Gen Chem and Organic Chem: How are they different?
After finishing my freshman year of college, I spent my summer in the university town where I went to school. I had a menial telemarketing
Read moreAfter finishing my freshman year of college, I spent my summer in the university town where I went to school. I had a menial telemarketing
Read more(Part 1 of a series on how concepts in general chemistry relate to organic chemsitry) If, in some cataclysm, all scientific knowledge were to be
Read more[photo credit] An atom is (a little bit) like an Indian bus. This is how they work. You get in and find an empty seat. The
Read moreIf you’ve taken a physics course, you’ve probably covered the thrilling (to some) topic of electrostatics. There’s a basic formula which allows you to calculate
Read moreLast time in this series we talked about the Coulomb equation and how important it is for understanding the electrostatic interaction between the electron and
Read moreLet’s revisit a few terms that you learned back in Gen chem: ionization energy – the amount of energy required to remove an electron from
Read moreOnce upon a time, in a land far, far away, there were six shepherds. They were poor people, but proud and self-reliant, and they each
Read moreThere are essentially three uses for Lewis structures. They’re good at helping you get acquainted with the placement of electrons around atoms, helping to visualize
Read morePreviously, I’ve been talking about how Coulomb’s law – the attraction and repulsion between charges – affects the properties of atoms, and is responsible for
Read moreFirst of all, back to the shepherds: Oxygius, having six sheep to take care of, found he could make a bargain with two of the
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