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A podcast supporting the chemistry students of Dr. Michael Russell at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon, USA.

Michael Russell


    • Nov 14, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    111425 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 49:03


    Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from November 14, 2025. This video covers material from Chapter 6 including molarity, preparing a solution through measurement of a solid and dilution, the dilution equation, mass and volume percentages, parts per million, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    111225 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2025 50:07


    Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from November 12, 2025. This video covers material from Chapter 6 including empirical formula, molecular formula, finding an empirical (and molecular) formula from combustion, concentration, molarity, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    111025 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2025 49:23


    Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from November 10, 2025. This video covers material from Chapter 6 including formula mass and molar mass, how chemists find a molecular formula, percent composition, empirical formulas, using molar mass to convert empirical formulas to molecular formulas, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    110725 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2025 49:15


    Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from November 7, 2025. This video covers Day 3 of an Exam Review for the Midterm Exam II. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    110625 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2025 25:49


    Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from November 6, 2025, Part 3 of 4. This video covers material from Chapter 6 including finding an empirical formula, the difference between an empirical formula and a molecular formula, finding a molecular formula using an empirical formula and the molar mass, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    110625 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2025 25:05


    Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from November 6, 2025, Part 4 of 4. This video covers material from Chapter 6 including solutions, morality, creating a solution from mass of solute, creating a solution using a concentrated solution (C1V1 = C2V2), other concentration types, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    110625 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2025 48:57


    Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from November 6, 2025, Part 2 of 4. This video covers Part II of an Exam Review for the upcoming Midterm Exam II. This lecture also started the material for Chapter 6 including finding a formula in chemistry, methods for finding an empirical formula, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    110625 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2025 64:56


    Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from November 6, 2025, Part 1 of 4. This video covers Part I of an Exam Review for the upcoming Midterm Exam II. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    110525 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2025 48:21


    Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from November 5, 2025. This video covers Day 2 of an Exam Review for the Midterm Exam II. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    110325 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2025 48:49


    Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from November 3, 2025. This video covers Day 1 of an Exam Review for the Midterm Exam II. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    103125 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2025 46:26


    Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from October 31, 2025. This video covers material from Chapter 5 including building a molecular orbital diagram, bond order, bond order with respect to Lewis structures, magnetism, making ions in MO diagrams, shorthand notation, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    Chapter 5 Screencast - Valence Bond and Molecular Orbital Theory

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 5:17


    A screencast from Chapter 5 in CH 221 entitled “Valence Bond and Molecular Orbital Theory”

    Chapter 5 Screencast - Valence Bond Theory (BF3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 6:16


    A screencast from Chapter 5 in CH 221 entitled “Chapter 5 Screencast - Valence Bond Theory (BF3)”

    Chapter 5 Screencast - Valence Bond Theory (CH4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 10:52


    A screencast from Chapter 5 in CH 221 entitled “Chapter 5 Screencast - Valence Bond Theory (CH4)”

    Chapter 5 Screencast - Multiple Bonds in VB Theory

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 11:32


    A screencast from Chapter 5 in CH 221 entitled “Multiple Bonds in VB Theory”

    Chapter 5 Screencast - An Introduction to Molecular Orbital Theory

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 10:51


    A screencast from Chapter 5 in CH 221 entitled “An Introduction to Molecular Orbital Theory”

    Chapter 5 Screencast - MO Diagrams and Bond Order

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 11:32


    A screencast from Chapter 5 in CH 221 entitled “MO Diagrams and Bond Order”

    Chapter 5 Screencast - Paramagnetism and Ions in MO Theory

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 12:24


    A screencast from Chapter 5 in CH 221 entitled “Paramagnetism and Ions in MO Theory”

    103025 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 19:43


    Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 30, 2025, Part 3 of 3. This video covers material from Chapter 5 including magnetism in molecular orbital (MO) theory, short hand notation in MO theory, determining the number of sigma and pi bonds in MO theory and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    103025 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 42:11


    Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 30, 2025, Part 2 of 3. This video covers material from Chapter 5 including an introduction to molecular orbital theory, bonding and antibonding orbitals, the four principles of MO theory, bond order in MO Theory and in Lewis Structures, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    103025 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 45:42


    Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 30, 2025, Part 1 of 3. This video covers material from Chapter 5 including an introduction to valence bond theory, orbital hybridization, sigma and pi bonds, the nature of a pi bond, hindered rotation around double bonds (relative to sigma bonds), and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    102925 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2025 50:00


    Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from October 29, 2025. This video covers material from Chapter 5 including valence bond theory (sp3 hybridization), the origin of double and triple bonds (pi bonds), molecular orbital theory, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    102725 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2025 48:36


    Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from October 27, 2025. This video covers material from Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 including molecular polarity, VSEPR, Valence Bond Theory (VB) and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    102425 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 50:34


    Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from October 24, 2025. This video covers material from Chapter 4 including violations of the octet rule, paramagnetic compounds, formal charges, VSEPR, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    102325 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 27:59


    Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 23, 2025, Part 3 of 3. This video covers material from Chapter 4 including VSEPR with trigonal bipyramid and octahedral structures, molecular polarity, how to determine if a molecule is polar or nonpolar and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    102325 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 54:30


    Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 23, 2025, Part 2 of 3. This video covers material from Chapter 4 including multiple (double and triple) bonds, exceptions to the octet rule, paramagnetic molecules, VSEPR and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    102325 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 54:41


    Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 23, 2025, Part 1 of 3. This video covers material from Chapter 4 including ionic and covalent bonding, Coulomb's Law, the Lewis structure, electronegativity, valence and core electrons, bonding and lone pairs, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    102225 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 50:08


    Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from October 22, 2025. This video covers material from Chapter 4 including polar versus nonpolar bonds, electronegativity, valence electrons, the Lewis structure, building a Lewis structure, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    102025 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2025 48:57


    Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from October 20, 2025. This video covers day 3 of an exam review for the upcoming Midterm Exam I. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    101725 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 50:28


    Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from October 17, 2025. This video covers day 2 of an exam review for the upcoming Midterm Exam I. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    101625 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 46:01


    Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 16, 2025, Part 3 of 3. This video covers Part 3 of an exam review for the upcoming Midterm Exam I. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    101625 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 49:14


    Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 16, 2025, Part 2 of 3. This video covers Part 2 of an exam review for the upcoming Midterm Exam I. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    101625 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 48:18


    Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 16, 2025, Part 1 of 3. This video covers Part 1 of an exam review for the upcoming Midterm Exam I. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    101525 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 49:51


    Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from October 15, 2025. This video covers day 1 of an exam review for the upcoming Midterm Exam I. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    101325 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 48:11


    Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from October 13, 2025. This video covers material from Chapter 3 including the nomenclature of ionic compounds, the nomenclature of covalent compounds, variable charge metals, Roman numbers, Greek prefixes, polyatomic ions, acid and bases, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    101025 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 50:29


    Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from October 10, 2025. This video covers material from Chapter 3 including electron configurations for neutral atoms and ions (cations and anions), periodic trends (for size, ionization energy and electron affinity), and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    Chapter 3 Screencast - Waves and Frequencies for Electromagnetic Radiation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 19:34


    A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Waves and Frequencies for Electromagnetic Radiation”

    Chapter 3 Screencast - Planck's Constant

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 9:09


    A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Planck's Constant”

    Chapter 3 Screencast - Photoelectric Effect / nm to kJ Conversions

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 6:42


    A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Photoelectric Effect / nm to kJ Conversions”

    Chapter 3 Screencast - The Bohr Model

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 25:53


    A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “The Bohr Model”

    Chapter 3 Screencast - de Broglie and Heisenberg

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 9:20


    A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “de Broglie and Heisenberg”

    Chapter 3 Screencast - Schrodinger and the Four Quantum Numbers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 18:29


    A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Schrodinger and the Four Quantum Numbers”

    Chapter 3 Screencast - nl Notation, Orbital Shapes and Nodes

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 16:09


    A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “nl Notation, Orbital Shapes and Nodes”

    Chapter 3 Screencast - The Pauli Exclusion Principle / n+l Rule

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 8:58


    A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “The Pauli Exclusion Principle / n+l Rule”

    Chapter 3 Screencast - Atomic Electron Configurations

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 23:57


    A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Atomic Electron Configurations”

    Chapter 3 Screencast - Periodic Trends

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 11:36


    A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Periodic Trends”

    Chapter 3 Screencast - Naming Ionic Compounds / Polyatomic Ions

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 16:18


    A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Naming Ionic Compounds / Polyatomic Ions”

    Chapter 3 Complete Lecture Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 89:16


    This the Complete Lecture for Chapter 3. This episode is part 1 of 2 episodes.

    100925 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 20:50


    Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 9, 2025, Part 4 of 4. This video covers material from Chapter 3 including ionic compounds with variable charge metals, covalent compounds (Greek prefixes), acids, bases hydrated compounds, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    100925 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 37:20


    Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 9, 2025, Part 3 of 4. This video covers material from Chapter 3 including periodic properties using the periodic table, ionic versus covalent bonding, fixed charges on metals and non metals, variable charge metals, creating ionic compounds (and naming them), and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

    100925 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 49:09


    Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 9, 2025, Part 2 of 4. This video covers material from Chapter 3 including an overview of quantum numbers, the Pauli Exclusion principle, the Aufbau diagram, the n+l rule, placing electrons in atoms, electron configurations of ions, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!

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