Shedding light on atoms. Oxygen everywhere. Episode 2
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In this program we discuss how the discovery of oxygen helped to accelerate the study of chemistry. We examine how hydrogen was discovered and how it was discovered that water is formed when hydrogen and oxygen chemically join together. We then look at oxygen's role in producing metal oxides from metals and its role in respiration. The history of the discoveries relating to oxygen is blended seamlessly with modern chemistry to give students a really strong foundation in the scientific method and in the steps which led to an atomic theory.
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23 minutes
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Alexander Street
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