Chemistry Made Simple

84 Episodes

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

   Published: 1/16/2024
2. Experiment Using a Polarimeter to Measure Optical Activity - Including a Novel Analogy

   Published: 1/2/2024
3. What are Optical Isomerism, Chirality, Enantiomers and Plane-Polarized Light

   Published: 12/29/2023
4. How to Use and Understand 'Curly Arrows' in Reaction Mechanisms

   Published: 11/21/2023
5. What are Reaction Mechanisms, Electrophiles and Nucleophiles

   Published: 11/14/2023
6. Determining the Rate Equation for a Chemical Reaction

   Published: 11/8/2023
7. What is the Rate Constant, and How to Use it.

   Published: 10/24/2023
8. What is the rate of reaction, and how can you find it experimentally?

   Published: 10/17/2023
9. How To Predict Whether a Reaction Can Proceed, and at what Temperature - Gibbs Free Energy Change

   Published: 10/11/2023
10. What is Entropy in Chemistry?

    Published: 9/26/2023
11. Why I started This Podcast

    Published: 9/20/2023
12. A quick update

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

    Published: 6/13/2023
14. What Are Mean Bond Enthalpies?

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

    Published: 6/1/2023
16. Standard Enthalpy of Hydration ΔHhyd

    Published: 5/30/2023
17. Lattice Enthalpy of Formation ΔHL

    Published: 5/25/2023
18. Electron Affinity ΔHea

    Published: 5/23/2023
19. Ionization Energy ΔHie

    Published: 5/18/2023
20. Standard Enthalpy of Atomization ΔHat

    Published: 5/16/2023