Why Does Changing Just One Proton Change an Element?

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I dunno, shouldn't everyone pretty much already learn this in high school or even middle school chemistry?

[@benj1008]

​@@asdfasdfasdf1218 Not the quantum mechanics part, I don't think.

[@asdfasdfasdf1218]

@@benj1008 they wouldn't show the equations for the hydrogen atom electron orbitals that's for sure, but they would at least say the same "qm explains it... as for exactly how, ask that another time" kind of thing probably.

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[@bhm19]

Brilliantly explained. However, this only partially answers the question. The "why" goes much deeper for me, where lies the code that dictates the behavior of the element when changing its configuration? Why is it what it is? I guess we have to accept the old saying: because it is what it is. At least for now. Let's suppose there is an island of stability for superheavy elements. Could we predict their behavior, or would we need to wait for nature to show us how they behave? We don't even know if this island exists, let alone make such predictions. To me, this just demonstrates how precarious our illusory knowledge of everything is. Don't get me wrong, we have come a long way and made sensational discoveries, but our progress is small compared to the grand scheme of the universe. At least, that's how it seems to me, or maybe my "whys" aren't good questions. I hope I have been clear. Excellent content, as always.

[@edus9636]

Exactly and well noticed. Science has not an answer (yet) for the question why an element changes its behavior, else one could predict the behavior of ANY chemical reaction without having to resort to experiments. With such a knowledge one could predict and explain i.e. why mercury is fluid at room temperature even if this element would be still unknown.

[@0OmerErgun0]

​@@edus9636science does not have an answer of any question because it cannot. The only thing that science can answer is what is happening after what so "the correlation" when you jump to why and how thats the area of faith, either you choose not to have an answer or the previous events are the cause of upcoming events or the universe has this property in it or God does it in an order with his knowledge and power. All of them are belief, choose which one is more rational to you

[@josephkanowitz6875]

ב''ה, literally electronics

[@MohdDzulazry]

@@0OmerErgun0actually it does have their answer for their behavior such why it hard, why its colour like this and why wheen it react with this this happen and this. I will give you answer hope you understand. About their hard level, it determined by their structure. The better the structure, the stronger that element gets. And to be forgotten, each element have their own proton which mean they have they own attraction force. This also concclude how hard the bond really is. Next about their colour. I bet you know about the colour have their relation with ground state and exited state stuff. So here each transfer of electron such from 3s to 3p orbitals means to from ground state to exited state. But how can it determine the colour? Actually in light they have their own wave and most common we know and we can see is visible light. When light where consists many type of wave hits V materials, in the atom of V, some wave kinda being absorbed but some being emitted back where our eyes capture the light in the form Visible Light. About their reaction behavior it lead us back to how many proton&elctrron they are firstly. The amount of proton determines the amount of electron for an elemant to become neutral. At the same time, each electron determines theirs behavior of reaction. Why? Here actually we supposed to know that a reaction such in neutralization is determined by electron a proton. Proton = attraction force with electron Electron= bring the change in energy cause the change in temp where we know heat is one form of energy. So if and substance A was acid and B was base. Then A + B -> C + H20. So A who have oxygen atom being take away by H2 from B. But it cant just take. It away like that. Remember each element have their proton who determine their attraction force? This make Oxygen desperate for energy so that it can overcome A attraction force. So Oxygen absobed surounding heat so that it can changed it to kinetic where overcome A attraction. So here we got an endothermic results. But this is jot over all result, because H2 also break their bond with B and for C to form also requires one pf them to release or acceppt energy.

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@@ArvinAsh Because there are very plausible reasons to think it was a who. The further back we go, the more likely the answer becomes to me. There's a lot of order and precision going on. How does all this specification come in to being from an explosion? How are the protons ordained to what element? I have more research to do on the topic of atoms. More information to collect.

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[@N3Cr0Ph0b1A]

OK, but you didn't explain what you said you would. You explained what causes them to react; that's highschool chemistry. Why exactly is potassium a soft metal and argon a gas... Why do they have such drastically different forms? Is it's propensity to bond with itself in clumps? How? Crystals? Cohesion? Electromagnetism? Nuclear forces? Why the difference there. Why does light interact with one not the other? Reactions due to valence shells is easy to understand and describe, mate...

[@markb3786]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I like Arvin, but as a retired Chem E, this has puzzled me for years. Why are such similar elements from a configuration standpoint so different as I interact with them? What exactly makes this difference? This video was a good chemistry video but failed on the question asked.

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I’ve been asking this for years and spent a lot of time in the library and I can’t even find a record of some asking that question. It’s kept me up at night a few times. It seems that nobody knows why and it bothers me that it appears nobody is even trying to figure it out.

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[@karhukivi]

@@markb3786 Quantum stability and bond energy explain 90% of the differences observed. E.g. iodine has a weak covalent bond and melts (evaporates) at a low temperature. Silicon and carbon (diamond) have strong network covalent bonds and are hard and have high melting points. The noble gases are stable electron configurations and don't form bonds under normal conditions, hence are gases. Might be an idea to invest in a new chemistry book!

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None of what you describe technically have to do with the title 😂 they all different trends with their own explanations, don’t confuse a short explanation of the periodic table with 3 years of high school chemistry 😂 I mean while you at it ask why he didn’t explain radioactive elements and beta alpha decay 😂 can’t cram everything in one spot, it’s inefficient

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note that orbitals form shells. the first shell has 2x e-, the next shell has 8x e-......then it goes something like 8, 18, 32....

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That's called Octet configuration..

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Amazing physicist, less amazing human being.

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As the T-shirt says "There are no kangaroos in Austria".

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Hey Arvin, I wish you had also mentioned the “cloud model” of the atom in your video because this solar system model is now outdated and I would have loved to accurately imagine what the atoms look like and what electron position means from the cloud model perspective. Thanks for your amazing videos!

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Like most educational videos, complex ideas start off simple for the beginner. There is nothing in this video for intermediate/advanced students, so the "planet/solar system" model is appropriate. Students need to visualize scientific concepts before they'll remember the basics. Then, you can throw the next level of detail at them.

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You always teach Gen Chem students the bohr model first. It's the most basic way that still helps describe what's going on. It's best to learn it chronilogically just as scientists did. 13:51

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@@samsonau8205 An educational concept known as "lie-to-children", as Cohen and Stewart put it and popularised together with Pratchett. The idea being: you teach the student something that's not, strictly speaking, correct. However, it gives the student enough understanding to think about it and eventually realise that it isn't correct. Then, when they start to ask the right questions, you can tell them... Well, another "lie"; a better one (a less wrong one), but one they can digest and really understand, not just memorize.

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Models are never entirely accurate, but some models are better at getting certain concepts across than others. When talking about electrons and electron shells, I would argue that the solar system model is more preferred. Helps keep things simple.

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Hi. Great episode. One thing I spotted is that Erwin Schrodinger was not Australian, but Austrian.

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Let’s not get too picky here! The error is only approximately 1,6 x 10^7 m (or 10’000mi, in Imperial units). So not exactly Heisenberg’s uncertainty, but fairly within the range of measurement errors… But apart from this, Arvin, your videos are great. They help to make people think about physics. And “Physics is everything” (Don Lincoln, Fermilab).

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@@ralf-peterberg1083 When taking into account the entire scale of the universe, this error is practically nothing!

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I had no idea he was also Irish or a serial sexual abuser. Check out his Wikipedia entry. I only went to look up the Irish part. There's a lot about this guy no one discusses, much like his Australian roots

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He's Australian now. Its on the Internet. And that's always reliable !

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LOL at 7:53 we find out that Erwin Schroedinger is an AUSTRALIAN physicist 😂

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Author of the famous Schrödinger's cangaroo thought experiment

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Yeah! That caught my eye too! LOL Probably some autofill typing error.

[@ArvinAsh]

Sorry, missed it editing. Should, of course, be AUSTRIAN.

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And a bit of an irishman. 😂

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Austrish is the technical term 😜

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Hello dear sir, I am 52 years old and only now have I clarified these things. Better late than ever. Thank you so much.

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You really have some talent in in presenting complex subjects in a condensed, understandable way. Thank you, Arvin.

[@MrDino1953]

This one is not so complex. It’s just 1st year chemistry, or maybe even high school level.

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Hey Avi, just came here to thank you for your standard model video.. I just defended my thesis and now a PhD. Thank you for making it easy to understand, it was very helpful.

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I love how it doesn't give the answer lol

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Now I'm gonna close this video without watching it

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@@pulkit935 It will help you understand chemistry at highschool level though

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​@@pulkit935if you rly did pay attention in highschool you would know the answer to this video already😭

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Thanks

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Thank you so much for the video ash, I remember in high school and college the teachers would always list off or tell you the “what” and “how” for stem topics but when asked, frustratingly never would answer the _why_ things or processes exist the way they exist. And now onto the next video hopefully of you explaining the _why_ of the specific number for each electron shell, you explained the first orbital shell of 2 but none of the other ones.

[@windfoil1000]

Well explained. I've seen and read about the periodic table and sharing electrons but not the proton distinction before. This was pretty easy to follow and remember. Thanks.

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I've been wondering about this for so long! I already knew most of this info, but I've never seen it presented this way before. :)

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Glad it was helpful!

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Just stumbled on this channel. I'm actually quite impressed with the production value. This was great :)

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Excellent video, as always. I hope to show these videos to my kids when they get older. You make physics and chemistry fun to learn about. There's a lot of young people in America who probably would know more about chemistry and physics from watching one or two of your videos than they would get from 12 years in the public school system.

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Some of the best videos to show your kids if you wish for them to have a profound understanding of reality. Thank you Arvin.

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I've been waiting for such a video a long time.

[@logans3365]

As someone with little to no base knowledge of chemistry or physics, I really leaned a lot from this video. I remember in high school I would wonder about these advanced questions, but not be able to understand the answer upon researching, it’s very cool to revisit the same questions as an adult, and have everything make so much sense lol

[@christophermullins7163]

There are a LOT of concepts of music, frequencies, balance and resonance that can be applied to the atoms properties. If you change a note by 1%.. it does not sound like the original song.. it sounds horrible. But if you change it by 0.5x or 2x it sounds perfect. The notes of music are like the energy levels of electrons where you cannot just go anywhere.. they must have harmony and resonance. If I am not mistaken... This same concept is where color comes from. Because the electrons wave must resonate(in a matter of speaking) with the rest of the electrons.. there are discrete energy levels or the atom will fly apart. When a photon hits an atom..the electron changes energy levelz and when the electron falls back down to the lower energy level, because the electrons levels are discrete... The wavelengths of photos emitted are consistent. This reminds me of pinch harmonics on a guitar. No matter where you create the harmonic it will always be in tune.. it will just have a different frequency still create a stable and harmonized tone that matches the music. It is because the atom or song requires balance of the frequencies that dictate that very minor changes can result in a massively different effect. you can easily change the frequency(number of electrons) greatly but retain a similar effect. This is why atoms with very different amounts of electrons(protons) can have similar properties(same columns of periodic table) while atoms with slightly different number of electrons(protons) have vastly different properties. Music and physics are my favorite.

[@NottoriousGG]

What an elegant metaphor.

[@ronch550]

This reminds me of string theory. Lol.

[@ONEYEDPiRAT]

Thank you for that comparison That's really cool The math doesn't lie lol

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it's an awesome connection, you can tell why so many scientists like Einstein were hobby musicians!

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I learned this 8-9 years ago forgot most of it but you made me remember a lot.

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0:05 soylent .... green. idk about that ...

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Same wavelength LOL :) It's people!!! Damn we are old 😂

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[@1024det]

Arvin, you always ask the best questions! This one I never thought of and its so basic.

[@PATRIK67KALLBACK]

Great video Arvin! As a chemist (this don't affect the content of the video) I saw that an old periodic table was shown since we now have named atoms up to element 118 Og

Oh, I've always wondered about this, thanks a lot for the explanation!

[@BluesHound100]

Amazing video, you made it easy for me to see the physics in the chemistry, and appreciate the beauty in the way our universe is built

[@TimTim-gm9pj]

What a nice video for us students that are starting with college chemistry and want to understand (and not memorise) all the stuff we learn. And btw, I do not want to be that guy, but wanna point out that at 7:57 it says that Schrödinger Australian-Irish was. If I’m not wrong, I think he was Austrian-Irish. Thanks for the video!

[@Freddisred]

Allegedly he's from both until you take the measurement.

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​@Freddisred ROTFL...

[@dreammaker9642]

Wait y’all learn this in college?? Wtf? I learned this in 9th grade or 8th bit of both

[@TimTim-gm9pj]

I mean, I also learned some more basic stuff related to chemistry in HS, but we never got in too deep with Binding Energy, Mass Defect, Strong/ Weak nuclear force, etc. it just was swept under the rug. In college we are being asked for sightly more complex stuff (1st semester), given that first they try to level all the student‘s knowledge so that they all can take lessons together, but still, a lot of topics more related to physics are being skipped because most people will not need that

[@dreammaker9642]

@@TimTim-gm9pj in South Africa we learned the basics of chemistry from 8th grade so essentially all this video is saying. Then by 10th grade we learned them further as in the trends and how they work, intramolecular and intermolecular forces. All models of the atom from the raisin pudding to Heisenberg and by 12th grade we finished electro chemistry and organic chemistry and also a butt ton of stoichiometry 😭. In addition to physics cause it was the same subject and two 3 hr exams for finals but we had them every second term basically. The result was I practically learned nothing in Chem I when I got to college in the US and basically only in the end of Chem II did I learn some new stuff mostly just different types of orbitals and pi/sigma bonds which we did cover but not in detail in high school. All this to get to organic Chem I and the fun stopped after chapter 4 😭 my high school teacher did warn me ngl cause Ochem was easy in high school since we only had to do IUPAC naming both ways, as well as knowing all functional groups and if I remember correctly eesterificstion was the only mechanism we learned. Once I started learning proper mechanisms, sterioisomers, chiral centers and naming them properly that was the moment I sat in a lecture hall and wondered where I went wrong cause I was a marine bio major and had no need to learn organic chemistry in that much detail 😭 and that was Ochem I by the end of it I was like wtf more could there possibly be in Ochem II 😭 so to any chem majors out there who hurt you 😭 like talk to me

[@Raven319s]

Excelent video. I just always just accepted it was the how atoms and molecules bond. But it always tripped me out with the exact example you gave. The fact that a gas goes to a metal with one proton is wild.

[@Nightscape_]

Just like Dr. Don Lincoln says, "physics is everything".

[@nihil_._sum]

the best easy and also complex enought to graphically explain chemistry, thanks.

[@R-ok3cl]

At 0:28 what is silicon doing under calcium? Was this generated by ChatGPT? 😂

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Lol what the heck

[@jimmyzhao2673]

Omigosh, good catch. They also have *Sc* listed twice.

[@aeonturnip2]

Not only that, but caesium is down as Sc instead of Cs, but it's also a few years out of date as all the elements from 110 to 118 now have actual names, not just the placeholder "Unun.." ones.

[@Antuan2911]

Professor, you are explaining all these complex questions to us so nice! Many Thanks!

[@R-ok3cl]

LOL this periodic table at 0:54 is just full of errors. Si for strontium under calcium??? Sc shows a second time but is now caesium😂

[@ArvinAsh]

Thanks for that catch. The table is a stock image. We will refrain from using it in the future. Funny enough, nearly all stock images of the periodic table have errors for some reason.

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At a quick guess, in an older stock image, you're probably looking at a "paper town" scenario. In a newer one, laziness or AI.

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@@ArvinAsh it's probably intentional errors to catch people using their stock imagery without permission. "you used a version with errors, and it's clearly ours!"

[@DrDeuteron]

Cesium doesn't look right either.

[@DrDeuteron]

also 110-118 have names now, afaik.

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Best and clearest explanation that helps bridge the physics-chemistry gap. Thank you so much!

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I see they have green version of soylent, good

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Absolutely, so retro.. feels like transported into early 90's..

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[@maxanimator9547]

That wasn't a very satisfying answer.

[@neotronextrem]

Agreed. Like of course it comes down to Valence Electrons, we all knew that already, and for that, the elements with similar amounts only behave "drastically different" from eachother, because you're comparing their reactions with different elements. Compare elements with just one proton difference to the same position on the table, the reaction isn't that special. The "complexity" is fully emergent

[@maxanimator9547]

@@TrevoltIV I too wish we had a theory of everything but having simple non scalable models as to locally approximate reality in simpler ways is neat too

[@amethyst5619]

Yep it isn't a satisfactory answer.

[@amethyst5619]

​@@TrevoltIVnot really but kinda

[@Night_Forces]

​@@TrevoltIVknow we got proof god exists yay :DDD

[@prototropo]

The best presentation on the functions and logic of atomic structure I've ever watched!

[@lexinexi-hj7zo]

SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!!!

[@manuelmaturana4573]

you're amazing. the way you deliver the knowledge we all know

[@istvansipos9940]

- Greetings, Dr Schrödinger! Sir, you drove too fast AND in the wrong lane. - Come on, Officer. Which claim are you sure of?

[@jumbopopcorn8979]

Should be Heisenberg

[@istvansipos9940]

@@jumbopopcorn8979 :- ) Never write pre-coffee jokes about science. Yes, Heisenberg. Uhm... Let's say that Herr Schrödinger was riding shotgun in that car. nice save from me L0L.

[@jumbopopcorn8979]

@@istvansipos9940 do you think the cat in the trunk is alive?

[@istvansipos9940]

@@jumbopopcorn8979 the kitty has 8 remaining lives. 7 on extremely cold / hot days

[@MarshallTheArtist]

@@jumbopopcorn8979"Officer, the body is the trunk is both alive and dead until you open it."

[@Emma-ol3ed]

As a chemist, nothing here was really new to me, but it was still interesting to see it beeing explained by a physicist. Great video and explanation! :D

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

Could you use the modern names of the elements? "Potassium" is actually Kalium, "Sodium" is actually Natrium etc.

[@Sekhmmett]

What the fuck

[@ernestoescudero1524]

Absolutely brilliant! Thanks for visualisation, superb!

[@wesleywashington1251]

The question posed in the title of this video immediately caught my attention. Fascinating subject.

[@jeemonjose]

Brings back memories of high school chemistry lessons

[@darkhorse640]

one of the best explainers of science, going to the absolute fundamentals in every topic.🙌❤️👌👌

[@achimwokeschtla7582]

It’s not just the number of the protons but the amount of electrons as well which makes the difference

[@ArvinAsh]

Sure, but the amount of electrons is determined by the amount of protons

[@RealWorldMusicTheory]

This reminds me a lot of music: Two pitches that are almost the same, sound very dissonant and tense. While pitches far apart can sound very harmonious and similar.

[@khsolo]

As always a fabulous explanation for complicated things

[@dougieh9676]

Ah yes.. A new Arvin Ash. 😊 Real science vids that I can understand and trust. No clickbait. 😁

[@Bit-while_going]

The thing that links this to chemistry is that if your molecule needs more elections in it's exchanging atoms then it's often on the acidic side, while the molecule that is needing to lend them instead tends to be more basic. Either of them tend to be more polarized than the molecules that have no ions.

[@jlynec]

Thank you, thank you, thank you Arvin! ❤ I've asked this question since highschool. Even throughout college, profs wouldn't give a straight answer.

[@ArvinAsh]

I hear you. In high school, i always got circular answers too.

[@yieldtochristian]

I just learned so much. Thank you for this awesome video and explanation. It all snapped together in my head for me. Yes

[@TaxiDriver2116]

This explains chemical reactions, which I learned in school. What I still don’t understand is why different elements have different colors, melting and boiling points.

[@JackPullen-Paradox]

I was wondering about this a few days ago, and I just happened on this video.

[@finbeats]

Great video Arvin

[@-1-alex-1-]

The most fascinating thing personally to me, is that if knock just one proton out of quicksilver atom you get gold. Modern alchemy.

[@royakuma4144]

Those chip-like electron configuration notations can make awesome boardgames for educational purposes

[@zdenekvalek1538]

This is the best explanation that I have ever received. Thanks a lot. Now I am also a chemist

[@jeffreymartin8448]

Arvin, if you only knew how many minds you turn on with these. People you'll never meet. Who knows, perhaps the next Einstein ! You have this cool ability to present concepts that are completely graspable. Can't turn on a mind unless it can see ! Way cool, really dig these.

[@namitakalita6837]

I literally searched this same question in quora yesterday, word by word. I am feeling 😱

[@ReDMooNTVV]

the way you put it is just beautiful and simple. Thanks

[@kinanthitarasalwahita8357]

Overall is good. Your simplicity refreshed my basic knowledge that my shs teacher didn't teach me about, which left me in utter confusion about the entire atomic-sub world. I honestly thought you should explain the beta/alpha decay stuff further or mention the nuclear transmutation. I insist on your next video cuz I love how you explain things, thank you.

[@chanabasayyamathad4123]

Thank you for educating us in such a profound way.....Lot of insightful facts made me curious and lot of my unanswered questions got their answers.....

[@tomrawlins8214]

Excellent video, one of the best on this channel

[@marcelma]

Brilliant! Story line, visuals, speed, selection of what stays in and what is omitted - everything optimized to help you grasp the topic! Arvin has developed his presentations into a performance of art. If I hadn't subscribed already, I would do so instantly. This makes for very well invested viewing time.

[@_lod]

I just had a chemistry test a few days ago and it’s nice to confirm what I learned through this video

[@ShaneH42]

I’m amazed at how much you packed into a short video

[@josephcameron530]

Excellent presentation. Thank you.

[@boxer8657992]

7:05 “chemistry is nothing but very complex physics” I think you can not understand Quantum physics unless you understand basic chemistry.

[@Craznar]

Can you do a follow up that focuses on the physical properties and why are they so different with one proton (e.g. melting point, vapor point, colour etc) ?

[@haros2868]

I have to to partially disagree. Chemistry, Biology etc aren't just very complex physics. Theres also emergence, weak, strong and even radical. That doesn't mean of course that the smaller scale is completely irrelevant, but without any form of irreducable emergence (strong and beyond) nothing could exist. Since even the quantum decoherence process involves entirely new princimples and transition to a fundumentally differnt domain just with an interaction. If we take reductionalism way too seriously we only get "the thing", meaning space, time, gravity, every quantum field theory, are all the thing. And without new rules, the thing is not nearly enough to get an existence. The schrodinger equation only predicts the stability and validity of which atoms are going to be atoms and not isotopes, hence electron composition , atomic not molecular properties. And not to mention we already had macro knowledge so even if strong emergence is present somewhere it can be dismissed. For example, supercunductivity and bose einstein's condensate and more are irreducable and not understandable from bottom - up. So even with infinite computational capacity, No true turbulanse, tension etc would spontaneously born inside a deterministic computer simulation without additional parameters. Even gravity can be said to be reducable, to the emergence and interaction of the quark field (matter) with the higgs field. Alone they don't create space curviture, but we don't say gravity/mass are illusions and just the sum of the "deeper thing".

[@cosmosalbert5846]

Can you be my friend

[@haros2868]

@@cosmosalbert5846 what??

[@yaelbj]

Excellent video, it gave me a better understanding on this subject!

[@bryanstyble748]

I have watched MANY of your videos with great interest but only limited intellectual competence; alas, too many are above my somewhat-dimwitted head. But not THIS one, Arvin! It is absolutely brilliant how you started with basic chemistry, and then quickly took it all the way down to the nonintuitive quantum realm. Geeze, if I would have had you as my chemistry teacher at my suburban St. Louis high school in 1971--instead of a genial, well-meaning redheaded guy who was profoundly LOUSY at answering my many hey-but-what-about? clarifying questions--I might be a six-figure earning chemist or physicist today...instead of a washed-up, ex-broadcaster. Keep 'em comin', please, Sir Ash!

[@ArvinAsh]

The world needed and still needs great broadcasters like you my friend. We all get washed up in the end anyway. Thanks for watching.

[@Musi_012]

I never knew how much I didn’t know about chemistry. It’s so obvious and easy if you think about it but I just couldn’t think of it before. Thank you so much this video was really well explained and visualized. I just have one more question. What about the elements above Fe which aren’t Noble Elements? How did they Form and why aren’t they all noble elements ?

[@_abdul]

Getting a Notification from Arvin Charges me with Positivity.