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If you zoom into water,
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you will find a molecule of water,
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where you have one oxygen atom attached to two hydrogen atoms.
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You will find trillions and trillions of them.
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Similarly, if you were to zoom into methane,
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which we also call natural gas,
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you will now find molecules of methane,
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which happens to be one carbon atom attached to four hydrogen atoms.
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Again, you will find trillions and trillions of them.
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So the big question now is,
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what would you get if you were to zoom into table salt, which is NaCl?
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Well, our guess could be we'll find molecules of NaCl,
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where one Na is attached to one Cl.
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Trillions and trillions of them, right?
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Wrong.
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That's not what we'd get.
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We'll get something completely different. But what?
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Well, let's find out.
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So what will we find if we were to zoom into NaCl?
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We'll get something like this,
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where you'll find trillions of Na's and trillions of Cl all connected to each other.
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We call this a crystal of sodium chloride, crystal of NaCl.
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You probably heard of this word crystal,
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it means we have an orderly repeating pattern.
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This looks very different, right?
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So let's compare it with what we saw earlier.
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If we were to go back to the molecules of water,
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what we find is that an individual oxygen is connected to two other hydrogen atoms.
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And that connection is due to a force of attraction,
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which we call a chemical bond.
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The same thing is happening over here.
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There's a chemical bond because of which a carbon atom is attached to four hydrogen atoms,
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right but
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when it comes to a crystal of NaCl look we don't
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have individual molecules like with what we see over here we don't find them instead we find trillions
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and trillions of Na's connected to trillions and trillions of Cl in
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that chemical bond so there are no individual molecules you only have a crystal
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but wait a second wait a second wait a second again if we go back to molecule of water.
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The reason why we call it H2O is
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because you have two hydrogen atoms connected to one oxygen atom to form a single unit molecule, right?
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Same is the case over here.
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It's because you have one carbon attached to four hydrogens.
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That's why we say the,
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you know, this is CH4.
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But what about over here?
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Why do we call it NaCl?
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I mean, if you don't have individual molecules,
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what does it mean to say NaCl?
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Well, what it means is that if you were to take a chunk of this crystal,
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then you will find equal amounts of Na and Cl.
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In other words, you will have them in the ratio 1 is to 1.
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For every 1 Na, you will find 1 Cl.
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That is what that means over here.
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It doesn't mean that you'll find a molecule of NaCl where 1 Na is attached to 1 Cl.
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No, no, no. You find a crystal,
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but the ratio of NaNCl is 1 is to 1.
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That's what it means over here.
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And we can take another example of the salt.
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There are other salts as well.
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So for example, if you take potassium oxide,
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it also happens to be a salt.
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It is K2O, where K is potassium, O is oxygen, okay?
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But what does it mean to say K2O?
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Does it mean that there are molecules of K2O?
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No, this is again a crystal.
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It's a crystal of potassium oxide.
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But what does it mean for us to say K2O?
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Well, what it means now is that if you were to take a chunk of this crystal,
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you will find that there are twice as many potassium as oxygen.
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You'll have two potassium atoms for every oxygen atoms.
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That's what it means to say it is K2O.
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So putting it all together,
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what we have so far is that we can have two kinds of compounds.
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We have compounds that are made of individual molecules and we have compounds which are made of crystals.
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Now, of course, these are just two general categories of compounds,
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but there are more advanced forms of compounds as well.
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We'll not worry too much about them.
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But anyways, the compounds that are made of molecules are called molecular compounds
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and the ones that are made of crystals are called crystalline compounds.
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So look, not all compounds are made of molecules.
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That's the important thing.
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They can also be crystalline.
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They can also be made of crystals.
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But here's an interesting question.
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Not all compounds are molecules, right?
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But what about the other way around?
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Are all molecules compounds?
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Well, let's see.
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Let's take an example.
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What if we were to zoom into oxygen?
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Well, we'll find that two atoms of oxygen are combined together to form O2,
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which is a molecule of oxygen.
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And of course, we'll find trillions and trillions of them.
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But the big question is, is this a compound?
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The answer is no, it's not a compound.
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Because remember, compounds are chemical combination of two or more different elements.
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Here, there's a chemical combination of the same element.
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Oxygen and oxygen is getting combined.
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So it's a molecule, but it is not a compound.
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In fact, we call this as diatomic element.
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Di because there are two.
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And there are other examples of diatomic elements.
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Nitrogen, fluorine, chlorine, and many more.
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Well, of course, one thing to remember is
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that these elements are usually diatomic when they're alone like when you have oxygen gas or chlorine gas.
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But of course, when they do form a compound, they can split apart.
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Again, go back to molecule of water.
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You can have one oxygen atom combined to two hydrogen atoms.
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Anyways, if you put it all together,
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we have elements which are the fundamental building blocks of matter.
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Some elements are made of individual atoms.
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We usually call them monoatomic,
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mono for single individual, like gold or mercury.
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And other elements can be formed as diatomic,
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like molecules of nitrogen or oxygen.
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And when two or more different elements chemically combine together, we get compounds.
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We can have molecular compounds where you find individual molecules,
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or we can have crystalline compounds when there are no molecules at all.
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And finally, we categorize this all under what we call pure substances,
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because they're made of purely the same stuff.
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For example, water is purely made of water molecules.
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sodium chloride is purely made of NaCl
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and oxygen for example is purely made of oxygen molecules so
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because they're all made of purely the same stuff these are all pure substances

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Deze spreekles op niveau C1 is gebaseerd op de video “Molecules, crystals, and diatomic elements”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: molecule, compound, oxygen, atom, trillions. Deze video bevat 124 zinnen en 1117 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 6:04. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 184 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. Slechts 79% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.

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WoordUitspraakBetekenis
molecule zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈmɑ.lɪ.kjul/molecuul
atom zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈætəm/atoom
hydrogen zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈhaɪdɹəd͡ʒ(ə)n/waterstof
attach werkwoord/əˈtæt͡ʃ/vastmaken
potassium zelfstandig naamwoord/pəˈtæsiəm/kalium, potas
zoom werkwoord/zuːm/zoeven
crystalline bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈkɹɪs.tə.lɪn/kristallijn
chloride zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈklɔɹˌaɪd/chloride
chlorine zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈklɔɹin/chloor
methane zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈmiːθeɪn/methaan
chunk zelfstandig naamwoord/t͡ʃʌŋk/stuk, brok
oxide zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɑksaɪd/oxide
nitrogen zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈnaɪ.tɹə.d͡ʒən/stikstof
sodium zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsəʊ.di.əm/natrium
fluorine zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈflʊ(ə)ɹˌinfluor

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Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

  • That's not what we'd get.
  • We'll get something completely different.
  • You'll have two potassium atoms for every oxygen atoms.
  • We'll not worry too much about them.
  • What if we were to zoom into oxygen?

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De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

StructuurIn de video
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doetis attached · is connected · are made
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of dingsalt, which is · compounds which are · elements which are

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 17 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals we'll, don't, they're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: categorize /ˈkætɪɡəˌɹaɪz/, mononucleosis /ˌmɑnoʊnukliˈoʊsɪs/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: chloride /ˈklɔɹˌaɪd/, oxide /ˈɑksaɪd/, anyways /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/, categorize /ˈkætɪɡəˌɹaɪz/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: atom /ˈætəm/, attach /əˈtæt͡ʃ/, potassium /pəˈtæsiəm/, categorize /ˈkætɪɡəˌɹaɪz/

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