Got PPT? It is a question you’ll be asking yourself a lot soon. PPT stands for precipitate (or precipitation depending on whom you are talking to). Precipitation...
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These lessons will provide most of what is covered in a typical introductory chemistry class. Bring your enthusiasm and let’s learn some chemistry!
I have no idea why you do the things you do. But when it comes to chemical reactions, it is a lot easier. Driving forces motivate reactions to go produce products. So...
The bread and butter of a first year chemistry student. Balancing equations is actually a lot of fun, but you don’t have to admit you enjoy doing this, if...
How can we tell when a chemical reaction does (or does not) take place? We’ll go over some visual indicators. We’ll also introduce the concept of a chemical...
We can wrap up our unit on compounds by SHARING some information about covalent/molecular compounds. Taking some time to understand what makes them different than ionic...
The End Boss of your 64-bit ionic naming adventure… the acid. We’ll take everything we’ve learned and throw in some new rules to handle the trickiest...
Polyatomics! They make naming look hard, but are actually pretty simple. Grab a common ion/polyatomic sheet and let’s name some compounds.
A quick review on changing an ionic name to an ionic formula. Then onto the main attraction: taking an ionic formula and back calculating the ionic name. It’s not...
NAMING. (Imagine a Patrick Stewart voice-over, here.) Probably one of the most critical aspects of chemistry, because if you can’t name a compound, you can’t...
The fact that certain atoms are willing to gain or lose electrons to gain full outer shells has some huge ramifications on the structures and properties of the compounds...