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5.111 Principles of Chemical Science

5.111 Principles of Chemical Science (Fall 2014, MIT OCW). Instructor: Professor Catherine Drennan. This course provides an introduction to the chemistry of biological, inorganic, and organic molecules. The emphasis is on basic principles of atomic and molecular electronic structure, thermodynamics, acid-base and redox equilibria, chemical kinetics, and catalysis. One year of high school chemistry is the expected background for this freshman-level course.

Lecture 21 - Acid-Base Equilibrium: Is MIT Water Safe to Drink? If the pH of water was 2, would you drink it? What about if the water had a pH of 11? The lecture introduces the concept of pH and we measure the pH of various common solutions. (from ocw.mit.edu)

Lecture 21 - Acid-Base Equilibrium: Is MIT Water Safe to Drink?

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Unit I: The Atom

Lecture 01 - The Importance of Chemical Principles

Lecture 02 - Atomic Structure

Lecture 03 - Wave-Particle Duality of Light

Lecture 04 - Wave-Particle Duality of Matter; Schrodinger Equation

Lecture 05 - Hydrogen Atom Energy Levels

Lecture 06 - Hydrogen Atom Wavefunctions (Orbitals)

Lecture 07 - Multi-electron Atoms

Unit II: Chemical Bonding and Structure

Lecture 08 - The Periodic Table and Periodic Trends

Lecture 09 - Periodic Table; Ionic and Covalent Bonds

Lecture 10 - Introduction to Lewis Structures

Lecture 11 - Lewis Structures: Breakdown of the Octet Rule

Lecture 12 - The Shapes of Molecules: VSEPR Theory

Lecture 13 - Molecular Orbital Theory

Lecture 14 - Valence Bond Theory and Hybridization

Unit III: Thermodynamics and Chemical Equilibrium

Lecture 15 - Thermodynamics: Bond and Reaction Enthalpies

Lecture 16 - Thermodynamics: Gibbs Free Energy and Entropy

Lecture 17 - Thermodynamics: Now What Happens When You Heat It Up?

Lecture 18 - Introduction to Chemical Equilibrium

Lecture 19 - Chemical Equilibrium: Le Chatelier's Principle

Lecture 20 - Solubility and Acid-Base Equilibrium

Lecture 21 - Acid-Base Equilibrium: Is MIT Water Safe to Drink?

Lecture 22 - Acid-Base Equilibrium: Salt Solutions and Buffers

Lecture 23 - Acid-Base Titrations Part I

Lecture 24 - Acid-Base Titrations Part II

Unit IV: Transition Metals and Oxidation-Reduction Reactions

Lecture 25 - Oxidation-Reduction and Electrochemical Cells

Lecture 26 - Chemical and Biological Oxidations

Lecture 27 - Introduction to Transition Metals

Lecture 28 - Transition Metals: Crystal Field Theory Part I

Lecture 29 - Transition Metals: Crystal Field Theory Part II

Unit V: Chemical Kinetics

Lecture 30 - Kinetics: Rate Laws

Lecture 31 - Nuclear Chemistry and Chemical Kinetics

Lecture 32 - Kinetics: Reaction Mechanisms

Lecture 33 - Kinetics and Temperature

Lecture 34 - Kinetics: Catalysts

Lecture 35 - Applying Chemical Principles