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M008664 VisChem topic 13: redox reactions

Published 19/04/2012
TLF-ID M008664

This web page contains a video, animations and a student worksheet investigating the redox reaction between copper metal and silver ions. The animations show important molecular-level segments from the video.

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M008658 VisChem topic 7: intermolecular forces

Published 19/04/2012
TLF-ID M008658

This web page contains animations demonstrating situations in which dispersion forces, ion-dipole forces and hydrogen bonding occur. Several animations show hydrated ions, and the effect of hydration on dissolving and reaction rates is discussed in explanatory text. A document containing lesson plans and student worksheets is also available.

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M008654 VisChem topic 3: precipitation of an ionic salt

Published 19/04/2012
TLF-ID M008654

This web page contains a video clip, animations and student worksheets exploring the precipitation of silver chloride. The video has both filmed and animated scenes showing the process at observational and molecular levels. It explains how the reaction can be represented by a chemical equation.

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M008659 VisChem topic 8: chemical properties of water and aqueous solutions

Published 19/04/2012
TLF-ID M008659

This web page contains video clips, animations and student worksheets that investigate the chemical properties of water and aqueous solutions. The major topics cover the structure and bonding of water, acids and bases, dissolving, ionic solutions, precipitation and complexation.

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M008662 VisChem topic 11: dynamic chemical equilibrium

Published 19/04/2012
TLF-ID M008662

This web page contains a video, animations and a student worksheet investigating the dynamic equilibrium associated with the iron(III) thiocyanate complex. The animations show important molecular-level segments from the video.

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M008657 VisChem topic 6: molecular structure, shape and polarity

Published 19/04/2012
TLF-ID M008657

This web page contains ten animations of molecules and compound ions as well as nine QTVR objects showing organic molecules. The animations rotate the molecules to show their structure fully. The QTVR objects can be manipulated by the user so that, as well as being rotated, different ways of modelling the molecules can be seen.

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M008660 VisChem topic 9: physical properties of water

Published 19/04/2012
TLF-ID M008660

This web page contains a video, animations and a student worksheet exploring the influence of structure and bonding on the physical properties of water. Two animations showing structure and bonding in oxygen are provided for comparison.

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M008665 VisChem topic 14: structure and properties of carbon compounds

Published 19/04/2012
TLF-ID M008665

This web page contains QTVR objects showing aspects of the structure of selected organic molecules. The QTVR objects can be manipulated by the user so that, as well as being rotated, different ways of modelling the molecules can be seen.

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M008653 VisChem topic 2: dissolution of an ionic salt

Published 19/04/2012
TLF-ID M008653

This web page contains a video clip, animations and student worksheets exploring the dissolving of ionic solids in water. The video clip has both filmed and animated scenes that compare the dissolving of sodium chloride with melting and show how the dissolving process can be represented by chemical equations. Important stages of this process are depicted in the separate molecular-level animations.

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M008661 VisChem topic 10: reactions of carbon compounds

Published 19/04/2012
TLF-ID M008661

This web page contains animations showing reaction mechanisms for organic substitution, addition and elimination reactions. For most reactions there are two animations, one showing molecular models, and the other showing structural formulas with movement of electrons as bonds are rearranged.

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M008655 VisChem topic 4: energy in chemical reactions

Published 19/04/2012
TLF-ID M008655

This web page contains a video and animations exploring the distribution of molecular kinetic energy in solid, liquid and gaseous water, as well as the changes in chemical energy during reactions. Four animations depict the reaction mechanisms and energy profiles involved in organic substitution reactions.

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M008656 VisChem topic 5: factors affecting the rates of chemical reactions

Published 19/04/2012
TLF-ID M008656

This website contains seven animations depicting the factors that influence rates of organic chemical reactions. Three animations explore the significance of collision orientation, two the role of activation energy and two the effects of different solvents.

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M008663 VisChem topic 12: acid-base reactions

Published 19/04/2012
TLF-ID M008663

This web page contains a video, animations and a student worksheet examining the proton-transfer reactions of acids and bases. Self-ionisation of water, acidity of hydrated metal ions, proton gain by ammonia molecules and proton loss from acetic acid are depicted. The animations show important molecular-level segments from the video.

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M008652 VisChem topic1: chemical bonding in pure substances in different states

Published 19/04/2012
TLF-ID M008652

This web page contains a collection of animations depicting copper, sodium chloride, water and oxygen at the molecular level. The animations show the arrangement of atoms, molecules and ions in solid, liquid and gaseous states as well as illustrating changes of state. Two animations demonstrate alternative methods of representing the water molecule visually and symbolically.

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Molecular Level - VisChem