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Chemistry and our universe : how it all works / Professor Ron B. Davis Jr.
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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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QD39 .D385 2016
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Subject(s)
Chemistry
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Teaching Company
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Teacher
Davis, Ron B., Jr
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Lectures
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Educational films
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Science films
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Series
Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics. Chemistry
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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.
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How it all works
ISBN
9781629973180
1629973181
Publisher no.
PD1350A
ID1350A-01
ID1350A-02
PB1350A
OCLC
966431322
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