

Crash Course Chemistry - Season 1 Episode 20 Entropy: Embrace the Chaos!
Season - Episode
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1 - 1The Nucleus Feb 11, 2013
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1 - 2Unit Conversion & Significant Figures Feb 18, 2013
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1 - 3The Creation of Chemistry - The Fundamental Laws Feb 25, 2013
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1 - 4The Periodic Table Mar 04, 2013
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1 - 5The Electron Mar 12, 2013
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1 - 6Stoichiometry: Chemistry for Massive Creatures Mar 18, 2013
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1 - 7Water and Solutions -- for Dirty Laundry Mar 25, 2013
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1 - 8Acid-Base Reactions in Solution Apr 08, 2013
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1 - 9Precipitation Reactions Apr 15, 2013
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1 - 10Redox Reactions Apr 22, 2013
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1 - 11How To Speak Chemistrian Apr 30, 2013
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1 - 12The Ideal Gas Law May 07, 2013
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1 - 13Ideal Gas Problems May 13, 2013
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1 - 14Real Gases May 20, 2013
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1 - 15Partial Pressures & Vapor Pressure May 28, 2013
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1 - 16
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1 - 17Energy & Chemistry Jun 10, 2013
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1 - 18Enthalpy Jun 17, 2013
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1 - 19Calorimetry Jun 24, 2013
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1 - 20Entropy: Embrace the Chaos! Jul 01, 2013
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1 - 21Lab Techniques & Safety Jul 08, 2013
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1 - 22Atomic Hook-Ups - Types of Chemical Bonds Jul 16, 2013
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1 - 23Polar & Non-Polar Molecules Jul 23, 2013
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1 - 24Bonding Models and Lewis Structures Jul 30, 2013
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1 - 25Orbitals Aug 05, 2013
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1 - 26Liquids Aug 13, 2013
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1 - 27Solutions Aug 19, 2013
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1 - 28Equilibrium Aug 26, 2013
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1 - 29Equilibrium Equations Sep 03, 2013
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1 - 30pH and pOH Sep 09, 2013
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1 - 31Buffers, the Acid Rain Slayer Sep 16, 2013
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1 - 32Kinetics: Chemistry's Demolition Derby Sep 24, 2013
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1 - 33Doing Solids Oct 07, 2013
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1 - 34Network Solids and Carbon Oct 14, 2013
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1 - 35Silicon - The Internet's Favorite Element Oct 21, 2013
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1 - 36Electrochemistry Oct 29, 2013
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1 - 37The History of Atomic Chemistry Nov 04, 2013
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1 - 38Nuclear Chemistry Nov 11, 2013
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1 - 39Nuclear Chemistry Part 2: Fusion and Fission Nov 19, 2013
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1 - 40Hydrocarbon Power! Nov 25, 2013
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1 - 41Alkenes & Alkynes Dec 09, 2013
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1 - 42Aromatics and Cyclic Compounds Dec 16, 2013
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1 - 43Hydrocarbon Derivatives Dec 23, 2013
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1 - 44Nomenclature Dec 30, 2013
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1 - 45Polymers Jan 06, 2014
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1 - 46The Global Carbon Cycle Jan 13, 2014
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0 - 1Crash Course Chemistry: Outtakes #1 Apr 01, 2013
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0 - 2Crash Course Chemistry: Outtakes #2 Sep 30, 2013
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0 - 3Crash Course Chemistry: Outtakes #3 Dec 02, 2013
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0 - 4Crash Course Chemistry: Outtakes #4 Jan 20, 2014
Overview
Life is chaos and the universe tends toward disorder. But why? If you think about it, there are only a few ways for things to be arranged in an organized manner, but there are nearly infinite other ways for those same things to be arranged. Simple rules of probability dictate that it's much more likely for stuff to be in one of the many disorganized states than in one of the few organized states. This tendency is so unavoidable that it's known as the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. Obviously, disorder is a pretty big deal in the universe and that makes it a pretty big deal in chemistry - it's such a big deal that scientists have a special name for it: entropy. In chemistry, entropy is the measure of molecular randomness, or disorder. For the next thirteen minutes, Hank hopes you will embrace the chaos as he teaches you about entropy.