Chemistry and our Universe : how it all Works

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"Course no. 1185"--Disc label.
Course consists of 60 lectures.
Each lecture ca. 30 min.
1. Is chemisty the science of everything? -- 2. Matter and measurement -- 3. Wave nature of light -- 4. Particle nature of light -- 5. Basic structue of the atom -- 6. Electronic structure of the atom -- 7. Periodic trends: navigating the table -- 8. Compounds and chemical formulas -- 9. Joining atoms: the chemical bond -- 10. Mapping molecules: Lewis structures -- 11. VSEPR theory and molecular geometry -- 12. Hybridization of orbitals -- 13. Molecular orbital theory -- 14. Communicating chemical reactions -- 15. Chemical accounting: stoichiometry -- 16. Enthalpy and calorimetry -- 17. Hess's Law and heats of formation -- 18. Entropy: the role of randomness -- 19. Influence of free energy -- 20. Intermolecular forces -- 21. Phase changes in matter -- 22. Behavior of gases: gas laws -- 23. Kinetic molecular theory -- 24. Liquids and their properties -- 25. Metals and ionic solids -- 26. Covalent solids -- 27. Mixing it up: solutions -- 28. Solubility and saturation -- 29. Colligative properties of solutions -- 30. Modeling reaction rates.
31. Temperature and reaction rates -- 32. Reaction mechanisms and catalysis -- 33. The back and forth of equilibrium -- 34. Manipulating chemical equilibrium -- 35. Acids, bases, and the pH scale -- 36. Weak acids and bases -- 37. Acid-base reactions and buffers -- 38. Polyprotic acids -- 39. Structural basis for acidity -- 40. Electron exchange: redox reactions -- 41. Electromotive force and free energy -- 42. Storing electrical potential: batteries -- 43. Nuclear chemistry and radiation -- 44. Binding energy and the mass defect -- 45. Breaking things down: nuclear fission -- 46. Building things up: nuclear fusion --47. Introduction to organic chemistry -- 48: Heteroatoms and functional groups -- 49. Reactions in organic chemistry -- 50. Synthetic polymers -- 51. Biological polymers -- 52. Medicinal chemistry -- 53. Poisons, toxins, and venoms -- 54. Chemical weapons -- 55. Tapping chemical energy: fuels -- 56. Unleashing chemical energy: explosives -- 57. Chemistry of the earth -- 58. Chemistry of our oceans -- 59. Atmospheric chemistry -- 60. Chemistry, life, and the cosmos.
Lecturer: Ron B. Davis, Jr., Georgetown University.
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Very deep submitted by tbbrown76 on July 5, 2018, 12:45am You'll like this if you are a science nerd. Or astronomer.
Tom