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STARFLEET CHEMISTRY






Starfleet Chemistry is a Star Trek Voyager based fan-fiction series of webpages designed to teach the basics of chemistry, physics, and mathematics.

Our goal: The students who read through our materials will find a high school or college chemistry course more interesting.

Hopefully you came here looking for ideas. If you want to download pictures, you can find those at many of the other sites on the webring below.

After reading the stories, you should be able to answer the following questions:

• What is the difference between an ionic bond and a covalent bond?
• With regard to light, what is the difference between energy and intensity?
• What is a molecular weight?
• What is stoichiometry?
• Why does a chemistry major need to take three semesters of calculus and Differential Equations?
• More questions will be added.

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The five topics shown in the above graphic, and listed below, are a starting point for building "Starfleet Chemistry". As more files are added, they will be listed below. Below that a list of the "Modern Alchemist" files will be shown.

Space Travel

We calculate the velocity of the Voyager, using the two pieces of known information: we were told how far the Voyager was from "home", and we were told how long it would take to reach "home".

We then calculate how how long it would take to reach this velocity, using Newtonian physics.

Matter

High Matter, a ficticious material, is introduced.

Energy

Brief discussion of X-ray Diffraction and Infrared Spectroscopy, which are somewhat analogous matter-energy relationships which exist for shields and phaser energy.

Light

Two equations are introduced, one which relates the frequency of light to the energy, and the other that relates the frequency and wavelength of light to the speed of light.

Math

The chemist's need for functions and calculus are discussed.

Other Files



Magma- High matter, energy fields, covalent bonds, molecular formulas, molecular weight

Conservation- Captain Janeway's speech about conservation of resources

Mathematics of Boundaries- Interaction of a starship with a black hole, maintaining the level of a reactor

Chemical Reactors- Temperature gradiants, Concentration gradiants





The work on the above five Starfleet Chemistry Files was started mid-March. The Modern Alchemist Files, listed below, will be incorporated into the Starfleet Chemistry File. It is hoped that once the Starfleet Chemistry Files are finished, most of the content below will have been utilized. If you have an idea for something not covered, feel free to use the comment box below:

Introduction to Chemistry

Alchemy- Precursor to Chemistry
Scientific Method- Test your hypothesis
College Chemistry- Who studies chemistry in college?
Professional Values- Responsibility, Profit

Units

Systeme Internationale d'Unites- the SI system
Dimensional Analysis- Use of conversion factors

Atoms

Dalton- Law of Multiple Proportions
The Lavoisiers- Oxygen, Conservation of Mass
Moles, Molar Mass- Basics of Chemistry Accounting
Rutherford- Gold foil experiment
Protons, Neutrons, Electrons- The atom
Isotopes- Same number of protons, different number on neutrons
Electrons- Millikan oil drop experiment
Auf Bau Buildup- Filling atoms into the "shells"
Orbital Diagrams- Hund's rule and Pauli Exclusion Principle

Molecules

Periodic Table- Putting it all together
Octet Rule- Stability of the nobel gases
Electronegativity- Tendency to give or take electrons
Ionic Bonds- Salts
Covalent Bonds- Organic molecules and others
Formal Charge- Preferred valencies
Lewis Structures- Lone pairs and covalent bonds
Illegal structures- Violations of the octet rule and formal charge

Conservation Laws

Conservation of Matter- Atoms are never created nor destroyed
Nuclear Paradigm- Violation of Conservation of Matter?
Potential Energy- Spontaneous chemical reactions

Stoichiometry

Balancing Chemical Equations- An art that takes practice
Limiting Reagent- When the stoichiometry isn't perfect
Balancing Redox Equation- A more challenging form of balancing equations

Solutions

Molarity- Solutes, solvents, and solutions
Doctor's Cocktail- Concentration of a medication
Arrhenius Acids and Bases- Protons donors and receptors
Conjugate Ions- Charged opposites
pH- [just started]

Gas Laws

Boyle's Laws- Gas volume times gas pressure equals a constant
Charles' Law- Gas volume proportional to temperature
Avogadro's Law- Gas mass proportional to volume
Exploding balloons- Combining the laws of Avogadro, Dalton and Lavoisier to explain experimental results
Ideal Gas Law- A formula relating pressure, volume, and temperature
Helium Balloon- Calculate the lift of a balloon using Ideal Gas Law
Kinetic Energy of a Gas- Correspondence of the kinetic energy of a gas to the gas molecule velocity

Heat and Temperature

Heat vs. Temperature- Energy
Ice, Water, and Steam- Latent heat of fusion and latent heat of vaporization

Spectroscopy and Quantum Mechanics

Color Spectrum- Wavelength, energy
Energy and Intensity of Light- Wavelength vs. amplitude
Beer's Law- Concentration, absorbance

Thermodynamics

Three Laws of Thermodynamics- Conservation of energy, spontaneous processes, absolute zero
Enthalpy- Hess' Law, exothermic reactions, endothermic reactions
Enthalpy Change Calculation- Determining the change in enthalpy that results from the combustion of propane
Entropy- Measurement of disorder

Kinetics

Collision Theory- Sufficient energy, correct orientation
Dynamic Equilibrium- Forward and reverse reactions
LeChâtlier's Principle- Disrupting equilibrium
Rate Law- Reaction rate dependence on reactant concentration
First Order Reactions- Example of first order dependence

Nuclear Chemistry

Halflife- Radioactive decay

Spreadsheets

Weyland Yutani Iron Ore Spreadsheet- Example spreadsheet
Spreadsheets: Part I- Columns, rows, operations
Spreadsheets: Part II- Fixed constants
Spreadsheets: Part III- Making a graph
Building a Sine Wave- Using a spreadsheet to build a graph

Calculus

Calculus- Short introduction
Calculus- Long version, which relates calculus ideas to position, velocity, and acceleration, using a car traveling on a highway as an example.
Calculus- Examples of differentiation and integration followed by general formulas
Calculus- Ripley's Escape from the Nostromo

Probability

Average Values and Probability
Probability of Dice
Building a Proof

Library of Links - The high school student who has mastered the content of these pages is encouraged to go to college-level chemistry web pages for further information.

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