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Re: Chem Lab C
Posted: January 19th, 2014, 8:50 pm
by Skink
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.
Re: Chem Lab C
Posted: January 19th, 2014, 9:47 pm
by SWAnG
Okay thank you!
Re: Chem Lab C
Posted: February 27th, 2014, 2:53 pm
by thsom
Would we ever have to have any Ka or Kb values memorized?
Re: Chem Lab C
Posted: March 7th, 2014, 9:02 am
by SWAnG
I don't think it is expected... But it probably isn't against the rules to do it.
Re: Chem Lab C
Posted: March 9th, 2014, 2:43 pm
by darkdeserthighway
Any tips for this event? I am new to it this year.
Re: Chem Lab C
Posted: March 9th, 2014, 2:49 pm
by Crazy Puny Man
darkdeserthighway wrote:Any tips for this event? I am new to it this year.
Practice.
Re: Chem Lab C
Posted: March 11th, 2014, 7:11 pm
by darkdeserthighway
Crazy Puny Man wrote:darkdeserthighway wrote:Any tips for this event? I am new to it this year.
Practice.
Ok. Thanks
Re: Chem Lab C
Posted: March 11th, 2014, 7:20 pm
by Crazy Puny Man
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
If you already knew everything that I said then just ignore me
Re: Chem Lab C
Posted: March 11th, 2014, 7:32 pm
by darkdeserthighway
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
If you already knew everything that I said then just ignore me
Okay, thank you so much! I appreciate your help!
Re: Chem Lab C
Posted: March 17th, 2014, 6:07 pm
by darkdeserthighway
Will this event be around next year?