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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.
- Publication
- Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, [2016]
- ©2016
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| guide | Moving image | Use in library | QD39 .D385 2016 guide | Off-site | |
| disc 7-10 | Moving image | Use in library | QD39 .D385 2016 disc 7-10 | Off-site |
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- 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
- Genre/Form
- Lecture
- lectures.
- Lectures.
- Educational films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Science films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Conférences.
- Films éducatifs.
- Films scientifiques.
- Films autres que de fiction.
- Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
- 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
- OCLC
- ocn966431322
- 966431322
- SCSB-9588458
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library