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Blast Furnace and Electrolytic Refining The general rule is already familiar: an unreactive metal like gold is found native, a moderately reactive metal like iron is extracted by reduction with carbon, and a highly reactive metal like alumi
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Chemistry · L4 · Blast Furnace and Electrolytic Refining
Heterogeneous equilibria: multiple phases, one equilibrium constant Every equilibrium studied so far in aqueous acid-base and solubility chemistry has involved species dissolved in the same solution — a homogeneous equilibrium. Many importa
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Chemistry · L4 · Heterogeneous equilibria: omitted phases, Kp, and the Kp–Kc relationship
What is the difference between a covalent bond and an intermolecular force?1 / 10
A covalent bond is a strong force WITHIN a molecule, holding its atoms together by sharing electrons. An intermolecular force is a much weaker force BETWEEN separate molecules.
Hess's Law calculations: building an unmeasurable ΔH from measurable steps Enthalpy is a state function: ΔH for a reaction depends only on the initial and final states, not on the path taken between them. Hess's Law turns that fact into a c
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Chemistry · L4 · Hess's Law calculations: cycles, scaling, and the Born–Haber cycle
Four Gases, Four Tests Chemists often need to identify an unknown gas quickly, without any fancy equipment. Over time, four simple tests have become standard — one for each of the gases you meet again and again in the lab: oxygen, carbon di
What distinguishes outer-sphere from inner-sphere electron transfer?1 / 10
In outer-sphere ET, donor and acceptor never form a bond — the electron tunnels across the gap during a brief close approach, and both species keep their original coordination spheres intact. In inner-sphere ET, a ligand bridges the two metal centres (bond forms, then breaks), as in Taube's classic Cr²⁺ + Co(NH₃)₅Cl²⁺ chloride-bridged experiment. Marcus theory in its simplest form treats outer-sphere transfer.
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Chemistry · L5 · Marcus Theory & Electron Transfer Kinetics
Enzyme kinetics: the Michaelis-Menten equation Enzyme catalysis is one of the richest, most consequential applications of the steady-state approximation you met for a generic two-step mechanism with an intermediate. There, a reactant A form
What is the general idea behind spectroscopy?1 / 10
Shine a form of energy (usually light) at a sample and see what happens to it — what gets absorbed, transmitted, or emitted. Because different structures interact with energy differently, the result reveals something about the sample's structure.
State Raoult's law for the vapor pressure of the solvent above an ideal solution.1 / 8
P_solution = X_solvent · P°_solvent, where X_solvent is the mole fraction of solvent in the solution and P°_solvent is the vapor pressure of the pure solvent at that temperature. Dissolving a non-volatile solute always lowers X_solvent below 1, so P_solution < P°_solvent.
Why is a 2D NMR experiment needed for a complex molecule when 1D ¹H NMR already gives chemical shifts and coupling patterns?1 / 6
For a molecule with many similar protons, a 1D spectrum gets too crowded — peaks overlap and individual couplings become impossible to read out. A 2D experiment spreads the same information across two frequency axes instead of one, so each correlation gets its own point in a plane rather than competing for space on a single line. This resolves overlap and directly reveals WHICH nuclei are related to which, rather than just listing shifts and multiplicities.
Groups and Periods The periodic table lines up every known element by atomic number — the number of protons in each atom. Element number 1 (hydrogen) comes first, element number 2 (helium) comes next, and so on, all the way past 100. The ta