“Why This Matters” Moments: Highlights from 3.091 Intro to Solid-State Chemistry

by MIT OpenCourseWare · 34 videos

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1 Why Are You Here? Introduction to the Course, "Intro to Solid-State Chemistry" (Fall 2018) 5:20 2020-12-07
2 The Age of Atomic Design (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 3:45 2020-12-07
3 Haber-Bosch and Human Population (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 7:37 2020-12-07
4 Television Screens (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 4:25 2020-12-07
5 Refrigerators and CFCs (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 6:00 2020-12-07
6 Imaging with Electrons (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 8:07 2020-12-07
7 Quantum Domination (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 4:42 2020-12-07
8 Hemodialysis (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 2:53 2020-12-07
9 Danish Wind and Ions (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 10:53 2020-12-07
10 Cars and Carbon Dioxide (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 2:49 2020-12-07
11 Properties of Benzene (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 6:57 2020-12-07
12 The Shape of Smells (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 5:26 2020-12-07
13 Two Ways to Separate Pasta (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 4:10 2020-12-07
14 Drinking Water (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 9:14 2020-12-07
15 'Weak' Forces Are Strong (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 2:35 2020-12-07
16 Rejected Energy (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 2:27 2020-12-07
17 How to Make Blue LEDs (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 1:44 2020-12-07
18 Transistors & Semiconductors (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 7:24 2020-12-07
19 Wire Drawing (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 3:20 2020-12-07
20 Crystals (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 2:03 2020-12-07
21 Moseley's Law (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 9:15 2020-12-07
22 Nature + Arrhenius (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 5:12 2020-12-07
23 Personal Energy Storage (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 2:01 2020-12-07
24 Grid-scale Energy Storage (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 2:51 2020-12-07
25 Materials Problems (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 4:32 2020-12-07
26 Utilizing Abundant Resources (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 4:39 2020-12-07
27 Catalytic Converters (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 1:01 2020-12-07
28 Carbon Dioxide Concentration (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 6:12 2020-12-07
29 Ocean Acidification (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 6:58 2020-12-07
30 Hard and Soft Water (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 4:24 2020-12-07
31 Polymer Strength (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 8:42 2020-12-07
32 The Battery Revolution (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 6:01 2020-12-07
33 High Tech Concrete (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 8:54 2020-12-07
34 Closing Speech (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) 8:22 2020-12-07

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