Chemistry Made Simple

84 Episodes

1. What Changes With the Atomic Model When We Introduce Basic Quantum Mechanics?

   Published: 1/15/2024
2. Experiment Using a Polarimeter to Measure Optical Activity - Including a Novel Analogy

   Published: 1/1/2024
3. What are Optical Isomerism, Chirality, Enantiomers and Plane-Polarized Light

   Published: 12/28/2023
4. How to Use and Understand 'Curly Arrows' in Reaction Mechanisms

   Published: 11/20/2023
5. What are Reaction Mechanisms, Electrophiles and Nucleophiles

   Published: 11/13/2023
6. Determining the Rate Equation for a Chemical Reaction

   Published: 11/7/2023
7. What is the Rate Constant, and How to Use it.

   Published: 10/23/2023
8. What is the rate of reaction, and how can you find it experimentally?

   Published: 10/16/2023
9. How To Predict Whether a Reaction Can Proceed, and at what Temperature - Gibbs Free Energy Change

   Published: 10/10/2023
10. What is Entropy in Chemistry?

    Published: 9/25/2023
11. Why I started This Podcast

    Published: 9/19/2023
12. A quick update

    Published: 6/30/2023
13. How to Create and Use a Born-Haber Cycle

    Published: 6/12/2023
14. What Are Mean Bond Enthalpies?

    Published: 6/5/2023
15. Standard Enthalpy of Solution ΔHsol

    Published: 5/31/2023
16. Standard Enthalpy of Hydration ΔHhyd

    Published: 5/29/2023
17. Lattice Enthalpy of Formation ΔHL

    Published: 5/24/2023
18. Electron Affinity ΔHea

    Published: 5/22/2023
19. Ionization Energy ΔHie

    Published: 5/17/2023
20. Standard Enthalpy of Atomization ΔHat

    Published: 5/15/2023