Bolton School girls — Yaqeen Alkaabi, Amaani Adam, Molly Bell and Alara Unsal —won silver, the second prize, in the Salters’ Festival at Manchester University. They had to solve a murder mystery using their scientific know how and making a one minute stop clock using the reaction between sodium thiosulfate and hydrochloric acid.

Lyndsay Salter, from the school, said: “The four girls, worked with determination and were awarded second prize for their skill and accuracy at creating an almost perfect timer.” in the University Challenge. The day concluded with one of the best Flashes and Bangs shows I have ever seen given by Dr Frank Mair.”

Whilst the students were working hard in the laboratory, their teachers were treated to a lecture on the resources available on the RSC website and the research being carried out at Manchester University.