All things bright & beautiful, all creatures great and small. Remember that hymn? We often talk about remembering the little things, well here's...
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Big Idea 6
Writing good answers to AP Acid-Base problems
Here's the latest in the 'writing good answers' series, Writing good answers to AP Acid-Base problems. It's probably the toughest topic on the exam...
Writing good answers to AP Equilibrium problems
Here's the latest in the 'writing good answers' series, Writing good answers to AP Equilibrium problems. This post only deals with aspects of...
Le Châtelier’s principle in action
Following the mention of the cobalt(II) complex ion system in this post from a couple of days ago, here's a 30 second video clip of Le Châtelier's...
Water in equilibrium mixtures and Le Châtelier’s principle
When it comes to water in equilibrium mixtures and Le Châtelier's principle, things can be confusing, so let's try to take some of the mystery out...
Subscriber Update (02-02-16)
Here's the latest Subscriber Update. In the last few days, the UNIT 5 and UNIT 6 AP NOTES have undergone some tweaking. There have been a few...
More, potentially useless Wordles
I recently re-visited the Wordles that I first produced in June of 2013 for the original versions of my AP Chemistry notes for Big Ideas 1-6. You...
‘Thermal Energy’ = 2.4 kJ/mol in EK6D1b.??
This post poses a question that I don't know the answer to. I have asked this particular problem on the College Board's AP Chemistry electronic...
‘Expanded LCP’ or ‘Q versus K’ explanations?
It's never been OK, on the AP exam, to offer a simple, 'because of Le Châtelier’s principle' argument as the explanation for the shift of an...
Inert gases and gaseous equilibrium mixtures
What happens when an inert gas is added to a gaseous equilibrium mixture at constant volume? Before we answer that question, it might be worth...