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Professor Dave Explains
Carbocation Rearrangement - Hydride and Methanide Shifts
An overview of the ways that carbocations can rearrange to form more stable intermediates.
Professor Dave Explains
Energy Diagrams, Catalysts, and Reaction Mechanisms
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.
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Sophia: Definition of a Catalyst
This lesson will define the term catalyst and explain how a catalyst affects the activation energy of a chemical reaction. Examples provided.
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Sophia: Energy Diagram of a Chemical Reaction
This lesson will introduce the energy diagram of a chemical reaction, and label the parts of the diagram.
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Sophia: Activation Energy: Lesson 5
This lesson will define activation energy and explain how to determine the amount of activation energy from an energy diagram. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Activation Energy."