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Everyday Chemistry

Atoms, bonds and reactions, explained through things you have at home: tea, hair gel, tap water, soap, plastic bags and food. Every lesson has a 3D model to turn around on screen or place on the table with AR.

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  1. Lesson 1Free

    Amazing Chemistry

    Main areas of chemistry, experiments of the first chemists, and the role of chemistry in everyday life.

  2. Lesson 2

    Let's Put Things in Order

    Structure of the periodic table, periods, groups, chemical symbols, and principles of organising the elements.

  3. Lesson 3

    Are They Simply Substances?

    Characteristics of elements, compounds and mixtures, including covalent and ionic compounds.

  4. Lesson 4

    Physical & Chemical

    Physical and chemical properties, differences between physical and chemical changes, and combustion processes, i.e. oxidation.

  5. Lesson 5

    Forming Mixtures & Compounds

    Mixtures, homogeneous mixtures and solutions, and their separation by filtration, sedimentation, evaporation and distillation.

  6. Lesson 6

    The Chemistry of Tea

    Components of solutions, solubility, solution concentration, and crystallisation.

  7. Lesson 7

    The Composition of Hair Gel

    Characteristics and types of colloidal systems: foams, suspensions, emulsions, aerosols, gels and smog.

  8. Lesson 8

    Freezes, Melts, Evaporates

    States of matter and changes of state: melting, freezing, evaporation, condensation, boiling and sublimation.

  9. Lesson 9

    Inside The Atom

    Development of atomic models, discovery of the nucleus, and structure of the nucleus and electron shell.

  10. Lesson 10

    Speeding Particles

    Structure of the electron shell, shell capacities, energy minimum principle, and energy emission by electrons.

  11. Lesson 11

    It's Good When Negative

    Atomic orbitals, principal and azimuthal quantum numbers, subshells, magnetic quantum number, spin quantum number, Pauli’s exclusion principle and Hund’s rule.

  12. Lesson 12

    The Law of Attraction

    Electronegativity, noble gas structure, reactivity, formation of covalent and ionic bonds, and the rule determining bond type.

  13. Lesson 13

    Good Things Come in Pairs

    Valence electrons, bonding electron pairs, free atoms in nature, types of bonding, and formulae used to represent molecules.

  14. Lesson 14

    The Strongest Bonding

    Characteristics of covalent bonds, single and multiple covalent bonds, polar and non-polar covalent bonds, and dipole molecules.

  15. Lesson 15

    Positive vs Negative

    Formation of ionic bonds, cations and anions, significance of electronegativity, electron affinity, and ion size.

  16. Lesson 16

    Why Is It Difficult to Melt?

    Electrostatic attraction, ionic compounds, characteristic physical properties of ionic lattice crystals, and the operating principle of defibrillators.

  17. Lesson 17

    Why Is It Soft?

    Concept of the molecular lattice, properties of molecular lattice substances, and types of secondary bonding.

  18. Lesson 18

    Why Does It Conduct Electricity?

    Metallic bonding and metallic lattice, common crystal structures, and classification and properties of metals.

  19. Lesson 19

    Why Is It Hard?

    Characteristics of atomic lattice crystals, lattice energy, and structures and properties of diamond, graphite and silicon compounds.

  20. Lesson 20

    Electrolysis

    Chemical processes driven by electrical energy, water decomposition, aluminium production and electroplating.

  21. Lesson 21

    What Energy!

    Operation of galvanic cells, batteries and fuel cells, converting chemical energy into electrical energy.

  22. Lesson 22

    Perfect Shapes

    Molecular geometry, arrangement of bonding and non-bonding electron pairs, central atom, elemental and compound molecules.

  23. Lesson 23

    What Is Required for Reactions?

    Conditions for chemical reactions, reaction rate and influencing factors, and roles of catalysts and enzymes.

  24. Lesson 24

    Endotherm & Exotherm Reactions

    Energy changes in endothermic and exothermic reactions, redox reactions, oxidising and reducing agents, and photosynthesis.

  25. Lesson 25

    Is It Reversible?

    Irreversible and reversible reactions, dynamic equilibrium, ammonia production, ester formation, and the Le Chatelier-Braun principle.

  26. Lesson 26

    Underwater Happenings

    Water dissociation, pH scale, acidic and alkaline conditions, strong and weak acids, and indicators.

  27. Lesson 27

    Chemistry in The Tap

    Causes of water hardness, degree of hardness, temporary and permanent hardness, and water softening by boiling, chemical treatment and ion exchange.

  28. Lesson 28

    Lathering & Scented

    Soap production and structure, properties of hydrophilic and hydrophobic parts, and uses of soap-like substances.

  29. Lesson 29

    Radioactive Decay

    Radioactive decay, spontaneous radioactivity, radiation characteristics, half-life, and properties of alpha, beta and gamma radiation.

  30. Lesson 30

    Chemical Look-Alikes

    Isotopes, identical proton numbers and different neutron numbers, the same atomic number but different mass numbers, and their properties and applications.

  31. Lesson 31

    Splitting The Atom

    Nuclear reactions and fission, neutron irradiation, chain reactions, controlled fission, and risks of nuclear power generation.

  32. Lesson 32

    What Is a Plastic Bag Made of?

    Characteristics and additives of plastics, polyethylene structure, thermoplastics and duroplasts, and environmental effects of plastic waste.

  33. Lesson 33

    Caution, Chemicals!

    Composition, uses, hazards and safe handling of household hydrochloric acid, chlorine bleach, scrubbing agents and descalers.

  34. Lesson 34

    The Secret of Food

    Roles of table salt, carbonic, acetic, citric, salicylic and tartaric acids, and baking soda in foods.

  35. Lesson 35

    The Chemistry in The Beauty Industry

    Colloidal face creams, hair bleaching by oxidation, nail polish removers, and nylon, the first synthetic fibre.

  36. Lesson 36

    Precious Metals

    Properties of precious and platinum metals, and their uses in alloys, catalysts, jewellery and electrical engineering.

  37. Lesson 37

    Chemistry Below & Above

    Soil mineral replenishment, environmental effects of excessive fertilisation, atmospheric composition and chemistry, and greenhouse gases.

  38. Lesson 38

    Let’s Can & Preserve

    Causes of food spoilage and the mechanisms of different food preservation methods.

  39. Lesson 39

    Why Is It So Delicious?

    Biochemistry of fruit ripening: sugar formation, starch breakdown, essential oils, aroma compounds, and after-ripening.

  40. Lesson 40

    The Earth Is Our Treasure

    Sustainable development, role of the ozone layer, ecological footprint, importance of waste management, and eco tips.

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