Hacking the Periodic Table - Chemistry of the Elements

Hacking the Periodic Table - Chemistry of the Elements

You are a professional, a student, a teacher or just interested in general trends, reactions and applications of chemistry? Then this is the right course for you!

The concept of this course is not to only give textbook explanations to things, explain models. Instead it aims at using your knowledge to understand the bigger picture and apply the knowledge you gained.

To provide an appealing curriculum we combined the three big pillars of chemistry which is scientific research, application in industry and you as a student. By this we want to give scientific explanations to industrially relevant topics and show you how often you might meet certain elements without realizing it.

The curriculum of this course will cover the following topics:

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This curriculum of this course will cover atomic concepts as a foundation to gain an understanding for the reactivity and behavior of elements as well as trends of the periodic table. Subsequently, we will have an in-depth look at the elements of main group 1 to 8 and their most interesting applications.

• Introduction: The atomic model, orbitals and energy schemes

• Introduction: Trends of the periodic table

• Main Group I: Alkali metals (Focus lectures: Hydrogen and Lithium)

• Main Group II: Earth-alkali metals (Focus lecture: Cement, Gypsum and hardness of water)

• Main Group III: Boron group

• Main Group IV: Carbon group

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In this first part of the course we will cover the basics of the atom concept and cover the main group elements of group 1 to 4. In the second part of the course we will cover the concept and rules of oxidation states and cover the main group elements of group 5 to 8.

• Introduction: Oxidation Numbers

• Main Group V: Pnictogens

• Main Group VI: Chalcogens (Focus lecture: Ozone-Oxygen cycle)

• Main Group VII: Halogens (Focus lecture: Swimming pool chemistry)

• Main Group VIII: Noble gases

  
  

A Course about the Chemistry of Main Group 1 to 8, Reactions, Concepts and Applications for Practical Knowledge

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What you will learn

• You will learn how to use concepts to understand applications
• Understand how you can use your chemistry knowledge to think outside the box
• Know how our description of atoms evolved from an atomic pudding to quantum mechanical models in just 29 years

Rating: 4.75

Level: All Levels

Duration: 8.5 hours

Instructor: Sebastian Weiß