Chad's General Chemistry Videos - Complete Course

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Master general chemistry concepts through this comprehensive video course series that breaks down complex topics into understandable segments across 20+ hours of instruction. Learn fundamental principles starting with matter, atomic structure, and chemical nomenclature, then progress through stoichiometry, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, and chemical bonding. Explore gas laws, intermolecular forces, colligative properties, and chemical kinetics before diving into equilibrium concepts and acid-base chemistry. Study advanced topics including electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry, and coordination chemistry with detailed explanations of oxidation-reduction reactions, galvanic cells, radioactivity, and complex ion formation. Gain proficiency in problem-solving techniques for calculations involving molarity, pH, equilibrium constants, thermodynamic properties, and nuclear decay kinetics. Develop understanding of molecular geometry through VSEPR theory, hybridization concepts, and molecular orbital theory while learning to predict chemical behavior using periodic trends, Lewis structures, and crystal field theory. Access organized content covering all major general chemistry topics with clear explanations designed to make challenging concepts memorable and applicable to academic success.

Syllabus

1.1 Matter
1.2 Units, Conversions, and Significant Figures
2.1 Atomic Structure and Introduction to the Periodic Table
2.2 Classifying Compounds
2.3 Nomenclature of Ionic Compounds
2.4 Nomenclature of Molecular Compounds
2.5 Naming Acids
3.1 Reactions and Calculations With Moles
3.2 Mass Percents and Empirical and Molecular Formulas
3.3 Limiting Reagent Calculations
4.1 Solutions and Electrolytes
4.2 Double Displacement Reactions
4.3 Molarity, Solution Stoichiometry, and Dilutions
4.4 Oxidation Reduction Reactions
5.1 The First Law of Thermodynamics, Enthalpy, and Phase Changes
5.2 Calorimetry
5.3 Hess's Law and Enthalpies of Formation
6.1 Electromagnetic Radiation and the Photoelectric Effect
6.2 Electronic Transitions Absorption and Emission
6.3 The de Broglie Relation, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, and Orbitals
6.4 Quantum Numbers
6.5 Electronic Configurations
7.1 Overview of Trends and Atomic Radius
7.2 Ionization Energy
7.3 Electron Affinity, Electronegativity, and Descriptive Chemistry
8.1 Bonding and Lattice Energy
8.2 Lewis Dot Structures
8.3 Bond Enthalpies
9.1 VSEPR Theory and Molecular Geometry
9.2 Hybridization
9.3 Polarity
9.4 Sigma and Pi Bonds
9.5 Molecular Orbital Theory
10.1 Properties of Gases and the Ideal Gas Law
10.2 Gas Laws
10.3 Partial Pressures, Density, and the Volume of Ideal Gases at STP
10.4 Graham's Law of Effusion and Real Gases
11.1 Intermolecular Forces
11.2 Phase Diagrams
13.1 Introduction to Colligative Properties, the van't Hoff factor, and Molality
13.2 Calculations Involving Freezing Point Depression and Boiling Point Elevation
13.3 Vapor Pressure Depression and Raoult's Law
13.4 Osmotic Pressure
14.1 Rates and Rate Expressions
14.2 Rate Laws
14.3 Mechanisms, Catalysts, and Reaction Coordinate Diagrams
14.4 Collision Theory and the Arrhenius Equation
14.5 Integrated Rate Laws and Half Lives
15.1 Equilibrium and Equilibrium Constants
15.2 Le Chatelier's Principle
15.3 Equilibrium Calculations
16.1 Introduction to Acids and Bases
16.2 Introduction to the pH Scale and pH Calculations
16.3 pH Calculations for Strong Acids and Bases
16.4 pH Calculations for Weak Acids and Bases
16.5 Acidity and Basicity of Salts
17.1 Buffers
17.2 Titrations and Titration Curves
17.3 pH Calculations Involving Titrations
17.4 Solubility and Ksp
17.5 The Common Ion Effect and Precipitation
17.6 pH Effects on Solubility
18.1 The Laws of Thermodynamics
18.2 Entropy
18.3 Gibbs Free Energy and the Relationship between Delta G, Delta H, and Delta S
18.4 Delta G, Delta H, Delta S and Formation Reactions
18.5 Gibbs Free Energy and the Equilibrium Constant
19.1 Oxidation Reduction Reactions and Oxidation States
19.2 Balancing Oxidation Reduction Reactions
19.3 Galvanic Cells
19.4 Standard Cell Potentials aka emf or Voltage
19.5 Nonstandard Cell Potentials the Nernst Equation
19.6 Reduction Potentials and the Relationship between Cell Potential, Delta G, and the Equilibrium
19.7 Electrolytic Cells
19.8 Electrolysis Calculations
20.1 Introduction to Nuclear Chemistry and Trends in Radioactivity
20.2 Balancing Nuclear Reactions Updated
20.3 Routes of Nuclear Decay, Fission, and Fusion
20.4 Kinetics of Nuclear Decay
20.5 Energy of Nuclear Reactions and Nuclear Binding Energy
21.1 Introduction to Coordination Chemistry
21.2 Nomenclature of Complex Ions and Coordination Compounds
21.3 Isomers
21.4 Review of Electronic Configurations
21.5 Crystal Field Theory
21.6 Color
21.7 Paramagnetism vs Diamagnetism