Hydration of Alkenes by Hydroboration and Oxidation. Predicting the Products.

IUPAC Nomenclature of Branched Alkanes - a Professor Explains Why (and How) We Use It!

Brief Introduction to the Chemistry of Soap: saponification, soap and micelles explained

A Chemist Asked AI to Turn Elements Into People... and this happened!

How Does Biting a Gold Object Prove the Theory of Relativity?! Hardness of gold medals and coins.

The Most Devastating Nuclear Weapon Ever Conceived? A chemist explains "salted" nuclear weapons.

How Do Fireworks Get Their Colors? It's all about atomic structure!

Could Neptunium Be Used to Make a Nuclear Weapon? The periodic table seems to suggest it could!

Transition metals and the d-block of the periodic table - what's the difference? - Part 2

What are Transition Elements? Transition metals, atomic structure and the periodic table - Part 1

Is the Periodic Table Broken?! Which elements really belong beneath scandium and yttrium?

Do Nukes Expire? The benefits and drawbacks of tritium boosting with Professor Davis

What the heck is the "Lanthanide Contraction"? Professor Davis Explains

What the Heck Happened to Professor Davis?!

Cyclodecapentaene is NOT aromatic (HERE'S WHY!)

Where Magic Meets Physics (and the Periodic Table Benefits!) - Maria Goeppert Mayer's Story

Who Was The First Scientist EVER to Describe Nuclear Fission? The Contributions of Ida Noddack.

The Grandmother of the Nuclear Bomb? How Oppenheimer's nuclear fission was discovered.

Measuring radioactivity without a Geiger counter... how did Marie Curie do it?

The First Female Chemist in History? Marie-Anne Paulze (Lavoisier)

Where does hydrogen ACTUALLY belong on the periodic table? (the answer may surprise you!)

Is there a "Row Zero" on the Periodic Table? A Chemist Explains.

Is there an 'element zero'? Mendeleev thought so! (spoiler alert: he was wrong!)

The Only Element Named for a Female Scientist (It's not the one you think!)

Is Technetium a Naturally Occurring Element?

Could Polonium-204 Be Used as a Radiological Poison?

What is Ivermectin and how does it kill parasites? A Chemist Explains.

Tips and Tricks for Easily Determining Hybridization States of Atoms in Chemical Compounds

How does a nucleus eject an electron during beta radiation? Beta particles and neutrinos explained.

Mega Molecules Organic Chemistry Model Kit (2nd ed) REVIEW with Professor Davis

Restricted rotation (allyl groups) and their effect on 1H-NMR multiplets

Just what is a 'doctor' and should Jill Biden call herself one?

The Disappearing Spoon Demonstration (how to make one and how it works)

Using Protective Gloves Correctly (and what not to do!) - demonstration included!

DIY Hand Sanitizer - Why Use Glycerin?

No Rubbing Alcohol? NO PROBLEM! DIY Home-made Hand Sanitizer with rubbing alcohol alternative.

Why and How Do We Dry Organic Solvents with Molecular Sieves?

Why does cis-1,4-di-t-butylcyclohexane adopt a twist-boat conformation instead of a chair?

How to Build a Mousetrap Car for Distance with Professor Davis

Falcon 9 Dragon Launch... because SCIENCE!!!

Why Must We Sometimes Dry Glassware and One Way We Do It - Flame Drying

A Brief Introduction to Elements, Molecules and Allotropes.

An animated, base-catalyzed crossed aldol condensation mechanism explained

A Brief Introduction to Polar Covalent Bonding

A Brief Introduction to Pure Covalent Bonding

A Brief Introduction to Carbohydrates: Aldoses, Ketoses and their Stereochemistry Explained

Carbohydrates - Aldoses and Ketoses - What's the Difference?

A Brief Introduction to Balancing Chemical Equations for Stoichiometry

Mendeleev's Game of Cards and the Birth of the Periodic Table

Electron Domains, VSEPR and Determining Molecular Geometries

Ionic Bonding Explained

Professor Davis Tests His Polarimetry Demo for Class

The Benefits of Refluxing - Demonstration

Demonstration - Wet Packing a Chromatography Column

A Short Liquid-Liquid Extraction Demonstration

A Simple Distillation Explained

Nitroglycerine, Dynamite and the Nobel Prize

Flame Drying Glassware Explanation and Demonstration

Controlling Reactant Concentrations

A Steam Distillation in Action