ChemSurvival Enterprises

04/25/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GT1XdAl6UE

One of the earliest YouTube videos I ever made... and still IMHO one of the best... especially for students starting university.

www.chemsurvival.comAn updated version of my '8 tips' video.Hi Everyone. I'm Professor Davis, and in nearly a decade of teaching Organic Chemistry courses I...

03/19/2025

https://youtu.be/VhMkDnkbdvI?si=U6EpXEUnFqEygHGG

Hey everyone. Just a quick post to let you all know that I'm still here on FB! Been working hard in other projects, but here is a classic in honor of

As Women's History Month continues, Professor Davis explains how Marie Curie was able to make measurements of radioactivity with 1890's technology, and how h...

09/05/2024

https://youtu.be/iZsOgAqclpI

It's been a while, but I'm glad to say that I've dropped a new video on YouTube!

09/03/2023

https://youtu.be/r_xNh_t4wCw

The first video in my fall series on IUPAC Nomcnclatue just posted. Enjoy!

Professor Davis explains why IUPAC nomenclature is a critical skill for organic chemists to master, and explains a few simple examples of how to apply it to ...

07/23/2023

https://youtu.be/xs0lJzple6o

07/13/2023

Am I the only one who was super-psyched to hear the new Fallout Boy version of "We Didn't Start the Fire", only to realize that it ROCKS!!!! .... but isn't chronological 😌😭

Professor Davis explains how biting a gold medal helps to prove the theory of relativity. Biting gold https://www.persee.fr/doc/numi_0484-8942_2018_num_6_175...

07/11/2023

Am I the only one who was super-psyched to hear the new Fallout Boy version of "We Didn't Start the Fire", only to realize that it ROCKS!!!! .... but isn't chronological 😌😭

07/06/2023

https://youtu.be/tIHwdHzGipQ

So much for Table "Tuesdays" 😂 My schedule is too chaotic for that kind of regularity! From now on.... "Table Talks" will post whenever I find the time. Enjoy!

Professor Davis explains the science behind so-called "salted" nuclear weapons. In 1950 Leo Szilard suggested that such a nuclear device might be capable of...

07/05/2023

https://youtu.be/TGMCKy0Gihw

Watch the video and weigh in on where hydrogen belongs on on the table!

07/03/2023

https://youtu.be/1tfI5KgEdQ0

Table Tuesday is a bit early this week. Enjoy the fireworks, and thank an atom for the pretty colors!

Professor Davis explains how atomic spectra create the beautiful colors we see in the sky every 4th of July.Explore line emission spectra at the featured web...

06/28/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehO9dP-Sszo

This week's Table Talk - If uranium and plutonium can be used to make nukes, why not neptunium?

I'm on a tear! Four weeks running of Table Tuesday rants ... posted on Wednesdays, of course ;-).

Professor Davis explains why neptunium could be used in much the same way as uranium or plutonium to make a nuke, and also why it probably hasn't just yet.Mo...

06/13/2023

Table Tuesday is BACK! Let's talk about how the transition elements got their name.

Professor Davis explains where the term "Transition Metal" or "Transition Element" comes from and how it is linked to the evolution of our understanding of a...