Suggested preparation: General chemistry, calculus and basic physics.
Optional preparation: Free MIT Course: General Chemistry: Atoms, Bonding and Reactions.
About this course
Connect thermodynamics and chemical kinetics through an undergraduate physical-chemistry lecture sequence. The course develops ways to reason about energy, equilibrium and rates of chemical change.
Course at a glance
| Provider | MIT |
|---|---|
| Platform | YouTube · MIT OpenCourseWare |
| Access | Free Video |
| Level | Intermediate — WikiFree study-level assessment |
| Language | English |
| Available lessons | 36 |
| Video duration | 29h 53m · self-paced |
| Details checked | 10 October 2026 |
Preparation and study approach
Suggested preparation: General chemistry, calculus and basic physics.
Follow the available videos in sequence, pausing to summarize the main argument or reconstruct a worked example. Keep a short list of assumptions, unfamiliar terms and questions to revisit. Additional reading, problem solving and practice will take time beyond the listed video duration.
Using this video classroom
Select a lesson from the list, or search for a topic. Previous and Next move through the sequence. You can mark lessons complete; progress is stored in this browser without a WikiFree account.
Free access and course scope
The public MIT OpenCourseWare videos in this classroom are free to watch. This listing provides the available playlist recordings, which may include selected lectures, recitations, demonstrations or supporting discussions rather than every component of the original campus course. Textbooks, equipment, software licenses, supervised labs, graded assignments and instructor feedback are not supplied by WikiFree. No purchase is required to watch the videos or use the note-based study approach above.
WikiFree independently organizes these resources for self-paced study. Watching does not award an MIT certificate, academic credit or admission to MIT.
Video provider and credit: MIT OpenCourseWare on YouTube. WikiFree titles, descriptions and cover artwork are independently prepared.
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Beginner
Compare course focus, level and study time
| Course | Level | Focus | Study time |
|---|---|---|---|
| This course — Free MIT Course: Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics | Intermediate | MIT Course: Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics | 29h 53m of video; practice time is additional |
| Free MIT Course: General Chemistry: Atoms, Bonding and Reactions | Beginner | 1. The Importance of Chemical Principles · 9. Periodic Table; Ionic and Covalent Bonds · 18. Introduction to Chemical Equilibrium | 25h 24m of video; practice time is additional |
| Reaction Rates and Chemical Equilibrium: Free Course | Beginner | Chemical reasoning · Units and notation · Molecular concepts | 27m of video; practice time is additional |
| Chemical Bonding: Free Course | Beginner | Chemical reasoning · Units and notation · Molecular concepts | 54m of video; practice time is additional |
Provider: MIT. Videos play from the MIT OpenCourseWare channel on YouTube.
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