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Chemistry Lesson: Acid-Base Neutralization Reactions
Provide your emerging chemists with the most descriptive way to perform specialized double displacement reactions possible! This video details acid-base neutralization, where acids and bases are combined to result in salt and water...
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Intro to Equilibrium
Now that chemistry scholars are comfortable with reaction types, shake things up with a video about equilibrium. Topics include reversible reactions, equilibrium within a sample of water, and conditions that force either more products or...
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Introduction to Kinetics
The focus of this chemistry video is kinetics, which is a study of exactly what happens to compounds when they react together. Specifically, kinetics is a study of the rate of chemical reactions, and what forces affect that rate. Sal...
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What Are Catalysts?
Investigate the power of a catalyst during a chemical reaction. The third video in a sizzling chemistry series explains the role of a catalyst in lowering the activation energy required in a chemical reaction. The narrator shares...
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Electrolysis of Brine
Manufacture new compounds through an electrolysis process. The 29th lesson of the 35-part chemistry series explains how to decompose NaCl through electrolysis. The instructor explains the ionic implications and how to detect the...
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Passing Gases: Effusion, Diffusion and the Velocity of a Gas
We know that gases move throughout and out of our bodies, but why? And how? Learn about gas movement by analyzing rates of effusion. Additionally, watch an interesting precipitate reaction using gases to apply effusion, diffusion, and...
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Le Chatelier's Principle
When compounds react with each other, the rate of the forward reaction and the backward reaction are the same when the reaction is in equilibrium. However, if other factors come into play, such as an increase in temperature, or the...
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Purifying Copper
Make the impure pure with a little chemistry magic! A video instructor shows how to use electrolysis and knowledge of ions to purify a sample of copper. Using background knowledge gained from the previous lessons in the 35-part series,...
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How to Write Half Equations
Explore building chemical equations from half equations. The 22nd installment of this 35-part chemistry series shows how to create these half equations. The video's narrator reviews the meaning of oxidation and reduction associated with...
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Entropy: Embrace the Chaos!
Chemistry makes it seem that everything has its place and behaves according to different laws. Not always true! Disorder and chaos can and do happen in chemistry; scientists call this disorder entropy. Learn about entropy and its...
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What is Addiction?
Why do our bodies become addicted to some substances? Young psychologists explore the mechanisms of addiction through a video from the American Chemical Society's Reactions series. Content includes the cycle of addiction, changes that...
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Football Helmets: The Last Line of Defense?
Ready, set, hike! Fans across the globe look forward to the beginning of football season—but, it's not all tackles and tailgates! Sporty scholars discover how helmets keep heads safe through a video from the American Chemical Society's...
American Chemical Society
How Thomas Edison Changed The World
Take a field trip to the laboratory of the famous Thomas Edison. An engaging video lesson explores the contributions of Edison to the scientific community. The narrator explains how his love of chemistry led to discoveries that changed...
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The Science of Caffeine: The World's Most Popular Drug
Discover the science behind the world's most popular drug. Scholars explore the neural effects of caffeine in an episode of the larger ACS Reactions playlist. The presenter explains how caffeine impacts different neurotransmitters in the...
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How Does Fluorescence Work?
Here's a video that will light up your day! Young scientists learn about fluorescence by watching an engaging video in the ACS Reactions series. They also study the uses of fluorescence in microbiology, quantum dots, and forensic science.
American Chemical Society
How To Grow Fluorescent Flowers
Grow glow-in-the-dark flowers. An excellent video in the ACS Reactions series shows how to make fluorescent flowers. It gives step-by-step instructions for such an experiment.
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How Does Chemotherapy Treat Breast Cancer?
Cancer treatments sure have changed over the years. A short video focuses on current and historical treatments for breast cancer. It covers surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, targeted therapies, and hormone therapies.