Omg I was waiting for this! I couldn’t find a detailed enough video on this topic and was worried but then just the next day, I see that you’ve uploaded a video on this exact topic. Thank you so much.
I am really grateful for all of your videos! My finals are knocking at the door but I still have lots of confusions in Chemistry. Your videos give me hope that I can do well, regardless of the short period of time remaining.
Sir, You're amazing, from the little analogies to the mnemonic to red being electron on the left side and ox being electrons on the right side. I wish I had teachers like you irl, thank you so so much
22:33 Sir I’m so confused on how Mn had a charge of +7 Do we work that out based on the fact that after writing the equation Mn had a charge of 2+ and since it’s after it gained 5 electrons then it must’ve originally had a charge of +7?
It's a tough one. But I think it's easier to know that oxygen is -2 and work it from there rather than thinking about the full equation. I go through it earlier as a worked example at 10:04 in the video 😃
Sorry this may sound really stupid but at 15:00 how would you know what side of the reaction to add the electrons to as for iodine i would have have put the two electrons on the right hand side was zero however that wouldnt work as it wouldnt make 0 so is there a way i can know what side to put the electrons pelase?
Good question, there are four ways: 1) you are adding something negative to one side in order to make both sides have the same charge... so add them to the side that is currently more positive (or less negative) 2) if you know the oxidation State change e.g. +2 --> 0 then you can work out where electrons should go. So in this example 2e- must be added on the left as reduction is occurring. 3. If you know the type of process reduction or oxidation that tells you the side to add them red-ox ... if its red the e go on the left, oxidation they're on the right. 4. If you put them on one side for one half equation, the second one you're combining with it must have e on the other side!
@@chemistrytutor sir I already understand now. In fact I did d last example my self and it was accurate 😊😁. I'll continue watching now 🔰. Thanks for ur attention sir
hi, i don't understand how the charge at 22:34 is +7 for 2MnO4^-1 and not 7.5? this was my working: (2Mn) + (8x-2) = -1 the 8 is for the 4oxygens x big 2 (2Mn) + (-16) = -1 2Mn = 15 Mn = 15/2 Mn = 7.5
You just work it out for one single MnO4^1- you don't need to do it for two. Although, if you do, you get the same answer. You just went astray because you doubled all of the atoms but not the charge for the ion
If you did it like that the nitrogen wouldn't balance. Your equation would be suggesting that you had created a nitrogen from somewhere. Additionally charge wouldn't be conserved as NO3 has a 1- charge and NO2 is neutral
@@chemistrytutor Hello i have a question. In the half eqn of H2O that turns it into H2 and OH(-), I added an H+ ion and 2 electrons to the left to form H2O + h(+) + 2e ----> H2 + OH(-) but its wrong. Where did i go wrong?
@bigg.grizzlybear2670 Tough question! This is a bit of a weird scenario that doesn't follow the standard rules. A lot of redox takes place in acidic solution, hence adding H+ ions to one side. On this occasion we make OH- ions (base/alkali), so the alkali won't be being made from the acid. We need to balance this by using 2H2O and therefore we need to make 2OH- ions. Then we add the electrons to balance the charge or to address the decreasing oxidation States (whichever way you prefer to think about it)
Hi sir very helpful video, could you make a video explaining redox and electrode potentials please I dont understand what we need need to know and apply
Thanks for the feedback 😀 That topic is on my to do list for this term. In the meantime I have made a few questions walkthroughs so you can see the application of the topic. Here are the links: th-cam.com/video/Vig0srk223c/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared th-cam.com/video/tRy5ppH9zSQ/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared th-cam.com/video/gnPbHd78MmI/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
hi, when we're working out O.S do we ignore the coefficient at the front e.g. in 2MnO4^- the O.S of Mn is +7 so we dont include the 2 at the front right ? ty!
That's correct 👌 The coefficient doubles everything, so you'd just be working it all out twice. And the O.S is for a single element, so 2Cl^- has an OS of -1 (there are just two of them)
when it turns oxide its been oxidized by static electricity with gas and water molecules ,air ,this is how oxides are made in nature ,but its electrically applicable ,and oxides if you apply more heat ,they will lose ho bond more ,thier ability to combust with braze is more ,why idont know why not with all metals ,aa transition metals ,with non transition metal oxide
Thanks for your interest in how oxidation works-it's great to see you exploring this topic! 😊 Oxides do form when metals react with elements like oxygen, often from the air or moisture, but it’s typically due to chemical bonding rather than static electricity. For example, when metals are heated, they can react with oxygen more readily, leading to oxide formation. Transition metals sometimes behave differently in redox reactions due to their unique electron arrangements, which affect how they gain or lose electrons. Keep exploring these ideas, and feel free to reach out with more questions-it’s a fascinating area of chemistry!
When the reaction takes place in alkali conditions I understand that you are supposed to use OH- ions but I am unsure how you are supposed to balance the equation and all the practice questions I have done I have been incorrect. Could you possibly make a short video to cover this? Also this video was insanely helpful so thanks sooo much
I'm not sure what bit in the video you mean. You're correctly describing how those ions would be formed. If they react once the ions have been formed they will most likely do the opposite
For a half equation? You add up all of the charges of all of the chemicals on one side of the equation. So H2O and SO2 both have no charge, so that side has no charge
Good idea 💡 I'm going to make a video about the halogens next. But I'll do at least one carbonyl chemistry video, and other organic 2nd year videos after that 😀
@IyunolaSasi this is showing that sometimes we need to simplify more than the electrons. We find the common multiple of electrons and remove them. Then we need to check for H+ and H2O (and anything really but these are the common ones) and see what repeats on both sides. A chemical equation should only show what changes so if we start with 10H+ and finish with 6H+ for instance, only 4 of those H+ have actually changed. To fix this we remove 6H+ from both sides
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19:05 is solved as elimination mthd for quadratic eqtn in maths, for those that don't understand
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Omg I was waiting for this! I couldn’t find a detailed enough video on this topic and was worried but then just the next day, I see that you’ve uploaded a video on this exact topic. Thank you so much.
You're very welcome! It's lovely to know it's useful for you 😊
I am really grateful for all of your videos! My finals are knocking at the door but I still have lots of confusions in Chemistry. Your videos give me hope that I can do well, regardless of the short period of time remaining.
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The best explanation of redox out there. Thanks!!!!
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This is so great! I had to pause the video to say thank you, I really appreciate your help!!
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Sir, You're amazing, from the little analogies to the mnemonic to red being electron on the left side and ox being electrons on the right side. I wish I had teachers like you irl, thank you so so much
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Hi, I don't fully understand how the charge of the LHS at 17:23 is +7? Could you please explain?
Each of the H+ ions has a 1+ charge.
The MnO4^1- has a 1- charge.
The sum of those numbers is 7+ or +7
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22:33 Sir I’m so confused on how Mn had a charge of +7 Do we work that out based on the fact that after writing the equation Mn had a charge of 2+ and since it’s after it gained 5 electrons then it must’ve originally had a charge of +7?
It's a tough one. But I think it's easier to know that oxygen is -2 and work it from there rather than thinking about the full equation. I go through it earlier as a worked example at 10:04 in the video 😃
Sorry this may sound really stupid but at 15:00 how would you know what side of the reaction to add the electrons to as for iodine i would have have put the two electrons on the right hand side was zero however that wouldnt work as it wouldnt make 0 so is there a way i can know what side to put the electrons pelase?
Good question, there are four ways:
1) you are adding something negative to one side in order to make both sides have the same charge... so add them to the side that is currently more positive (or less negative)
2) if you know the oxidation State change e.g. +2 --> 0 then you can work out where electrons should go. So in this example 2e- must be added on the left as reduction is occurring.
3. If you know the type of process reduction or oxidation that tells you the side to add them red-ox
... if its red the e go on the left, oxidation they're on the right.
4. If you put them on one side for one half equation, the second one you're combining with it must have e on the other side!
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16:39 Sir at d LHS we had (1-) and (+1) which is supposed to b zero(0) so why adding the e-
We needed 2 H+ to balance the H from the H2O, meaning the LHS was 1+ overall before adding the e-
@@chemistrytutor sir I already understand now. In fact I did d last example my self and it was accurate 😊😁. I'll continue watching now 🔰. Thanks for ur attention sir
hi, i don't understand how the charge at 22:34 is +7 for 2MnO4^-1 and not 7.5?
this was my working:
(2Mn) + (8x-2) = -1 the 8 is for the 4oxygens x big 2
(2Mn) + (-16) = -1
2Mn = 15
Mn = 15/2
Mn = 7.5
You just work it out for one single MnO4^1- you don't need to do it for two.
Although, if you do, you get the same answer. You just went astray because you doubled all of the atoms but not the charge for the ion
15:31 sorry if this is stupid but why not just multiply No3 by 2 and NO2 by 3?
If you did it like that the nitrogen wouldn't balance. Your equation would be suggesting that you had created a nitrogen from somewhere. Additionally charge wouldn't be conserved as NO3 has a 1- charge and NO2 is neutral
@@chemistrytutor Hello i have a question. In the half eqn of H2O that turns it into H2 and OH(-), I added an H+ ion and 2 electrons to the left to form
H2O + h(+) + 2e ----> H2 + OH(-) but its wrong. Where did i go wrong?
@bigg.grizzlybear2670 Tough question! This is a bit of a weird scenario that doesn't follow the standard rules. A lot of redox takes place in acidic solution, hence adding H+ ions to one side. On this occasion we make OH- ions (base/alkali), so the alkali won't be being made from the acid. We need to balance this by using 2H2O and therefore we need to make 2OH- ions.
Then we add the electrons to balance the charge or to address the decreasing oxidation States (whichever way you prefer to think about it)
@@chemistrytutor can you elaborate on why it gets formed 0:03
@swodeshsingh5442 hi. I'm not sure exactly what you mean... has some autocorrect happened?
Thank you so much for this video!!!
You're very welcome! Glad it's useful 😊
@ 8:11, Why can't the Hydrogen change to +2 each instead of oxygen changing? so 4 + - 4 = 0
Hydrogen only has 1 electron and 1 proton. So its highest oxidation State is only +1
@@chemistrytutor Thanks for the explanation 👍
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Your videos are a great help!
Do you consider doing ligand substitution?
Thanks for the feedback!
I'm moving on to question walkthroughs for a bit after the next video. I'll make a ligand substitution one for that 😀
@@chemistrytutor Thanks, Sir
Sir, do u have TH-cam videos on physics topics???
I'm afraid I'm currently only doing chemistry videos
@@chemistrytutor OK Sir
Brilliant!!!!
Thank you 😊
Hi sir very helpful video, could you make a video explaining redox and electrode potentials please I dont understand what we need need to know and apply
Thanks for the feedback 😀
That topic is on my to do list for this term. In the meantime I have made a few questions walkthroughs so you can see the application of the topic. Here are the links:
th-cam.com/video/Vig0srk223c/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
th-cam.com/video/tRy5ppH9zSQ/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
th-cam.com/video/gnPbHd78MmI/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
wow, thank you so much.
Very welcome 😀
Thank you so much ❤
Very welcome 🙏
Do we need to know about disproportionation reactions for AQA?
Yes definitely. I've covered it in a halogen video as well th-cam.com/video/2eNZsKmhtvo/w-d-xo.html
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
You're very welcome 😀 👍
hi, when we're working out O.S do we ignore the coefficient at the front e.g. in 2MnO4^- the O.S of Mn is +7 so we dont include the 2 at the front right ? ty!
That's correct 👌
The coefficient doubles everything, so you'd just be working it all out twice.
And the O.S is for a single element, so 2Cl^- has an OS of -1 (there are just two of them)
when it turns oxide its been oxidized by static electricity with gas and water molecules ,air ,this is how oxides are made in nature ,but its electrically applicable ,and oxides if you apply more heat ,they will lose ho bond more ,thier ability to combust with braze is more ,why idont know why not with all metals ,aa transition metals ,with non transition metal oxide
Thanks for your interest in how oxidation works-it's great to see you exploring this topic! 😊 Oxides do form when metals react with elements like oxygen, often from the air or moisture, but it’s typically due to chemical bonding rather than static electricity. For example, when metals are heated, they can react with oxygen more readily, leading to oxide formation. Transition metals sometimes behave differently in redox reactions due to their unique electron arrangements, which affect how they gain or lose electrons. Keep exploring these ideas, and feel free to reach out with more questions-it’s a fascinating area of chemistry!
When the reaction takes place in alkali conditions I understand that you are supposed to use OH- ions but I am unsure how you are supposed to balance the equation and all the practice questions I have done I have been incorrect. Could you possibly make a short video to cover this?
Also this video was insanely helpful so thanks sooo much
Thanks for the feedback. I'm really pleased it's useful!
I'll add that video to my list 😃
Shouldn’t the cations (K and Al) lose electrons and anion (Cl) should gain?! I am confused
I'm not sure what bit in the video you mean. You're correctly describing how those ions would be formed. If they react once the ions have been formed they will most likely do the opposite
How will I understand which one have overall oxidation is zero ????
For a half equation? You add up all of the charges of all of the chemicals on one side of the equation. So H2O and SO2 both have no charge, so that side has no charge
can u plz make a video on carbonyl compounds?
Good idea 💡
I'm going to make a video about the halogens next. But I'll do at least one carbonyl chemistry video, and other organic 2nd year videos after that 😀
Thanks!!!!!
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Hello Sir, when can we expect a video on halogens?
Realistically, a week or so. Not before the end of next weekend 😀
@@chemistrytutor Amazing to hear Sir, will you be doing A2 videos next?
@@toxins5803 exactly 😀
Halogens is the last AS video to make
Here you go... th-cam.com/video/Z72FVDyTHqI/w-d-xo.html
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super challenging
Well done for working hard!
I don't understand the tricky part😥😥
Which bit do you mean?
@@chemistrytutor 24:06 everything about the tricky REDOX
@IyunolaSasi this is showing that sometimes we need to simplify more than the electrons. We find the common multiple of electrons and remove them. Then we need to check for H+ and H2O (and anything really but these are the common ones) and see what repeats on both sides. A chemical equation should only show what changes so if we start with 10H+ and finish with 6H+ for instance, only 4 of those H+ have actually changed. To fix this we remove 6H+ from both sides