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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