Table of contents
Peruse the entire list of modules.
Modules so far published in each chapter can be accessed by clicking on the links (blue).
Chapter titles in black font have not yet any content.
HOME: Aha! Learning Chemistry with Prof Bob
Chapter 01 Chemistry: What is it?
Chapter 02 Stuff, matter: What is it?
0200 Stuff, matter: A theory of atoms
0201 Atoms: The building blocks of all stuffs
0202 People classifying stuffs. Why?
0201 Atoms: The building blocks of all stuffs
0202 People classifying stuffs. Why?
Chapter 03 States of matter
Chapter 04 Categories of substances according to properties
Chapter 05 Chemical reactions, chemical equations
0500 Chemical reactions vs chemical equations: Overview
0501 Chemical amount and its unit of measurement, mole
0502 The Avogadro constant: How many particles is that?
0503 The Avogadro constant: Why is it that number?
0504 Chemical formulas: What can they tell us?
0505 Chemical equations: And what can't they tell us?
0506 Limiting reactants: How much reaction can happen?
0507 Balanced chemical equations: What are they?
0508 Chemical reactions as competitions
0501 Chemical amount and its unit of measurement, mole
0502 The Avogadro constant: How many particles is that?
0503 The Avogadro constant: Why is it that number?
0504 Chemical formulas: What can they tell us?
0505 Chemical equations: And what can't they tell us?
0506 Limiting reactants: How much reaction can happen?
0507 Balanced chemical equations: What are they?
0508 Chemical reactions as competitions
Chapter 06 Intermolecular forces
Chapter 07 Water, a remarkable substance: Models to explain
Chapter 08 Categories of reaction in water, modelled as competitions
Chapter 09 Aqueous solutions
0901 What is a solution, and what is not?
0902 Miscibility of liquids in each other
0903 Like dissolves like? Shades of grey
0905 Dissolution of ionic salts in water: A competition
0906 Can we predict the solubilities of ionic salts?
0907 Solution concentration
0908 Chemical species, speciation in aqueous solution
0909 Solutes: Electrolytes or non-electrolytes?
0910 Electrolytes - Strong or weak?
0911 Concentrated, dilute, strong, weak
0912 Species concentration vs. solution concentration
0913 Weak electrolytes: Getting quantitative
0902 Miscibility of liquids in each other
0903 Like dissolves like? Shades of grey
0905 Dissolution of ionic salts in water: A competition
0906 Can we predict the solubilities of ionic salts?
0907 Solution concentration
0908 Chemical species, speciation in aqueous solution
0909 Solutes: Electrolytes or non-electrolytes?
0910 Electrolytes - Strong or weak?
0911 Concentrated, dilute, strong, weak
0912 Species concentration vs. solution concentration
0913 Weak electrolytes: Getting quantitative
Chapter 10 Thermochemistry: Energy flows during chemical processes
Chapter 11 Dynamic chemical equilibrium
1100 Dynamic chemical equilibrium: overview
1101 Visualizing dynamic chemical equilibrium
1102 The jargon of equilibrium
1103 Equilibrium constants, the law of equilibrium
1104 The law of equilibrium: an analogy
1101 Visualizing dynamic chemical equilibrium
1102 The jargon of equilibrium
1103 Equilibrium constants, the law of equilibrium
1104 The law of equilibrium: an analogy
Chapter 12 Acid-base chemistry in aqueous solution
Chapter 13 Oxidation and reduction, electrochemistry
Chapter 14 Solubility and precipitation of slightly soluble ionic salts
Chapter 15 Complexation reactions
Chapter 16 Chemical thermodynamics: Which way, and how far, to equilibrium?
Chapter 17 Reaction kinetics: How fast is reaction happening?
Chapter 18 Periodic variation of properties of the elements
Chapter 19 Models of atoms, and their difference from element to element
Chapter 20 How the structure of molecules affects properties of substances
Chapter 21 Models of bonding
Chapter 22 Evidence from spectroscopy
2200 Overview of the topic
2201 Spectroscopy: Quantization of energy
2202 Light: Wave-particle "duality"
2203 UV-visible spectroscopy
2204 Beer's law: How much light is transmitted?
2201 Spectroscopy: Quantization of energy
2202 Light: Wave-particle "duality"
2203 UV-visible spectroscopy
2204 Beer's law: How much light is transmitted?
Chapter 23 Carbon-based compounds: 'Organic' chemistry
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
Earth's atmosphere
Chapter 24 Depletion of the 'ozone layer'
Chapter 25 Photochemical smogs
Chapter 26 Acid rain
Chapter 27 The greenhouse effect, climate change
2700 The greenhouse effect, climate change: An overview
2701 Is Earth in energy balance?
2702 Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere before the Industrial Revolution
2703 So little carbon dioxide! Pffft?
2704 Does carbon dioxide affect Earth's energy balance?
2705 The "greenhouse effect"
2706 Why does carbon dioxide absorb radiations emitted from Earth?
2707 The "enhanced greenhouse effect"
2708 Why doesn't carbon dioxide absorb the radiation coming from the sun?
2709 Why are nitrogen and oxygen not greenhouse gases?
2710 Doesn't water vapour absorb all of the emitted infrared radiation?
2711 Carbon dioxide from our cars
2712
Fuels: Energy and environment
Earth's oceans and waterways
TEACHERS' CORNER
TC01 Language and meaning in chemistry
TC0101 The jargon we use
TC02 Representation in chemistry
TC03 Modelling in chemistry
TC04 Knowing and learning
TC05 Communicating chemistry
TC0501 Overview
TC06 Complexity of learning chemistry
TC07 Pedagogical content knowledge, PCK
TC0701 Amnesia of the chemistry teaching profession
TC0101 The jargon we use
TC02 Representation in chemistry
TC03 Modelling in chemistry
TC04 Knowing and learning
TC05 Communicating chemistry
TC0501 Overview
TC06 Complexity of learning chemistry
TC07 Pedagogical content knowledge, PCK
TC0701 Amnesia of the chemistry teaching profession
MODULE-SPECIFIC PCK
Chapter PCK11 Dynamic chemical equilibrium
PCK1101 Visualising dynamic chemical equilibrium
PCK1103 Equilibrium constants: The law of equilibrium
Chapter PCK22 Evidence from spectroscopy
PCK2204 Beer's law: How much light is transmitted
Chapter PCK11 Dynamic chemical equilibrium
PCK1101 Visualising dynamic chemical equilibrium
PCK1103 Equilibrium constants: The law of equilibrium
Chapter PCK22 Evidence from spectroscopy
PCK2204 Beer's law: How much light is transmitted
Finding your way around .....
You can browse or search the Aha! Learning chemistry website in the following ways:
You can browse or search the Aha! Learning chemistry website in the following ways:
- Use the drop-down menus from the buttons at the top of each page to browse the modules chapter-by-chapter.
- Click to go to the TABLE OF CONTENTS (also from the NAVIGATION button) to see all available chapters and modules in numbered sequence.
- Click to go to the ALPHABETICAL INDEX. (also from the NAVIGATION button).
- Enter a word or phrase in the Search box at the top of each page.