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The Discovery and Uses of Fluorine: A Highly Reactive Element
This video provides an overview of the element fluorine, its properties, and its uses. Despite its reactivity, fluorine is used in dental care and pharmaceuticals due to its beneficial effects on teeth and its stable carbon-fluorine...
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Introduction to Bonding and Ions
In this video, the speaker explains the concept of electronic structures and bonding in chemistry. They start by discussing noble gases and their highly stable electronic structures with full outer shells. They then explain how metals...
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Introduction to Hiking
This video promotes the benefits of hiking as a great way to get in shape while enjoying the outdoors. It highlights the numerous health benefits, including cardiovascular exercise, muscle strength, weight loss, and improved mental...
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Molecular Orbital Energy Diagram
It explains types of molecular orbital's, contours and energies of bonding and anitbonding molecular orbitals.
Professor Dave Explains
Ligand Field Theory and the Jahn-Teller Effect
Before we can discuss the types of reactions that transition metal complexes can participate in, we need to discuss more of their properties. In this video, we will review the Crystal Field Theory and build on it to explore the Ligand...
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CHEMISTRY - Matter - Structure and Bonding of Elements & Compounds (part 2)
Learn the basics about how atoms bond when learning about the structure of atoms. Bonds form by the attraction of negatively charged electrons and the positive nucleus of atoms. Atoms have a positively charged tiny nucleus which contains...
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The Versatile Uses of Precious Metals and Essential Elements
Let's take a look back at the elements silver, hydrogen, phosphorous, germanium, and sulfur.
Food Farmer Earth
The Rituals of Spring: Lambing Season's Essential Bonding
Spring lambing season is eagerly anticipated on the farm, starting around mid-February, marking a time of crucial bonding between ewes and their lambs, especially in lambing jugs. This period involves careful observation by farmers to...
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Uses and Risks of Nanoparticles in Everyday Life
This video discusses the unique properties and uses of nanoparticles, including their high reactivity and invisibility to the naked eye. The video explores practical applications, such as self-cleaning glass, sunscreen, and the...
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How Do Atoms Bond
Learn the basics about how atoms bond when learning about the structure of atoms. Bonds form by the attraction of negatively charged electrons and the positive nucleus of atoms. Atoms have a positively charged tiny nucleus which contains...
Professor Dave Explains
Examples of s-p Mixing in Molecular Orbital Theory
Admittedly, my prior tutorial on MO theory was a little confusing, and had some errors. I wanted to make things right, so here's another one! This will clarify some of the basic concepts, and will also extend them to discuss a new...
Professor Dave Explains
Practice Problem: VSEPR Theory and Molecular Geometry
What's with all these shapes? Let's practice assigning hybridization, electron-domain geometry, and molecular geometry. Octahedral! Tetrahedral! Linear! Pyramids and see-saws and what not! Chemistry is fun, isn't it?
Professor Dave Explains
IIT/JEE Chemistry Practice #16: Chemical Bonding
Practice REAL problems from actual past IIT/JEE exams with Professor Dave!
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Covalent Bonding In Carbon Dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a product of one of the most important chemical reactions in the world: combustion. Combustion is how a lot of people in the world heat their homes and power their cars. It also unfortunately contributes to the...
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The Role of Electrons in Chemical Bonding
This video discusses the role of electrons in bonding together individual atoms to form larger, more complex structures. The video also explains how atoms achieve stability by gaining or losing electrons to form positive or negative...
Professor Dave Explains
The Composition of Rocks: Mineral Crystallinity and Bonding Types
What is a mineral? How are minerals classified based on their elemental composition, crystalline structure, and bonding type? Learn the basics of mineral composition and classification in this video.
Minerals part 1
Food Farmer Earth
Lambing Season on the Farm
WARNING: This video contains graphic images of a lamb being born. Spring is lambing season, and so we wanted to visit a farm that specializes in raising lambs. Sudan Farm, located in Canby, Oregon does just that, it raises lambs for...
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Monosaccharide-Linking Reactions (with UTP)
Monosaccharide-Linking Reactions (with UTP)
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What Shapes Do Simple Molecules Make
Learn the basics about the shapes of simple molecules, when learning about properties of matter. In reality the shapes of simple molecules are 3-D molecules and should be visualised as such. Imagine now the central carbon atom surrounded...
Professor Dave Explains
Native Elements, Oxides, Halides, and Sulfides
Different types of rocks contain different classes of minerals, which can tell us a lot about the geological environment in which the rock formed. What are these different mineral classes? What is the common structure of each class? The...
Religion for Breakfast
The Most Painful Religious Rituals
In this episode we examine the topic: The Most Painful Religious Rituals
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Properties of Covalent Molecules and Giant Covalent Structures
The video is about covalent molecules, their properties and behavior. The video then goes on to discuss polymers, which are formed by the reaction of monomers with a C-C double bond. The video also discusses giant covalent structures,...
Professor Dave Explains
Types of Silicates Part 1: Orthosilicates, Disilicates, and Cyclosilicates
Silicates are a particularly complex class of minerals that all contain silica tetrahedra. Let's look at a few of the sub classes of silicates and the minerals in those groups to learn more about silicate structure. The 8 Classes of...