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Reply 40

Doji

hey cel, add me too :smile:

Reply 41

Eau

So what did everyone learn today? Aromatic chem for me.

Reply 42

Sunnydazzleeyes

I learnt about electrical potential? of transition metals. And which the colour change, it was amazing! It involves equations etc. It squeezes and twists my mind. lol :biggrin:

xxx

Reply 43

Eau

I have learned about electropotential of metals and non-metals and other molecules in general, but haven't looked at that of transition metals - what so special about the ep of transition metals?

Actually we are learning about transition metals soon. :smile:

Reply 44

Sunnydazzleeyes

Transition metals are pretty cool stuff i reckon. All to do with colours and equations and redox reactions! It fits in to the stuff i learnt in fondation. Amazing, you would like it :biggrin:

Reply 45

Eau

stary.eyes

Transition metals are pretty cool stuff i reckon. All to do with colours and equations and redox reactions! It fits in to the stuff i learnt in fondation. Amazing, you would like it :biggrin:

Looking forward to it! :wink:

All I know about them are that they have unfilled d-orbitlas. And yes they do have coloured compounds. And they and their compounds could also catalysts.

Hmm... I'm sure there is more about them - they have a block of their own! :biggrin:

Reply 46

Subbacultcha

can i join please?!! im just doing my individual investigation for Salters A2. Kinetics basically - investigating the rate of reaction between manganese (or do i mean manganate, can never remember) ions and oxalate ions - why oh why did my teacher have to give me the one noone had ever done before?! and the one that in the book it said about it "this reaction proved to be too difficult to follow, so X and X moved onto a different one"?!! argh!! :p:

anyway, to clarify, i like chem!

Reply 47

herbal bug

Learnt about ligands...or something

Cu2+ makes a funky blue jelly like substance :biggrin:

. Cu(OH)2 or somethin

Reply 48

Wangers

Can I join

^ you mean [Cu(H2O)6]2+ (aq)?

Btw -- was anyone else abused by this years round one Olympiad paper?? I'll be lucky to hit double figures!

Reply 49

Eau

Guys, rock the vote here: http://thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=348707 and http://thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=305653

Reply 50

Eau

and here as well: http://thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=342964

:smile:

Reply 51

herbal bug

in the first one..chems loosing by one vote :frown:

Reply 52

Eau

Guys, you might also like to join "The Science Society".

http://thestudentroom.co.uk/socs.php?do=list&page=10
(scroll down to the middle)

Reply 53

DumberChild

hey, can I join? I loves Chemistry - will be going to St Johns in october to study it! Chemists will be the ones solving global warning, CFC pollution and all that jazz. After, Chemists have solutions! (The cheesiness stops here)

Reply 54

Eau

Are you serious? You're going to Oxford to solve global warming?

You have to realise reducing global warming with a lot of money (economists will know) saving a few people, is not efficient. You can use much less money to solve more immediate (also global) problems like malaria and AIDS.

Just my few cents.

Reply 55

Wangers

I would dispute that - throwing money at AIDS isnt going to make it go away. We need talented medics/chemists/pharmacists and Natsics to work together to solve the problem, money will help, but talent is more needed.

Reply 56

Eau

Anyone doing or planning to do chemistry at uni?

Reply 57

Eau

Rock the vote here: http://thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=194168

Reply 58

Eau

After drawing so many benzene rings, I think I will be the best at drawing hexagons!! :p:

Reply 59

Eau

Hmmmm... hello to myself!

If any of you think this is too much chemistry, you can always join the general science thread as well:

http://thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=334467