Ever feel like there's a international team of bad guys changing all of the easily remembered chemical names and turning them into test-failing, number-infused, pain in the neck names? Well... you're not wrong. IUPAC exists...

Specialized rovers provide all kinds of creative solutions to the problem of navigating new terrain, and future missions might just carry some weird bots like these.

From "superhabitable planets" that can potentially sustain life longer than earth to rogue planets that don't even orbit a star, we’ve talked about some strange places that could host extraterrestrial life over the last few years. Here...

The Huygens probe successfully landed on Saturn's moon, Titan, after a seven-year journey. It collected valuable data and images of Titan's atmosphere and surface, revealing Earth-like meteorology and geology. The mission was a...

Hybridization Process: Carbon atoms undergo sp² hybridization, mixing one 2s and two 2p orbitals to form three sp² hybrid orbitals arranged in a trigonal planar geometry (120° bond angles). Bond Formation: Two sp² orbitals form sigma (σ)...

In alkynes, such as acetylene (C₂H₂), carbon atoms undergo sp hybridization. This involves the mixing of one 2s orbital and one 2p orbital, forming two sp hybrid orbitals. These orbitals align in a linear arrangement with a bond angle of...

A class of compounds based on simple hydrocarbons like ethane, methane and propane, in which hydrogen atoms are replaced by chlorine and fluorine.
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An introduction to hydrocarbons. Learn how unreactive alkanes can be made into reactive alkenes. Chemistry - Chemical Industries - Learning Points. A Twig FactPack Film. Open a discussion on what has been already learnt in a topic, or...

Unripe bananas travel from all around the world but always end up ripe and yellow on the supermarket shelves. This experiment shows us how. Chemistry - Chemical Industries - Learning Points. Millions of bananas are exported across the...

Newman projections are a powerful tool for visualizing the three-dimensional conformations of cycloalkanes. By looking down the axis of a particular bond, this projection allows chemists to depict the spatial arrangement of atoms and...

Conformational isomerism arises due to the rotation around single bonds (sigma bonds) within a molecule. Unlike other types of isomerism, conformational isomers, or conformers, can interconvert without breaking bonds. For example, in...

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The video discusses the process of hydrocarbon cracking and its purpose, which is to convert heavier, longer chain hydrocarbons into smaller chain hydrocarbons. The video explains two ways to crack hydrocarbons: catalytic cracking and...

Learn the basics about the 'Atom Economy' in this video in our Chemical Calculations Series.

Looking at different types of protons in the context of NMR spectroscopy.

The nugget discusses chemical and physical properties of alkenes and lists the uses of alkenes.

CYP2E1 Mechanism Part 2: Conversion of Ethandiol to Acetate

In this video we will look at some different structures of butane - so they all have 4 carbons but just arranged differently.



We will also look at the the 5 different isomers for hexane - they all have 6 carbons...

What is Titans atmosphere like? Is there life on Titan? Describe Project Cassini. Saturn, Lord of the rings, Part 3

Learn the basics about the polymerisation of ethene as a part of organic chemistry.

This video provides an introduction to alkanes and alkenes, which are hydrocarbons that contain different types of carbon-carbon bonds. The video explains the general formula for these compounds and how to name them based on the number...

This video provides an overview of alkenes, a type of hydrocarbon that contains a double carbon-carbon bond in their molecules. The video covers the structure and formulas of several alkenes, including ethene, propane, butene, and...

Learn the basics about making alcohols by fermentation and from ethene, as part of organic chemistry.