Atoms Of Fire

Atoms Of Fire catch up

November 2015
17:00

Season 1, Episode 7 (Proteins)

3.0 65 x
Protein is intimately involved in life processes. In this program we look at amino acids, protein structure and introduce enzymes.
15:00

Season 1, Episode 6 (A Petrochemical World)

3.0 88 x
The huge reliance on petrochemicals, not only for fuels, but also for a multitude of compounds from plastics to insecticides.
14:00

Season 1, Episode 5 (Polymers And Plastics)

3.0 53 x
The story of the glucose polymers cellulose and starch. Why starch is digestible by humans but cellulose is not?; and the discovery of nitrocellulose and its importance. Definition of thermo plastics, thermosets, and more.
15:00

Season 1, Episode 3 (A Bit Of Bonding)

3.0 61 x
Basic introduction to electrons and the octet rule. Polar versus non polar bonds. Non-polar hydrocarbons are not soluble in water; the attachment of polar groups renders them so substitute groups create other families.
October 2015
15:00

Season 1, Episode 2 (A Taste Of Hydrocarbons)

3.0 69 x
Carbon's place on the periodic table. Consolidation of valency. The logic of the alkane family. Alkane isomers. IUPAC name system. A brief look at other hydrocarbon families, alkenes, alkynes. The case of benzene.
14:00

Season 1, Episode 1 (The Organic Mystery)

3.0 76 x
The origin of organic chemistry; the death of Vitalism; the complexity of organic compounds; the concept of valency; Kekule's structural diagrams; and basic carbon chains.
June 2015
14:52

Series 1 Episode 7 Proteins

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Protein is intimately involved in life processes. In this program we look at amino acids, protein structure and introduce enzymes.
14:53

Series 1 Episode 6 A Petrochemical World

Expired 3.0 116 x
The huge reliance on petrochemicals, not only for fuels, but also for a multitude of compounds from plastics to insecticides.
May 2015
14:46

Series 1 Episode 5 Polymers And Plastics

Expired 3.0 110 x
The story of the glucose polymers cellulose and starch. Why starch is digestible by humans but cellulose is not?; and the discovery of nitrocellulose and its importance. Definition of thermo plastics, thermosets, and more.
14:20

Series 1 Episode 4 Improving On Nature

Expired 3.0 137 x
Organic chemistry goes industrial with William Perkin. The discovery of chirality; concept of atoms as 3D objects; 3D structural diagrams and models; and more.
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