JFR Science
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Aren't all acids strong? Dispel the myth with a video from JFR Science. Viewers learn general types of strong and weak acids, what the dissociation constant is, and the behavior of strong versus weak acids with bases and water.
JFR Science
Calculating Empirical and Molecular Formula: What Is a Mass Spectrometer?
What's the formula for success? A unique and well-written resource from JFR Science explains empirical and molecular formulas. Young chemists learn the steps and skills required to determine the formulas from percent composition and...
JFR Science
Acid Base Theory: What Makes an Acid an Acid?
Everyone's familiar with acids like vinegar and lemon juice—but what makes them different from ammonia and baking soda? Science sleuths discover acid base theory using a video from JFR Science. Viewers explore the interactions of acids...
JFR Science
Periodic Trends: Why Can't I Get Any Francium?
We are family! Why are elements in the same group so similar in many ways? Science scholars explore the relationship between valence electrons and an element's characteristics through a video from the JFR Science playlist. The narrator...
American Chemical Society
How Does Salt Melt Ice?
Much like the ice on roadways, common sodium chloride has been melting away snow days for many a year! Explore the colligative property freezing point depression through an interesting video from the American Chemical Society Reactions...
Socratica
Chemistry: Ionic Bonds vs Covalent Bonds (Which is Stronger?)
Both ionic and covalent bonds present as strong bonds, but which is stronger? Socratica presents a video from its chemistry playlist that attempts to answer this question. It addresses how strength is measured and the range of strengths...
American Chemical Society
What Do Electrolytes Actually Do?
Why is your sweat salty? An episode of the ACS Reactions series examines the role of electrolytes in our systems. The narrator explains how the salts of electrolytes work in the nervous system. When we lose those electrolytes through...
Socratica
pH of 10 Common Household Liquids
Acids and bases are a part of our daily lives! Curious chemists explore the pH of such solutions as shampoo, sriracha, and glass cleaner through a video from Socratica's Chemistry Lessons series. The narrator predicts what she thinks the...
Teacher's Pet
Monoatomic and Polyatomic Ions
Investigate the ions of the atomic world. By referencing the periodic table, the video instructor describes the different charges of monoatomic ions and references both their stock and classical names. She then defines polyatomic ions...
Teacher's Pet
Atoms
Discover the relationship between mass number, atomic number, and the makeup of the atom. The video instructor explains how to determine the number of each subatomic particle from the atomic and mass number. She demonstrates multiple...
MinuteEarth
How to Make a Seashell - Just Add Water!
Shell-building animals are resourceful creatures! An interesting video lesson describes how they use calcium and carbonate ions in the ocean to form their shells. The process is dependent on the equilibrium of calcium and carbonate ion...
Veritasium
What's In A Candle Flame?
A candle flame is a good conductor of electricity. An engaging video lesson demonstrates this phenomenon with an experiment. Following the experiment, the instructor explains the science and provides additional evidence to reinforce the...
Veritasium
What Is Chemistry?
Hard to describe, even harder to grasp in some cases, what is chemistry? According to participants in an impromptu video, it's more about ... love? See the perspective of all walks of life when the narrator pops the question in an...
Fuse School
Formulae of Ionic Compounds and their Names - Part 2
I asked the cat sitting next to me if he had any Sodium Hypobromite; he said NaBrO. The third video in the six-part series introduces how to name polyatomic ions such as Sodium Hypobromite. It offers the general rules and a few example...
Fuse School
Aluminium: Uses and Anodising
What is the most common element in Earth's crust? Aluminum! Although abundant, extracting the element is every expensive. The video lesson explains the properties of aluminum and what makes it a valuable element in everyday items.
Fuse School
What are Ions?
Add a charge to your classes with a lesson on ions! The video instructor describes the formation of ions through an analysis of the electron configuration. Scholars learn the configuration and the notation related to ions.
Fuse School
Group 1 - The Alkali Metals
People use alkali metals, such as lithium, for many commercial purposes. The sixth video in a 15-part series covers the alkali metals. It explains the properties they share, how to handle them safely, and how the rate of reactions...
Fuse School
Ionic Bonds
Isn't it ionic that when atoms steal from each other, we call it bonding? A brief video explains ionic bonds, details what an ion is, how they are attracted, and the type of bond formed. The first video in a six-part series on ionic...
Fuse School
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...
Fuse School
Spectrometry
Your class' curiosity will peak during this video about the process of spectrometry. Young chemists discover how spectrometry assists forensic chemists in determining the identity of unknown substances, as well as how it played a role in...
Fuse School
Ammonium Salts and Solutions
The importance of ammonium salt solutions is covered in a video that explains how to solve the reactions, the chemical equations, and the structure of the various ions.
SciShow
3 Chemistry Experiments That Changed the World
Did you know all the good chemistry jokes Argon? The narrator explores chemistry through the eyes of three experiments which, in his opinion, are the most important ones in chemistry. These would be the discovery of oxygen, the discovery...
Bozeman Science
Acids, Bases and pH
This resource must have a greater concentration of hydroxide ions than hydrogen ions because it makes pH seem basic. The video describes what happens on a molecular level to change the pH of a liquid and focuses on the importance of...
Bozeman Science
Atoms and the Periodic Table
After discovering plutonium, Glenn Seaborg was given the opportunity to determine its periodic symbol. Rather than going with the obvious Pl, he went with Pu as a joke. The designation was approved and is now on every periodic...