Logarithms in Chemistry
This interactive resource describes the principles of logs and their applications to chemistry. Click the image to begin!
Sections include:
1. Overview of logs and their uses with an interactive graphic on how to calculate logs and inverse logs on calculators
2. Calculations in chemistry involving logs, including pH, pK, Nernst, Clausius-Clapeyron and other thermodynamic equations
3. The process of linearisation using logs, with applications to kinetics (rate of reaction, Arrhenius equation, emission rate constants) and some thermodynamic expressions (Freundlich isotherm, Mark-Houwink equation)
Along the way, there are lots of questions to try to check your understanding. Videos incorporated have audio, and are available seperately on Youtube (see below). Attachments (linked via the bibliography page) provide download links to pdfs of notes included on the resource.
Additional resources
- Downloadable attachment files within resource (see Bibliography page for attachment link)
- Any videos in the resource are available on my Youtube channel
- [Updated to version 3 21-Feb-10]
