Water, pH & the Chemical Foundations of Life
A 18-module path through water, ph & the chemical foundations of life, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- The Water Molecule: Structure and Polarity
- Hydrogen Bonding in Water
- Anomalous Physical Properties of Water
- Water as a Biological Solvent
- Solvation of Ions and Polar Solutes
- Hydrogen Bonds in Biomolecules
- The Hydrophobic Effect
- Noncovalent Interactions in Aqueous Systems
- Ionization of Water and the Ion Product Kw
- The pH Scale
- Weak Acids, Weak Bases, and pKa
- Titration Curves of Weak Acids
- The Henderson-Hasselbalch Equation
- Buffers Resist pH Change
- Physiological Buffer Systems
- Thermodynamics of Living Systems
- Free Energy, Spontaneity, and Coupled Reactions
- The Chemical Logic of the Cell