Compounds. We exist because they exist, but why do they exist? Let’s look at a brief overview of why they form and the role stability/potential energy plays in all...
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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!
Time to wrap up the periodic table with the main block elements. They are a supergroup composed of other families and, thus, represent a lot of different properties...
‘And though I walk in the valley of the periodic table I will not be afraid.’ Yes, there are many exceptions to the basic rules and trends of the periodic...
We’ll keep working our way in from the edges of the periodic table. Group 2 is known as the Alkaline Earth Metals and, as predicted, are less reactive than group 1...
The first of a four part trilogy… an epic journey through the periodic table. We’ll start in the royal court of the noble gases and then slide on around to...
Welcome to one of the most important documents created in all of humanity. And it fits one one page. We’ll give you a quick background and then differentiate...
If you aren’t changing the number of protons, then you are changing the number of electrons or neutrons. That’s where ions and isotopes come in. Learn how to...
A potpourri of atomic information. A quick introduction to bright line spectra, spectroscopy and how it is used to identify elements is here. Plus all the basics of...
Two men who added quite a bit to early atomic theory. Check out two of the most famous chemistry experiments of ALL TIME. And some witty banter between elderly Nobel...
The start of early atomic history. We will look over the five principles of Dalton’s Billiard Ball Model of the Atom. Crookes’ work on the cathode ray tube...