Acids and bases part 3 – The pH of weak acids

August 25, 2020

I have previously made two blog posts on acids and bases. The idea of these posts is to either give you a heads up on some content that you have still to cover or to revise some concepts you may already have covered. This post will be the third and final one on acids...

Ammonium nitrate

Who could not be moved by the deadly accident that occurred at the start of August in Beirut. An estimated 2750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) exploded in spectacular fashion after the warehouse storing the fertilizer caught fire and caused the explosion. The...

Acids and Bases (part 2)

July 21, 2020

This month’s blog post aims to follow on from last month’s post that was an introduction to acids and bases. This has some (but not all) of the more advanced stuff. The idea behind this post is the same as last month’s, namely, to help you revise some content you may...

VSEPR

I hope this blog post finds you well, wherever in the world you are. It is likely that you are either on holiday or working remotely at the moment (due to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic) so this month I thought I would give you a heads up or some revision on...

Acid & Bases

June 15, 2020

The aim of this blog post is to give you some introductory notes to the acids and bases unit. I have just been covering this online with my IB2 class so I thought it was worth sharing what we have been looking at. You could copy and paste these into a word document...

Electron arrangements (electronic configuration) and ionisation energies

This blog post is aimed at those of you who are at the very start of your IB course, and may not have even started your Diploma yet. It also serves as some useful revision for those of you who have completed your first year’s IB studies. If you are yet to start your...