Chemistry Made Simple

By Matthew Macariou

Helping you understand chemistry topics from A-Level and Advanced Higher.

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The podcast currently has 103 episodes available.

Chemistry Made Simple episodes:

January 02, 2024 Experiment Using a Polarimeter to Measure Optical Activity - Including a Novel Analogy
In this episode, I describe the basic requirements of a polarimeter being used to measure optical activity of a chemical sample and the process of the experiment.
I also introduce a simple yet novel analogy that will help you remember the experimental details.

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6min
December 29, 2023What are Optical Isomerism, Chirality, Enantiomers and Plane-Polarized Light
In this episode:
What is optical isomerism
Enantiomers
Chiral carbon and chirality
Asymmetric carbon
Optical Activity and plane-polarized light

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7min
November 21, 2023How to Use and Understand 'Curly Arrows' in Reaction Mechanisms
In this episode:
What are curly arrows showing
Why we use a curved arrow
Making a new bond
Breaking a bond
A special case with two arrows

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6min
November 14, 2023What are Reaction Mechanisms, Electrophiles and Nucleophiles
In this episode:
Definition of Mechanism
How a mechanism tells more than an equation or a simple diagram
Definition of electrophile with examples
Definition of nucleophile with examples

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5min
November 08, 2023Determining the Rate Equation for a Chemical Reaction
In this episode:
Two ways to determine the order of reaction for reactants
How to calculate the rate constant k
How to find the effect of changing temperature on the rate constant k

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10min
October 24, 2023What is the Rate Constant, and How to Use it.
In This episode:
The rate equation
The rate constant
How to determine units for the rate equation
Order of reaction

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8min
October 17, 2023What is the rate of reaction, and how can you find it experimentally?
In this episode:
Definition of rate of reaction
How to plot reaction data
How to find the rate of reaction

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6min
October 11, 2023How To Predict Whether a Reaction Can Proceed, and at what Temperature - Gibbs Free Energy Change
In this episode
Introduction to Gibbs Free Energy
The Gibbs Free Energy equation
Take care with the units!
How to do the calculation
How to Calculate the temperature that a reaction may occur at

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10min
September 26, 2023What is Entropy in Chemistry?
In this episode:
Definition of entropy
Importance of entropy
Definitions of feasible, spontaneous, possible
Units of entropy
The symbol for entropy and entropy change
How to calculate entropy change

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6min
September 20, 2023 Why I started This Podcast
In this episode, I talk about why I started the podcast, and about the rigid learning expectations of education settings.

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5min

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How many episodes does Chemistry Made Simple have?

The podcast currently has 103 episodes available.

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