An introductory chemistry course

Welcome to Mr. Ehinger’s Chemistry! On this site, you will (eventually) find a complete introductory course in chemistry. This course will most probably not fit exactly with your specific syllabus, but if you follow this video course, you will still recieve a solid foundation in chemistry, from the birth of chemistry and the atom model to modern biochemistry.

How to use these videos

Now, about these videos. You really shouldn’t just watch and enjoy them. If you really want to learn, you must use a pen and paper too. Take notes from everything written on the screen and copy the simple drawings too. You will see that these kinds of notes and drawings are exactly what you will be required to produce on your exams. So, by taking notes from these videos, you prepare yourself for your exams.

Questions? Feedback?

If you have any questions or feedback, please feel free to post them in the comments section of each video. I can’t promise that I will always answer every question, but I will do my very best. 

Once again, welcome to the wonderful world of chemistry!

Table of contents

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  • 1. States of Matter. The Atom and the Periodic Table
    • 1.1. Matter. States of Matter
    • 1.2. Elements and Chemical Compounds. Pure Substances and Mixtures
    • 1.3. The Birth of Chemistry
    • 1.4. Atomic Theory. The Atomic Model
    • 1.5. Atomic Number, Mass Number, and Atomic Mass
    • 1.6. Electron Configurations
    • 1.7. Beyond Bohr's Atomic Model
    • 1.8. Redox Reactions
    • 1.9. The Structure of the Periodic Table
    • 1.10. The Noble Gases
    • 1.11. The Alkali Metals and the Halogens
    • 1.12. The Alkaline Earth Metals and the Oxygen Group
    • 1.13. A Few of the Elements in Group 13, 14, and 15
  • 2. Chemical Calculations
    • 2.1. Physical Quantity, Magnitude, and Units
    • 2.2. Atomic Mass, Molecular Mass, and Unit Mass
    • 2.3. Amount of Substance, Molar Mass, and Mass
    • 2.4. Stoichiometry. Conservation of mass
    • 2.5. Water of Crystallization
    • 2.6. Calculating the Formula of a Chemical Compound
    • 2.7. From Empirical to Molecular Formulas
    • 2.8. Equivalent Amounts of Substance and Masses
    • 2.9. Gases and Pressure
    • 2.10. Concentrations
    • 2.11. Dilutions
    • 2.12. Yield
    • 2.13. Limiting Reactants
  • 3. Chemical Bonding
    • 3.1. How Ionic Compounds are Formed
    • 3.2. Precipitations
    • 3.3. Names and Formulas of Ionic Compounds
    • 3.4. Ionic Bonds
    • 3.5. Properties of Ionic Compounds
    • 3.6. Metal Bonding
    • 3.7. Covalent Bonds
    • 3.8. Polar Covalent Bonding
    • 3.9. Dipoles. Polar and non-polar Molecules
    • 3.10. The VSEPR Theory
    • 3.11. Hydrogen Bonding. The Peculiar Water
    • 3.12. Equals Solves Equal
    • 3.13. Solubility of Gases in Water
    • 3.14. Solubility of Salts in Water
  • 4. Thermochemistry
    • 4.1. Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions. Enthalpy.
    • 4.2. Heat Capacity
    • 4.3. More on Enthalpy. Hess’ Law
    • 4.4. More on Phase Transitions
    • 4.5. Entropy. Gibbs’ Free Energy
  • 5. Chemical Equilibrium
    • 5.1. Reaction Rates
    • 5.2. The Law of Mass Action
    • 5.3. Calculations on Chemical Equilibrium
    • 5.4. Heterogenous Equilibria. Solubility Product
    • 5.5. Is the System at Equilibrium? The Reaction Quotient Q
    • 5.6. Changing the Concentrations in a System in Equilibrium.
    • 5.7. Diluting or Compressing Systems in Equilibrium, or Changing the Temperature
  • 6. Acids and bases
    • 6.1. Acids
    • 6.2. Bases
    • 6.3. pH and Dissociation Extent
    • 6.4. The Acid Dissociation Constant, Ka
    • 6.5. The Base Association Constant, Kb
    • 6.6. The Ionic Product of Water, Kw
    • 6.7. Protolysis of Ions
    • 6.8. Neutralization
    • 6.9. Buffers
  • 7. Oxidation and Reduction
    • 7.1. Metals are Reducing Agents
    • 7.2. Halogens are Oxidizing Agents
    • 7.3. Oxidation Numbers
    • 7.4. Using Oxidation Numbers
  • 8. Electrochemistry
    • 8.1. Galvanic Cells
    • 8.2. EMF (Electromotive Force)
    • 8.3. Normal Potentials. The Hydrogen Electrode
    • 8.4. Electrolysis
    • 8.5. Corrosion
  • 9. Organic Chemistry
    • 9.1. Alkanes
    • 9.2. Chain Isomers. Nomenclature
    • 9.3. Haloalkanes
    • 9.4. Nucleophilic Substitution
    • 9.5. Alkenes
    • 9.6. Electrophilic Addition. Markovnikov’s Rule
    • 9.7. Elimination
    • 9.8. Alkynes
    • 9.9. Arenes and Aromatic Compounds
    • 9.10. Alcohols
    • 9.11. Oxidation of Alcohols
    • 9.12. Aldehydes and Ketones
    • 9.13. Thiols and Disulfides
    • 9.14. Ethers
    • 9.15. Amines
    • 9.16. Nitro Compounds and Organic Nitrates
    • 9.17. Carboxylic Acids
    • 9.18. More on Carboxylic Acids
    • 9.19. Stereoisomerism
    • 9.20. Esters
    • 9.21. Lipids
    • 9.22. Mono-, Oligo-, and Polysaccharides
    • 9.23. Amino Acids
    • 9.24. Nucleotides
  • 10. Biochemistry
    • 10.1. Proteins
    • 10.2. Enzymes
    • 10.3. Catabolic Processes
    • 10.4. Carrier Molecules
    • 10.5. Glycolysis
    • 10.6. Beta-oxidation
    • 10.7. The Citric Acid Cycle
    • 10.8. The Metabolism of Amino Acids
    • 10.9. The Electron Transport Chain
    • 10.10. Anabolic Processes
    • 10.11. Gluconeogenesis and Fatty Acid Synthesis
    • 10.12. DNA: Structure and Function
  • 11. Analytical chemistry
    • 11.1. Measurements, Accuracy, and Detection Levels
    • 11.2. Spectrophotometry
    • 11.3. Chromatography
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