Chemistry and our universe : how it all works / Professor Ron B. Davis Jr.

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, [2016]
  • ©2016
Description
10 videodiscs (approximately 1800 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (viii, 460 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)

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    Subject(s)
    Publisher
    Teacher
    Library of Congress genre(s)
    Getty AAT genre
    Series
    • Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics. Chemistry [More in this series]
    • The great courses. Science & mathematics. Chemistry
    Medium/​Support
    4 3/4 in. stamping
    Summary note
    Uncover chemistry -- the science of how everything interacts. From particles to polymers, an award-winning professor covers it all.
    Notes
    • Title from container.
    • Course no. 1350.
    • Sixty lectures, each about 30 min.
    Bibliographic references
    Accompanying guidebook Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-459).
    System details
    DVD.
    Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
    Lecturer: Professor Ron B. Davis Jr., Georgetown University.
    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.
    Other title(s)
    How it all works
    ISBN
    • 9781629973180
    • 1629973181
    Publisher no.
    • PD1350A
    • ID1350A-01
    • ID1350A-02
    • PB1350A
    OCLC
    966431322
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