Chemistry

We will start with some lessons on atoms and the elements in the Periodic Table.

An Introduction to Atoms, Protons, Neutrons and Electrons (Includes video)

Periodic Table of Elements (Includes video)

Group 1: The Alkali Metals (Includes video)

Group 7: The Halogens (Includes video)

Group 0: The Noble Gasses (Includes video)

Transition Metals (Includes video)

In the following lessons, we will look into some important skills of chemistry that involve mathematics:

Deducing chemical formulas (Includes video)

• Determining valency of elements
• Methods to deduce chemical formulas

Naming chemical substances (Includes video)

• Naming ionic compounds
• Naming covalent compounds

Balancing chemical equations

• Interpret a chemical formula - counting the atoms
• General rules for balancing equations
• Rule 1: Balancing chemical equations using the one’s and two’s technique (Includes video)
• Rule 2: Balancing chemical equations using the two’s and three’s technique (Includes video)
• Rule 3: Balancing chemical equations using the CHO technique (Includes video)
• Rule 4: Balancing chemical equations using the even technique (Includes video)
• Rule 5: Balancing chemical equations containing polyatomic ions (Includes video)

Writing a balanced equation

• Writing a balanced chemical equation
• Writing a balanced ionic equation (Includes video)

What is atomic number and mass number? (Includes video)
Isotopes and Relative Atomic Mass (Includes video)
Relative Molecular Mass / Relative Formula Mass (Includes video)
Mole, Avogadro Constant & Molar Mass (Includes video)
Mole Calculation - Moles to Mass, Mass to Moles (Includes video)
Molar Volume, Avogadro's Law (Includes video)
Stoichiometry - Calculations from Equations (Includes video)
Percent Yield & Percent Purity (Includes video)

School Chemistry

This is a series of lectures in videos covering Chemistry topics taught in schools.

Physical Change & Chemical Change

Developing the Atomic Theory
Inside the Atom
The Elements: Chemistry Lesson
The Periodic Table of Elements: Chemistry Lesson

Atomic Theory of Matter
Dalton's Atomic Theory vs Modern Atomic Theory
The Atom, its Subatomic Particles and Chemical Notation

Anatomy of the Atom Part 1
Anatomy of the Atom Part 2
Atom vs Ions: Comparing Bohr Diagrams
What is an Isotope?

Groups of the Periodic Table
The Periodic Table
Chemistry Group 1 – Alkali Metals
Chemistry Group 7 - Halogens
Reactions and Properties of Alkali Metals & Halogens

Ionic and Covalent Bonding

Electron Dot Diagram
Writing Formulas For Binary Ionic Compounds
Naming Binary Ionic Compounds
Transition Metals and Writing Their Names and Formulas

Polyatomic Ions
Polyatomic Variations

Acid Base Nomenclature
Naming Polyatomic Acids (Oxy-Acids) and Bases
Acids Bases Practice Questions

Naming and Writing Formulas of Covalent Compounds
Covalent Compounds
Hydrate Compounds

Balancing Equations Part 1
Balancing Equations Part 2
Balancing Equations Video
Balancing Chemical Equations

Synthesis Reactions Part 1
Synthesis Reactions Part 2
Synthesis Reactions Part 3
Decomposition Reactions

Single Displacement Reactions Part 1
Single Displacement Reactions Part 2
Double Displacement Reactions
Neutralization Reactions
Combustion Reactions

More Balancing Equations 1
More Balancing Equations 2
More Balancing Equations 3 - Single Displacement Reactions
More Balancing Equations 4 - Double Displacement Reactions

Solutions - Conductivity
Solutions - Solubility
Solutions - Saturation and Equilibrium
Solutions - Concentration Calculations
Solutions - How to prepare a solution
Solutions - Parts per million
Solutions - Net Ionic Equations
Solutions - Titration

Chemistry Experiments for Junior Certificate
Physics Experiments for Junior Certificate

Chemistry and Physics Experiments

This is a series of chemistry and physics experiments presented by Dr Matt Carlson, a high school science teacher.

Mixing Light
Photons of Light
Air Pressure
Temperature
Freezing by Boiling
Free Fall
Packing Peanuts
Newton's Third Law
Concentration and Reaction Rates
Density
Fun with a Vaccum
Circular Motion
Bernoulli Effect
Thermal Conduction
Pendulums
Motion in Two Dimensions
Shoot the Monkey
Eddy Currents
Angular Momentum
Waves
The Doppler Effect
Mirror and Images
States of Matter
Liquid Air
Fluorescence
Making Clouds
Quantun Mechanics
A Particle Experiment
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
Entropy
Rolling Uphill
Straight Line

High School Chemistry

This is a series of lectures in videos covering Chemistry topics taught in High Schools.

Significant Figures - Review
Physical and Chemical Properties - Review
Atomic Theory of Matter - Review

Isotopes and Average Atomic Mass
Isotopic Abundance
Radioactivity
Development of Atomic Structure and Light

Trends in the Periodic Table - Review
Trends in the Periodic Table - Atomic Radius
Trends in the Periodic Table - Ionization Energy
Trends in the Periodic Table - Electron Affinity
Trends in the Periodic Table - Electronegativity

Ionic Bonding
Writing Formulas for Ionic Compounds
Covalent Bonding (Includes Polar and Non-Polar)
Metallic Bonding

Shapes of Molecules & Molecular Polarity
Lewis Dot Structure
VSPER Theory I
VSEPR Theory II

Electron Configration
Guide to Electron Comfiguration

Calculating Molar Mass
Avogadro Constant
Molar Mass and Mole
Empirical Formula
Calculating Empirical Formula

Phase Changes & Energy I
Phase Changes & Energy II
Intermolecular Forces

Pressure, Volume and Temperature
Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases
Gas Laws Explained - Boyle's, Charles', Gay-Lussac's, Combined
Solving Gas Law Problems
Ideal Gas Law

Balancing Reactions
Oxidation and Reduction Reactions
Redox Reactions
Single Displacement Reactions
Double Displacement Reactions
Redox - Half Reaction Method
Oxidation Numbers
Electrochemistry

Voltaic Cells
Electrolysis & Electroplating

Stoichiometry
Stoichiometric Problems

Molarity
Calculating Molarity
Concentration of Solutions

Solutions and Solubility
Factors affecting Solubility
Solubility Rules or Chart

Ions in Aqueous Solution
Reaction of Aqueous Solutions I
Reaction of Aqueous Solutions II

Stoichiometry in Aqueuos Solution
Preparing Solutions
Gas Law Stoichiometry Problems

Limiting Reagent or Reactant
Stoichiometry with Limiting Reagent or Reactant

Reaction Mechanism - Factora affecting reaction rate
Endothermic & Exothermic Reactions (experiments)
Potential Energy Diagrams and Activation Energy
Enthalpy

Introduction to Equilibrium
Equilibrium
Le Chatelier's Principle I
Le Chatelier's Principle II

Acid and Base Properties
Acids and Bases: Strong and Weak
Arrhenius Acids and Bases
Equilibrium Constant Kw
pH Scale
Calculate the pH of Strong Acids and Bases
Calculate the pH of Weak Acids and Bases
Calculating pH
Bronsted Lowry Theory

Neutralization Reactions
Neutralization Reaction Problems

Acid Base Indicators
Acid Base Stoichiometry
Acid Base Titration Lab Techniques
Acid Base Reactions
Acid Base Titration Problems
Comjugate Acid Base Pairs
Titration Curves

Organic Chemistry
Alkanes; Nomenclature
Aliphatics. Bonding for Alkanes
Alkenes, Alkynes
Cyclic Alkanes and Halides
Aromatics: Benzene Ring
Alcohols, Carboxylic Acids, Esters
Ketones, Aldehydes, Ethers, Amines
Organic Substitution Reactions
Addition Reactions in Organic Chemistry
Combustion and Elimination Reactions
Polymers and some Organic Compounds

Nuclear Chemistry and Nuclear Equations
Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fussion
Half Life

General Chemistry I

This is a series of lectures in videos covering Chemistry topics taught in colleges or universities.

Matter and Measurement
Units and Uncertainty
Solving Problems in Chemistry
Atoms and Elements
Elements and Moles
Chemical Bonding
Balancing Chemical Equations
Organic Molecules
Reaction Yields
Gases
Thermochemistry

General Chemistry II

Heat and Enthalpy
Enthalpy Changes for Chemical Reactions
Enthalpy of Expansion and Compression of Gases

Entropy and Heat
Entropy and Equilibrium
Entropy and Heat Engines

Chemical Equilibrium I
Chemical Equilibrium II
Phase Equilibria

Liquid Solutions
Acids and Bases
Buffer Solutions
Acid-Base Titrations

Solubility of Ionic Solids
Selective Precipitation

Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
Batteries
Corrosion
Oxidation States

Electrochemistry
Transition Metal Complexes
Electronic Structure of Coordination Complexes

Organic Chemistry
Bioorganic Chemistry

Chemical Kinetics
Complex Reaction Mechanisms

Nuclear Chemistry I
Nuclear Chemistry II

Organic Chemistry

Representing Structures of Organic Molecules
Naming Simple Alkanes
Naming Alkanes with Alkyl Groups
Correction - 2-Propylheptane should never be the name

Common and Systematic Naming-Iso, Sec and Tert Prefixes
Organic Chemistry Naming Examples 1
Organic Chemistry Naming Examples 2
Organic Chemistry Naming Examples 3
Organic Chemistry Naming Examples 4
Organic Chemistry Naming Examples 5

Naming Alkenes Examples
Naming Alkyl Halides
sp3 Hybridized Orbitals and Sigma Bonds
Pi bonds and sp2 Hybridized Orbitals

Newman Projections
Newman Projections 2
Chair and Boat Shapes for Cyclohexane
Double Newman Diagram for Methcyclohexane

Introduction to Chirality
Chiral Examples 1
Chiral Examples 2

Cahn-Ingold-Prelog System for Naming Enantiomers
R,S (Cahn-Ingold-Prelog) Naming System Example 2
Stereoisomers, Enantiomers, Diastereomers, Constitutional Isomers and Meso Compounds

Cis-Trans and E-Z Naming Scheme for Alkenes
Entgegen-Zusammen Naming Scheme for Alkenes Examples

Introduction to Reaction Mechanisms
Markovnikov's Rule and Carbocations
Addition of Water (Acid-Catalyzed) Mechanism
Polymerization of Alkenes with Acid

SN2 Reactions
SN1 Reactions
Steric Hindrance
SN2 Stereochemistry
Solvent Effects on SN1 and SN2 Reactions
Nucleophilicity (Nucleophile Strength)
Nucleophilicity vs. Basicity

E2 Reactions
E1 Reactions
Zaitsev's Rule
Comparing E2 E1 SN2 SN1 Reactions
E2 E1 SN2 SN1 Reactions Example 2
E2 E1 SN2 SN1 Reactions Example 3
Free Radical Reactions

Alcohols
Alcohol Properties
Resonance in benzene and the carbonate ion

Ether Naming and Introduction
Cyclic ethers and epoxide naming
Ring-opening SN2 reaction of expoxides
SN1 and SN2 epoxide opening discussion
Aromatic Compounds and Huckel's Rule
Naming Benzene Derivatives Introduction
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
Bromination of Benzene

Custom Search