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Oxidation States: The Scorecard You Need For Every Redox Reaction and Half-Equation.
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What are oxidation states
Rules for oxidation States
How to calculate oxidation states
Elements with limited oxidation states
Elements with varied oxidation states
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30 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT
Group 2 Elements and Their Compounds - The Reaction and Trends You Need to Know
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My short, clear overview of everything you need to know about the Group 2 elements, and some of their compounds.
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10 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT
How to Do a Titration - From Lab to Calculation
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From confusion to mastery - in this episode, I walk you through everything you need to know to do tritrations. Including the calculation step! Whether you find the terminology challenging, want to understand the apparatus and process, or how to do the calculation, I've got you.
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Group 2 Elements and Their Compounds - The Reaction and Trends You Need to Know
Published 30 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] If we zoom in, we can see group two begins with beryllium, works down to magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium. And we'll be looking at this group more closely. We won't be looking at beryllium, though. And we won't be looking at radium. We'll be looking at the chemistry and trends from magnesium down to barium. We don't study beryllium when we're looking at these group 2 trends because it's quite atypical. It doesn't really fit in with the rest of the trends, so there's no point us trying to match it with those trends. We don't study radium. It's not part of the A-level syllabus. Although it does fit the trends that we're going to be talking about, radium is an element that's more of interest for its radioactive characteristics, and therefore we're going to leave it out at this point. […]
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