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Chemistry and our universe : how it all works /

Title
Chemistry and our universe : how it all works / Professor Ron B. Davis Jr.
Author
Davis, Ron B., Jr,
Publication
  • Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, [2016]
  • ©2016

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Teaching Company, publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr91045166
Description
10 videodiscs (approximately 1800 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
Uncover chemistry -- the science of how everything interacts. From particles to polymers, an award-winning professor covers it all.
Series Statement
The great courses. Science & mathematics. Chemistry
Uniform Title
Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics. Chemistry.
Alternative Title
How it all works
Subject
  • Chemistry
  • Educational films
  • Filmed lectures
  • Science films
Genre/Form
  • Educational films.
  • Filmed lectures.
  • Science films.
Note
  • Title from container.
  • Course no. 1350.
  • Sixty lectures, each about 30 min.
Bibliography (note)
  • Accompanying guidebook Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-459).
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Language (note)
  • Closed captioned.
Contents
disc 1. Is chemistry the science of everything? ; Matter and measurement ; Wave nature of light ; Particle nature of light ; Basic structure of the atom ; Electronic structure of the atom -- disc 2. Periodic trends: navigating the table ; Compounds and chemical formulas ; Joining atoms: the chemical bond ; Mapping molecules: Lewis structures ; VSEPR theory and molecular geometry ; Hybridization of orbitals -- disc 3. Molecular orbital theory ; Communicating chemical reactions ; Chemical accounting stoichiometry ; Enthalpy and calorimetry ; Hess's law and heats of formation ; Entropy: the role of randomness -- disc 4. Influence of free energy ; Intermolecular forces ; Phase changes in matter ; Behavior of gases: gas laws ; Kinetic molecular theory ; Liquids and their properties -- disc 5. Metals and ionic solids ; Covalent solids ; Mixing it up: solutions ; Solubility and saturation ; Colligative properties of solutions ; Modeling reaction rates -- disc 6. Temperature and reaction rates ; Reaction mechanisms and catalysis ; The back and forth of equilibrium ; Manipulating chemical equilibrium ; Acids, bases, and the pH scale ; Weak acids and bases -- disc 7. Acid-base reactions and buffers ; Polyprotic acids ; Structural basis for acidity ; Electron exchange: redox reactions ; Electromotive force and free energy ; Storing electrical potential: batteries -- disc 8. Nuclear chemistry and radiation ; Binding energy and the mass defect ; Breaking things down: nuclear fission ; Building things up: nuclear fusion ; Introduction to organic chemistry ; Heteroatoms and functional groups -- disc 9. Reactions in organic chemistry ; Synthetic polymers ; Biological polymers ; Medicinal chemistry ; Poisons, toxins, and venoms ; Chemical weapons -- disc 10. Tapping chemical energy: fuels ; Unleashing chemical energy: explosives ; Chemistry of the Earth ; Chemistry of our oceans ; Atmospheric chemistry ; Chemistry, life, and the cosmos.
ISBN
  • 9781629973180
  • 1629973181
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library