Hon Chemistry 4-8-25 Orbital Notation

HON CHEMISTRY: Wow, you did a great job today! Did quantum numbers begin making more sense when you started using them? Good work with orbital notation. I think you’re going to be seeing arrows and numbers in your sleep!

Be sure and practice with the homework tonight, and don’t forget to use the Aufbau “chart”! Did you figure out the riddle!


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Chemistry 4-8-25 Properties of Radioactive Isotopes, Pt. 2

CHEMISTRY: So ordinarily it looks like just any old hunk of rock, but this is a picture of uranium ore under UV light. Pretty cool, huh?!? Here’s the very short, last part of our discussion on the unique properties of radioactive nuclides.

Below the lesson vodcast is a look at some of the homework questions involving binding energy, neutron to proton ratio and nuclear stability – #48, 9, 10, and 11. These would make great test discussion/problems! Be sure and distinguish between light and heavy isotopes!

Nuclear Stbility HW

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Physics 4-8-25 Properties of Waves

PHYSICS: Here’s our lesson on the properties of waves. Do you remember anything from your earlier 8th grade physical science days? Problems are pretty simple for you, I think. Do you remember the main formula from chemistry? Speed = wavelength x frequency (v = λf).

Easy peasy – and don’t forget the applications!