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3 Chemistry Experiments That Changed the World
Chemistry is the study of matter - stuff, and how it interacts with other stuff. Even though chemistry doesn't make a lot of news these days, chemists are making discoveries that change lives all the time. If Hank had to narrow down all...
Curated Video
Phlogiston and Oxygen
How French Chemist Antoine Lavoisier revealed the true significance of oxygen and brought about the birth of modern chemistry. Chemistry - Periodic Table - Learning Points. Antoine Lavoisier experimented with weighing substances before...
Curated Video
The Curse of Phlogiston
The 17th century German chemist Johann Becher proposed that an element, phlogiston, was released when substances burned. He was wrong, and his incorrect theory led many early chemists to misunderstand the significance of some of their...
Curated Video
The Importance of Oxygen: Our Lifeline
Oxygen is the chemical element with the symbol O and atomic number 8. Oxygen is a necessary and abundant resource on Earth. Learn about the many things oxygen is used for - including keeping humans alive!
Beautiful Chemistry
Vimeo: Beautiful Chemistry: Apparatus Used by Joseph Priestley
The video shows the apparatus used by Joseph Priestley for studying the properties of different gases. The visualization is based on the frontispiece of Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air written by Priestley from...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: The Invention of Air
Take a breath and think of scientist-theologian Joseph Priestley, the discoverer of oxygen.