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Matter And The Rise Of Atomic Theory

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Students will trace the history of chemistry and study accounts of how chemistry developed from a practical discipline into a science. This episode also presents a current, real-life application of chemistry by illustrating the process of the refining and purifying pure silicon for advanced electronics, such as cell phones and solar cells. Part of the Chemistry: Challenges and Solutions Series.

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Runtime: 28 minutes 28 seconds

Person in a science lab working with complex machinery. Caption: There is almost no limit to the ways we transmute matter.
Chemistry: Challenges And Solutions
Episode 1
28 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Plastic tube containing clear, pebble-like objects is attached to a larger tube. Caption: The gas is filling up a constant volume.
Chemistry: Challenges And Solutions
Episode 2
28 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Hollow glass tube with roughly diamond shaped object in the center surrounded by glowing light. Caption: you get the characteristic color of this purplish-blue.
Chemistry: Challenges And Solutions
Episode 3
28 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
The periodic table of elements. A color-coded grid with letters representing each element. Caption: Each row of the table represents a pattern of chemical properties
Chemistry: Challenges And Solutions
Episode 4
28 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Geometric illustration of atoms. Caption: So here we've drawn in all the atoms.
Chemistry: Challenges And Solutions
Episode 5
28 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Gloved hand holding an electronic chip with a pair of tweezers. Caption: they call it an artificial leaf.
Chemistry: Challenges And Solutions
Episode 6
28 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person in a lab setting filling a container from a faucet. Caption: A calorimeter is simply anything used to measure heat.
Chemistry: Challenges And Solutions
Episode 7
28 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Two glasses with colored liquid in them. One glass has a person holding a cylindrical electronic device in the liquid. Caption: and check the parts per million of solutes.
Chemistry: Challenges And Solutions
Episode 8
28 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
4Fe+3O2+4H2O converts to 2Fe2O3*2H2O. Caption: This causes the iron to become a hydrated iron oxide,
Chemistry: Challenges And Solutions
Episode 9
28 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person in a science lab. One beaker contains an orange liquid, and one beaker contains a green liquid. Caption: It's orange. That means its pH is 5.
Chemistry: Challenges And Solutions
Episode 10
28 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12