inorganic chemistry

Inorganic chemistry focuses on the properties of those non-carbon compounds generally excluded from organic chemistry. Of particular interest are the structure and bonding found within crystals, coordination complexes, and organometallics, as well as inorganic reactions and their mechanisms.

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Egg-lectrons and McLewis Structures
// Friday, February 28, 2025 • Dean Campbell
  Egg-lectrons and McLewis Structures: More Representations of Electron Arrangements in Atoms and Molecules Co-Authored with Ali Patel* *Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
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The Diamonds of Winter
// Thursday, January 9, 2025 • Tom Kuntzleman
Would you like to take a walk with me through the chemical winter wonderland of snowflakes? Well, we chemists know that the stunning six-sided symmetry of snowflakes (Figure 1) results from repeated arrangement of water molecules into a hexagonal crystal structure (Figure 2).
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Tissue Paper Banners Connected to Chemistry
// Sunday, November 5, 2023 • Dean Campbell
National Hispanic Heritage Month ran from September 15 to October 15 recently.1 To help celebrate the occasion, students in the Bradley University Chem/Biochem Learning Community put up colorful tissue paper banners.
Are Red Table Grapes Sold in Stores Always Red?
// Monday, March 28, 2022 • Scott Donnelly
Structure. Structure. Structure. As we all know as chemistry educators, structure is the 'go to' concept when trying to figure out why molecules do what molecules do.
Gas Law Demos
Gas laws and the Particulate World
// Saturday, September 25, 2021 • Chad Husting
“What are we doing to help kids achieve?” Each year I say to myself that I am going to try to do more to present the particulate level to my students. Each year I feel as if I fall short. This year I tried to do something just a little different to help students visual the particulate level.
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Quantum Levitation and Superconductors
// Thursday, June 3, 2021 • Tom Kuntzleman
I was mesmerized the first time I saw the quantum levitation (also known as quantum locking) experiment, in which a disk containing a superconductor hovers above some magnets. The superconductor can even glide freely over a track of magnets – even upside down (VIDEO 1).