Welcome to real chemistry, finally. This is where we will learn how to put atoms together to make new pure substances, with new properties. A pure substance has a formula, like… Fe (an atom of the element…

Mercury is the best element, which is a qualitative measurement (no units and no numbers) but it is also true. This video shows mercury at it’s best.  Notice the coin, a Canadian quarter, so this is probably made…

Question 7 in the C of Cu Lab, I tried to purposely to confuse you with what is called a RED HERRING.   A red herring is a distraction, a shiny object to catch your attention from what is…

Our first thermochemistry lab, where we tried to measure the specific heat capacity constant (C) for copper (Cu). For water, C = 4.18 J/g⋅K That means it takes 4.18 Joules (units of energy, to make each gram 1…

In the world there are some things that are incredibly important and work perfectly, and most people just don’t know about them. Indoor plumbing is one of them.  Really, water and other stuff flowing through the walls and…

Mixtures are physical blends of matter, that retain their own properties.  They are mixed up, but they are not something new. To separate mixtures, you need to take advantage of a difference in their physical properties.   You can…

Redox stands for Reduction and Oxidation, a pair of reactions that take place at the same time, in electrochem.  As the name implies, it’s about moving electrons.  Electrons are “lost” or transferred in this process.  They are “gained”…

Organic chem is a challenge, there are literally hundreds of new molecules you must be able to recognize and draw and write formulas for.  You get to use Table P, Q, and R as guides, but it will…

LeChatlier’s Principle  states: A chemical system in dynamic equilibrium will stay at equilibrium, and if a chemical stress is applied, the system will shift to counter act this stress, until a new equilibrium is reached. On August 7th,…