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    • Chapter 02 Stuff, matter: What is it? >
      • 0200 Stuff, matter: A theory of atoms
      • 0201 Atoms: The building blocks of all stuff
      • 0202 People classifying stuffs. Why?
    • Chapter 05 Chemical reactions and chemical equations >
      • 0500 Chemical reactions vs. chemical equations. Overview
      • 0501 Chemical amount and its unit of measurement, mole
      • 0502 The Avogadro constant: How many is that?
      • 0503 The Avogadro constant: Why is it that number?
      • 0504 Chemical formulas: What can they tell us??
      • 0505 Chemical equations: What can they tell us?
      • 0506 Limiting reactants: How much reaction can happen?
      • 0507 Balanced chemical equations: What are they?
      • 0508 Chemical reactions as competitions
    • CHAPTER 08: Reactions: What happens? >
      • 0803 Categorizaton of reactions
      • 0804 Reactions 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 solubilities of 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 11: Dynamic chemical equilibrium >
      • 1100 Dynamic chemical equilibrium: Overview
      • 1101 Visualising dynamic chemical equilibrium
      • 1102 The jargon of chemical equilibrium
      • 1103 Equilibrium constants: The law of equilibrium
      • 1104 The law of equilibrium: an analogy
    • Chapter 22 Evidence from spectroscopy >
      • 2200 Spectroscopy: Overview and preview
      • 2201 Quantisation of forms of energy
      • 2202 Light: Wave-particle "duality"
      • 2203 Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy
      • 2204 Beer’s law: How much light is transmitted?
    • ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY >
      • EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE >
        • Chapter 27 The greenhouse effect, climate change >
          • 2700 The greenhouse effect: overview
          • 2701 Is Earth in energy balance?
          • 2702 CO2 in the atmosphere before 1800
          • 2703 So little CO2! Pffft?
          • 2704 Does CO2 affect Earth's energy balance?
          • 2705 The "greenhouse effect"
          • 2706 Why does CO2 absorb radiation from Earth?
          • 2707 The "enhanced greenhouse effect"
          • 2708 Why doesn't CO2 absorb the radiation from the sun?
          • 2709 Why are N2 and O2 not greenhouse gases?
          • 2710 Doesn't water vapour absorb all the IR?
          • 2711 Carbon dioxide from our cars
          • 2712 The source of energy from combustion
          • 2713 Comparing fuels as energy sources
          • 2714 Methane: How does it compare as a GHG?
          • 2715 Different sorts of pollution of the atmosphere
          • 2716 "Acidification" of seawater
      • FUELS
      • 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, preview
    • TC06 COMPLEXITY of LEARNING CHEMISTRY
    • TC07 PEDAGOGOICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE, PCK >
      • TC0701 Amnesia of the chemistry teaching professioN
    • MODULE-SPECIFIC PCK >
      • Chapter PCK11 Dynamic chemical equilibrium >
        • PCK1101 Visusalizing dynamic chemical equilibrium
        • PCK1103 Equilibrium constants: The law of equilibrium
      • Chapter PCK22 Evidence from spectroscopy >
        • PCK2204 Beer's law
  • REFERENCE DATA
    • 001 Periodic table
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​Chapter 01 Chemistry: What is it?
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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?         

           

​Chapter 03 States of matter
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Chapter ​04 Categories of substances according to properties
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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?
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              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
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​Chapter 06 Intermolecular forces
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Chapter ​07 Water, a remarkable substance: Models to explain
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Chapter ​08 Categories of reaction in water, modelled as competitions
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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



Chapter ​10 Thermochemistry: Energy flows during chemical processes
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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
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Chapter ​12 Acid-base chemistry in aqueous solution
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Chapter ​13 Oxidation and reduction, electrochemistry
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Chapter ​14 Solubility and precipitation of slightly soluble ionic salts
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Chapter ​15 Complexation reactions
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Chapter ​16 Chemical thermodynamics: Which way, and how far, to equilibrium?
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Chapter ​17 Reaction kinetics: How fast is reaction happening?
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Chapter ​18 Periodic variation of properties of the elements
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Chapter ​19 Models of atoms, and their difference from element to element
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Chapter ​20 How the structure of molecules affects properties of substances
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Chapter ​21 Models of bonding
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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?
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Chapter ​23 Carbon-based compounds: 'Organic' chemistry
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​ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
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Earth's atmosphere
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Chapter 24  Depletion of the 'ozone layer'

Chapter 25  Photochemical smogs
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Chapter 26  Acid rain
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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

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Fuels: Energy and environment

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Earth's oceans and waterways

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TEACHERS' CORNER
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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


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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

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  • HOME
    • TALK WITH PROF BOB?
  • LEARNING MODULES
    • Chapter 02 Stuff, matter: What is it? >
      • 0200 Stuff, matter: A theory of atoms
      • 0201 Atoms: The building blocks of all stuff
      • 0202 People classifying stuffs. Why?
    • Chapter 05 Chemical reactions and chemical equations >
      • 0500 Chemical reactions vs. chemical equations. Overview
      • 0501 Chemical amount and its unit of measurement, mole
      • 0502 The Avogadro constant: How many is that?
      • 0503 The Avogadro constant: Why is it that number?
      • 0504 Chemical formulas: What can they tell us??
      • 0505 Chemical equations: What can they tell us?
      • 0506 Limiting reactants: How much reaction can happen?
      • 0507 Balanced chemical equations: What are they?
      • 0508 Chemical reactions as competitions
    • CHAPTER 08: Reactions: What happens? >
      • 0803 Categorizaton of reactions
      • 0804 Reactions 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 solubilities of 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 11: Dynamic chemical equilibrium >
      • 1100 Dynamic chemical equilibrium: Overview
      • 1101 Visualising dynamic chemical equilibrium
      • 1102 The jargon of chemical equilibrium
      • 1103 Equilibrium constants: The law of equilibrium
      • 1104 The law of equilibrium: an analogy
    • Chapter 22 Evidence from spectroscopy >
      • 2200 Spectroscopy: Overview and preview
      • 2201 Quantisation of forms of energy
      • 2202 Light: Wave-particle "duality"
      • 2203 Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy
      • 2204 Beer’s law: How much light is transmitted?
    • ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY >
      • EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE >
        • Chapter 27 The greenhouse effect, climate change >
          • 2700 The greenhouse effect: overview
          • 2701 Is Earth in energy balance?
          • 2702 CO2 in the atmosphere before 1800
          • 2703 So little CO2! Pffft?
          • 2704 Does CO2 affect Earth's energy balance?
          • 2705 The "greenhouse effect"
          • 2706 Why does CO2 absorb radiation from Earth?
          • 2707 The "enhanced greenhouse effect"
          • 2708 Why doesn't CO2 absorb the radiation from the sun?
          • 2709 Why are N2 and O2 not greenhouse gases?
          • 2710 Doesn't water vapour absorb all the IR?
          • 2711 Carbon dioxide from our cars
          • 2712 The source of energy from combustion
          • 2713 Comparing fuels as energy sources
          • 2714 Methane: How does it compare as a GHG?
          • 2715 Different sorts of pollution of the atmosphere
          • 2716 "Acidification" of seawater
      • FUELS
      • 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, preview
    • TC06 COMPLEXITY of LEARNING CHEMISTRY
    • TC07 PEDAGOGOICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE, PCK >
      • TC0701 Amnesia of the chemistry teaching professioN
    • MODULE-SPECIFIC PCK >
      • Chapter PCK11 Dynamic chemical equilibrium >
        • PCK1101 Visusalizing dynamic chemical equilibrium
        • PCK1103 Equilibrium constants: The law of equilibrium
      • Chapter PCK22 Evidence from spectroscopy >
        • PCK2204 Beer's law
  • REFERENCE DATA
    • 001 Periodic table
  • NAVIGATION
    • Table of contents
    • Index, alphabetical