Through animation and video footage students will learn that there are two basic types of catalysts, heterogeneous and homogeneous. Students will come to understand that catalysts have many practical applications and that scientists use...

It explains importance of Enzymes.

This video explains catalysts, exploring the concept of activation energy and how catalysts can lower it to speed up reactions. The video covers the use of catalysts in industry and domestic applications, including the catalytic...

Looking at the hydrogenation of alkynes.

Learn the basics about Catalysts. What are catalysts? How do catalysts work? Using catalysts in industry? Find out more in this video!

This is a chemistry video that discusses the reactions of alkenes. The video explains how alkenes have a carbon-carbon double bond as a common functional group, and therefore they react in a similar way. The video goes on to explain the...

Learn the basics about the cracking of hydrocarbons and why it is done.

Delve into the fascinating world of platinum, a noble and precious metal with numerous remarkable properties. From its resistance to corrosion and oxidation to its historical significance and modern-day applications, we uncover the...

What are enzymes? Why they're nature's little factory workers. They chop up certain things! They build up others! Pretty amazing the kind of chemistry nature can do given enormous polypeptide chains with unfathomable variability and...

Chemicals interacting with each other are one of the most fascinating topics in chemistry. Fireworks, burning flares, and rusting all illustrate chemical reactions. The different types of reactions are described, as well as the process...

Learn the basics about catalytic converters, as a part of the overall environmental chemistry topic. A catalyst is a substance that causes a reaction to proceed more quickly, without being used up. A catalytic converter accelerates a...

Learn the basics about the principle of green chemistry that concerns catalysis, as a part of environmental chemistry. A catalyst increases the rate of a chemical reaction. This means that desired products can be made more quickly, using...

It's time to learn a little more about a chemical reaction. How do molecules have to be arranged and how much energy do they have to collide with? What's a catalyst? Lots of great tidbits in this one.