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Buffer calculations and capacity A buffer's qualitative behaviour — a weak acid and its conjugate base sharing the work of soaking up added acid or base — only goes so far. To actually predict a buffer's pH, and to know how much stress it c
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Chemistry · L4 · Buffer Calculations and Capacity: Henderson–Hasselbalch, worked pH calculations, and capacity
Affinity Is Not One Number — It Is Two A binding constant Ka (or its inverse, Kd) is a single equilibrium number, but it is the net result of two very different physical contributions: enthalpy (ΔH, the heat of forming specific bonds and co
Spectroscopy basics: what each technique measures Spectroscopy is a family of techniques built on one idea: shine a form of energy at a sample and see what happens to it. What gets absorbed, transmitted, or emitted depends on the sample's s
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Chemistry · L4 · Spectroscopy basics: what each technique measures
What is the fundamental limitation of ensemble spectroscopy that single-molecule spectroscopy overcomes?1 / 8
Ensemble spectroscopy measures a signal averaged simultaneously over an enormous number (typically ~10²³) of molecules, so any heterogeneity in behavior between individual molecules, or any dynamics that are not perfectly synchronized across the population, is washed out into a single smooth average signal. Single-molecule spectroscopy isolates and observes ONE molecule (or a very small number) at a time, revealing the underlying distribution of behaviors and the exact time-trajectory of individual events that the ensemble average conceals.
One cause, three effects "Colligative" properties are properties that depend on HOW MANY particles are dissolved in a solvent — never on what those particles actually are. A teaspoon of salt and a teaspoon of sugar, dissolved so they releas
Why Salt Melts Sidewalk Ice Faster In winter, you might see people sprinkle salt on icy sidewalks and steps. Why salt, and not just any powder? Salt Changes the Freezing Temperature Plain water freezes at a certain temperature. But when you
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Chemistry · L1 · Why Salt Melts Sidewalk Ice Faster
Entropy and the second law: why things spread out Entropy is a way of measuring how spread out or disordered energy and matter are. A neat, concentrated arrangement has LOW entropy; a jumbled, spread-out arrangement has HIGH entropy. You do