Why Chemical Reactions Happen

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I started my new role as Head of the Department of Chemistry on 1 October 2018. My aim is to continue the work of Professor John Pyle and his predecessors in fostering the success and ambition of the Department, and in ensuring that it remains an excellent place to work and study. Teaching Entropy increases when a substance is broken up into multiple parts. The process of dissolving increases entropy because the solute particles become separated from one another when a solution is formed. In January 2015, when I was examining the reading lists for Cambridge and reading example personal statements for Natural Sciences, I noticed that a common denominator was the book Why Chemical Reactions Happen, by Keeler and Wothers. I proceeded to read the first two chapters, and was able to easily follow the physics-based reasoning. I therefore listed it on my UCAS personal statement, with the full intention of reading the whole thing before the interview. However, after the first few chapters, the material becomes rather dense (especially with the focus on MO theory). I did endure through it, and made some notes along the way. The notes are quite verbose, because the book itself is quite succinct anyway. I wasn’t asked anything about the book in my interview, which I suppose is fortunate because I would have probably struggled. A few years ago I read ‘Surely You’re Joking, Mr Feynman’, and since then fell in love with Feynman’s style of teaching physics. ‘QED: A Strange Theory’ is a semi-technical book in which Feynman discusses the physics substantively rather than just talking about physics as a discipline. Just to clarify, I have no complaint whatsoever with him talking about physics from a more ‘meta’ point of view, as was done in ‘The Character of Physical Law’. I read the book, and loved it. He doesn’t sacrifice any of his characteristic charm, while still explaining the counterintuitive theory. This book was transcribed from a series of lectures ( available on youtube), so is naturally quite verbose. The Feynman Lectures on Physics

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As the temperature falls, the water will freeze so the beaker can be lifted with the mat underneath. As I have mentioned elsewhere, for a period I became very interested in gradient tree boosting, particularly XGBoost – a review can be found in this post. One of the best expositions of XGBoost was some informal slides, made by its creator, Tianqi Chen. I think it’s well worth a little bit of effort to understand XGBoost, because it is a very powerful algorithm. Valuation Workshop By using this service, you agree that you will only keep content for personal use, and will not openly distribute them via Dropbox, Google Drive or other file sharing services People setting the odds assess the likelihoods of the events – there is greater flexibility of outcomes in some events than others. Entropy generally increases in reactions in which the total number of product molecules is greater than the total number of reactant molecules. An exception to this rule is when nongaseous products are formed from gaseous reactants.Bubbles – Many chemical reactions you see in the science lab make a chemical which is a gas, so you see bubbles. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. recall that the balance between entropy change and enthalpy change determines the feasibility of a reaction; Unique unified approach helps the reader to see the connections between different ideas and concepts across the traditional divisions of chemistry

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With Peter Atkins and Julio de Paula (11th Edition OUP 2017). Chemical Structure and Reactivity: an integrated approach I'mlookingintoreading'WhyChemicalReactionsHappen'byJamesKeelerandPeterWothers,becauseitseemsreallyinterestingandIwantsomethingchallengingtoread. The entropy is decreasing because four total reactant molecules are forming two total product molecules. All are gases.

Chemical reactions also tend to proceed in such a way as to increase the total entropy of the system, measured by the entropy change (\(\Delta S\)) between reactants and products. How can you tell if a certain reaction shows an increase or a decrease in entropy? The states of the reactants and produces provide certain clues. The general cases below illustrate entropy at the molecular level.

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Chemical reactions are how new forms of matter are made. While nuclear reactions also may produce new matter, nearly all the substances you encounter in daily life are the result of chemical changes. This reaction is exothermic. The reaction will generate purple vapour, sparks and a flame. White aluminium iodide will remain in the dish. Apparatus

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Informal peer and self assessment is inherent throughout the group discussions (that promote listening, discussion and development of coherent ideas), the role play (that requires team working and cooperation), the demonstrations and the plenaries (when teacher questioning and review are essential). If you carry out an investigation you will record evidence of any changes. The evidence you record is called data and it may be quantitative or qualitative.

In this activity, entropy is introduced to students in a qualitative way, as a means of explaining why chemical reactions happen. The question ‘Why do chemical reactions happen?’ is a basic one to answer. The best time to approach this issue is within a series of lessons on thermodynamics, once students are used to calculating enthalpy change values. Learning objectives It is pertinent to ask ‘why do reactions happen?’ The answer is that a chemical reaction will take place if it leads to a decrease in free energy. Free energy changes can be thought of as the thermodynamic driving forces behind all reactions. This is true not only of chemical reactions, of course. A decrease in energy is the driving force behind all physical processes. For example, apples fall out of trees because they move to a position of lower gravitational energy in this way. The issue of why chemical reactions happen can be used to introduce the session.List views about this from the students, with little discussion. Retain the list for review at the end. If you mix vinegar and baking soda, a reaction will occur, where lots of bubbles of carbon dioxide gas form.