Chem Lab C

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Nah, that's not age-appropriate. The first sentence of section 3 says first year high school courses and goes on to highlight the inorganic/general chemistry concepts that may be expected. Organic reactions isn't one of them! I'd frame your studying around the topics in section 4. That's plenty.
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Okay thank you!
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Would we ever have to have any Ka or Kb values memorized?
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I don't think it is expected... But it probably isn't against the rules to do it.
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Any tips for this event? I am new to it this year.
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darkdeserthighway wrote:Any tips for this event? I am new to it this year.
Practice.
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Crazy Puny Man wrote:
darkdeserthighway wrote:Any tips for this event? I am new to it this year.
Practice.
Ok. Thanks
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darkdeserthighway wrote:
Crazy Puny Man wrote:
darkdeserthighway wrote:Any tips for this event? I am new to it this year.
Practice.
Ok. Thanks
Sorry if that sounded blunt, but I really do believe the best way to do well in this event is to stay sharp.

Because a lot of the material is taught in the AP Chemistry curriculum, simple/stupid mistakes can cost you several places, which is why being rough around the edges at competition is not ideal.

If you don't know some of the concepts, just grab a chemistry textbook (pref your school's AP book) and start reading the chapters on equilibrium, acids/bases, solubility (with solubility products, etc.). I think the other basic stoichiometry/reaction types is covered in Chem I. If that didn't make sense it will when you look in the table of contents...also, know your descriptive chemistry :D If you already knew everything that I said then just ignore me :P
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Crazy Puny Man wrote:
Sorry if that sounded blunt, but I really do believe the best way to do well in this event is to stay sharp.

Because a lot of the material is taught in the AP Chemistry curriculum, simple/stupid mistakes can cost you several places, which is why being rough around the edges at competition is not ideal.

If you don't know some of the concepts, just grab a chemistry textbook (pref your school's AP book) and start reading the chapters on equilibrium, acids/bases, solubility (with solubility products, etc.). I think the other basic stoichiometry/reaction types is covered in Chem I. If that didn't make sense it will when you look in the table of contents...also, know your descriptive chemistry :D If you already knew everything that I said then just ignore me :P
Okay, thank you so much! I appreciate your help! :)
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Will this event be around next year?
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