Chemistry Made Simple

By Matthew MacariouScience Education Natural Sciences Chemistry

Chemistry Made Simple episodes

October 29, 2025How to Do Calculations in Chemistry Using the Mole
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In this episode:
Using the mole to calculate RFM of compounds, ions and elements
Using the mole to calculate empirical formulae
Using the mole to calculate % composition
Using the mole to calculate the concentration of solutions
Using the mole to calculate the volume of gas
Using the mole to do calculations for equilibria, weak acids, weak bases and buffers
Using the mole to calculate how many moles, grams or litres of gas are used or created in a reaction
Using the mole to calculate pH
Using the mole to determine the limiting reagent

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16 min
October 20, 2025 How My ADHD Helps Me to Help You Learn Chemistry
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11 min
October 13, 2025How to Balance Equations, and Why It Is So Important
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In this episode:
What is a chemical equation
What are equations for
Why is balancing equations so important
How to balance equations
The Golden Rule
The one thing you mustn't balance
Three types of equations you need to know

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13 min
October 06, 2025Never Ignore a Mole - What is a Mole and Why it is so Important
In this episode:
What is a mole
Why we need a mole
Why we can't just use grams or amu
How to use moles in chemistry calculations

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6 min
September 23, 2025What You Need to Know about Isotopes at A-Level
The video that demonstrates how to calculate RAM from isotope mass and relative abundance
In this episode:
Why do we see decimal places in atomic mass on the periodic table
What are isotopes, and how do they differ from each other?
What are the differences in the behaviour of different isotopes?
Relative abundance
How do we calculate relative atomic mass considering relative abundance and isotope mass

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8 min
September 15, 2025How to Write and Understand Electron Configuration
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In this episode:
What does electron configuration mean for atoms and simple ions
Which orbitals fill first?
Do electrons pair up in orbitals or half-fill the subshell first?
The funny thing about 3d and 4s subshells
Electron configuration notation explained

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9 min
September 08, 2025What is an atomic orbital, and what are the "rules" about orbitals?
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In this episode:
Definition of an atomic orbital
Using the probability of an electron's location
Different types of atomic orbitals
How many electrons can be in an orbital, and how they MUST differ
Which atomic orbitals exist in which electron shells or energy levels
How many orbitals of each orbital type

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7 min
September 01, 2025Quantum Mechanics - Two analogies to help you understand QM and quantum numbers.
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In this episode:
What is Quantum mechanics
Analogy 1 - Stairs vs Escalator
Analogy 2- Homemade coffee vs Automated barista coffee
Quantum numbers and their relevance to electrons

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8 min
August 25, 2025How Quantum Mechanics makes the atom 3 dimensional, effects the shape of molecules, and dictates the periodic table's configuration
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In this episode we consider how quantum mechanics effects the atomic model and more:
There's more to electron shells
Subshells and orbitals
3D shape of orbitals
Orbitals, bond angles and shape of molecules
The reason the periodic table gets broader down the table

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8 min
August 18, 2025Physical, Organic, or Inorganic? How to navigate these chemistry topic groups.
In this episode, I discuss:
What is meant by physical, organic and inorganic chemistry?
What is generally included in each of these topic areas?
How much do these labels matter?
When do these labels matter?

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7 min