Course

CH-160(b): General chemistry

Lectures in this course (80)

Reaction Kinetics: Temperature Influence

Explores the impact of temperature on reaction rates and the role of catalysts in accelerating chemical reactions.

Reaction Kinetics: Temperature Influence

Discusses temperature's impact on reaction rates, activation energy, collision efficiency, reaction mechanisms, catalysis, and enzymatic catalysis.

Equilibrium Reaction Kinetics

Covers the solving of kinetics for an equilibrium reaction and the impact of factors on reaction progress.

Chemical Potential and Solutions

Explores chemical potential, Gibbs energy, and ideal solutions' properties like colligative effects and vapor pressure lowering.

Thermodynamics: Entropy and Gibbs Energy

Explores entropy, Gibbs energy, spontaneity in reactions, and temperature effects in thermodynamics, with practical kitchen applications.

Hybridization: Atomic Orbitals and Chemical Bonds

Explores hybridization theory, molecular orbitals, and resonance in chemical bonds, using examples like methane and benzene.

Hybridization: sp, sp3d, sp3d2

Explains sp, sp3d, and sp3d2 hybridizations and their role in molecular geometry.

Chemical Reactions: Stoichiometry

Explores stoichiometry in chemical reactions, including balancing reactions and determining limiting reagents.

Redox Reactions: Electron Transfer and Oxidation States

Explores redox reactions, electron transfer, oxidation states, and chemical equation balancing.

Colligative Properties, Solutions Properties 4

Explores colligative properties of solutions, osmotic pressure, Raoult's law, and practical applications in biology.

Thermodynamics: Demonstrations

Explores endothermic and exothermic reactions with demonstrations using thermite.

Thermodynamics: Introduction and Enthalpy

Introduces classical and statistical thermodynamics, focusing on the first principle and enthalpy in chemical reactions.

Thermodynamics: Reaction Enthalpy Calculation

Explains how to calculate reaction enthalpy using various methods and provides examples.

Thermodynamics: Spontaneity and Entropy

Explores spontaneity in chemical reactions, entropy, and Gibbs free energy, emphasizing the prediction of reaction spontaneity under different conditions.

Osmosis and Van't Hoff Law

Explores osmotic pressure, dilute solutions, and biological applications of osmosis.

Chemical Equilibrium Shift Experiment

Demonstrates a chemical equilibrium shift through visible color changes and explains the effect of dilution on the equilibrium.

Chemical Equilibria: Thermodynamics and Kinetics

Explores chemical equilibrium, equilibrium constants, thermodynamic aspects, and reaction evolution towards product formation.

Chemical Equilibrium: Le Châtelier's Principle

Explores Le Châtelier's principle, equilibrium displacement, and equilibrium constant variations.

Solubility: Equilibrium and Factors

Explores solubility as a chemical equilibrium phenomenon, discussing factors and interactions between solvents and solutes.

Acids and Bases: Fundamentals

Introduces the fundamentals of acids and bases, covering definitions, pH scale, autoprotolysis of water, and equilibrium constants.