A Level Physical Chemistry Video Lessons

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1. Mole Concept

Combustion Analysis of Gaseous Hydrocarbons

Back Titration

Determine Limiting Reagent

Mole Concept Worked Example to Determine Molecular Formula for Alcohol J

How to Calculate Empirical Formula and Molecular Formula

How to Calculate Mass of Black Powder to Fire Cannonball

How to Calculate Percentage Composition by Mass

How to Calculate Relative Atomic Mass from Isotopic Abundance

Combustion Analysis of H2S and CS2

2. Redox and Solution Stoichiometry

Balance Redox Reaction: How to balance Redox Equation in Acidic or Alkaline Medium

Determining Oxidation State or Oxidation Number

Determine Oxidation State of Unknown Species from Experimental Data

Redox Reaction Worked Example 1

What is Oxidation State?

Actual Oxidation State vs Average Oxidation State

Disproportionation of Potassium Chlorate (V)

Determine Moles of Electrons Gained per Mole of Oxidising Agent

3. Atomic Structure

Electronic Configuration for First 30 Elements

First Ionisation Energy Trend Across Period 3 Elements

Deflection of Charged Particle in Electric Field

3 Rules to Write Electronic Configuration using Quantum Model

How to Determine Group from Successive Ionisation Energy

How to Draw Shapes of Orbitals

First Ionisation Energy Trend Down Group 2 Elements

Deduce Species with Paramagnetism

4. Chemical Bonding

Drawing Dot and Cross Diagrams

Expansion of Octet Rule

VSEPR and Shapes of Molecules

VSEPR and Comparing Bond Angles

How to Compare Melting Point of Metals

How to Compare Melting Point of Ionic Compounds

Why is Aluminium Chloride Simple Covalent Compound

How to Compare Bond Angle of Molecules with Same Shape

Compare Bond Angle of Species

5. Intermolecular Forces

Factors affecting Instantaneous Dipole-Induced Dipole Attraction

Factors affecting Hydrogen Bond

Intramolecular versus Intermolecular Hydrogen Bond

How to Deduce Intermolecular Forces for Simple Molecule

Are These Intermolecular Interactions Hydrogen Bond?

Dimerisation of Carboxylic Acid via Hydrogen Bond

Compare Boiling Point of Halogenoethane

6. Gaseous State

Ideal Gas Equation Graph Sketching

Ideal Gas Equation and Applications

Identify Molar Mass of Gas from Ideal Gas Graph

Determine Total Pressure on Mixing of Gases

7. Energetics

How to Draw Energy Cycle involving Enthalpy Change of Formation

How to Draw Energy Cycle involving Enthalpy Change of Combustion

How to Draw Born Haber Cycle of Ionic Compounds

Determine Enthalpy Change of Reaction from Average Bond Energy

Theoretical versus Experimental Lattice Energy

How to Compare Enthalpy Change of Formation of CO and CO2

Ellingham Diagram and Gibbs Free Energy

How to Determine Enthalpy Change using Hess' Law

Determine Enthalpy Change of Reaction between Sodium and Water

8. Kinetics

Pseudo First Order Reactions

Rate Equation and Reaction Mechanism

Rate Equation and Order of Reaction

Determine Order of Reaction from Initial Rates

Rate Concentration Graph for Enzyme Catalysed Reaction

How to Calculate Non Integer Number of Half Lifes

9. Chemical Equilibria

Le Chatelier's Principle and Position of Equilibrium for a Reversible System

Determine Equilibrium Constant using ICE Table Method

Le Chatelier Principle and Concentration Time Graph

Determine Equilibrium Constant Kp from Reactant Partial Pressure

How Changes in Pressure and Temperature affect Position of Equilibrium

Deduce How Rate Constant and Equilibrium Constant Change with Temperature

10. Ionic Equilibria

Strong Acid vs Weak Acid: Comparing Strength of 2 Acids with different pH values

Bronsted Acids and Bronsted Bases

Salt Hydrolysis: How to deduce Nature of Salt in Salt Hydrolysis

How to Determine pH of Weak Acid

Calculate pH of Salt Solution

Three Definitions of Acids and Bases

Basicity of Acids and Dissociation of Diprotic Acid

How to calculate pH of water

Can pH be negative?

How to Calculate pH of Weak Acid

Must Strong Acid be at pH 1?

How to Calculate pH of Weak Base

How to deduce Bronsted-Lowry Bases

How to determine pH of water at 70 degree celsius

Calculate Kb of Conjugate Base from Kw

11. Buffer and Titration Curve

How to determine Acidic and Alkaline Buffer Solutions

Titration Curve for Weak Acid - Strong Base Reaction

Calculate pH of Buffer Solution

Determine pH of Resultant Solution of Acid-Base Reaction

What is a Buffer Solution?

How to Calculate pH at Equivalence Point

How to Sketch Titration Curve for Diprotic Acid

How to Calculate pH Change of Buffer when Hydroxide Added

Deduce Alkaline Buffer on Mixing 2 Solutions

12. Solubility Product

Solubility Product and Solubility of a Sparingly Soluble Salt

Ionic Product versus Solubility Product

How to Calculate Solubility from Solubility Product

Common Ion Effect

How to Calculate pH of Silver Hydroxide from its Ksp

How to Use Ksp to Compare Solubility

How to Calculate Solubility in Presence of Common Ion

How to Increase Solubility of Sparingly Soluble Salts

Compare Solubility of Silver Phosphate in Different Solutions

13. Electrochemistry

Hydrogen Oxygen Fuel Cell

Drawing Half Cell and Electrochemical Cell

Determine Feasibility of Redox Reaction using Standard Electrode Potentials

Deducing Feasibility of Redox Reaction

Can Nickel Spatula Stir Copper Sulfate Solution?

Polarity of Electrodes for Rechargeable Battery

How Changes to Half Cell Affect Ecell

How to Determine Electrolysis Product via E Value

How Concentration Affects Electrolysis Product

Purification of Copper via Electrolysis

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