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if i remember correctly, i think the syllabus states that you have to know the dry cell battery plus another type. but you'll have to double check that, i don't have the syllabus in front of me.Ogden_Nash said:
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dry cell OR lead-acid and another from vanadium, button cells etc...
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my two were the dry cell and silver button cell
dry cell OR lead-acid and another from vanadium, button cells etc...
e.g.
my two were the dry cell and silver button cell
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Yeah, most people do the dry cell, so that question didn't help me very much at all. Now that I think of it though, I probably could've deduced the correct answer had I spent more time on it.
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yea, that question didnt require any particular knowledge on dry cell batteries (i think), though it really does help.
I recall picking D, that Zn gets oxidised to Zn (II)...
I recall picking D, that Zn gets oxidised to Zn (II)...
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but c'mon seriously, if you know your oxidation and reduction stuff yous houldbe able to get what it was. c'mon one should know what the electrolyte is?!
guess C all the way.
the ammonia one was cool. it was asking for equilibrium. i was using my pen as a prop to make it logical
guess C all the way.
the ammonia one was cool. it was asking for equilibrium. i was using my pen as a prop to make it logical
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lol..me too.fantasy27 said:
Except I forgot the company and put "Queso"...lol...same difference
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Everyone in my class made up the scientist haha, mine was Dr. Schultz from Bowral water treatment plant. (Bowral DOES have a water treatment plant, doesn't it?!)
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lol...I forgot his last name and put Gemonalski at first, then remembered that it was along the lines of Gemakonakli so I changed it...I scribbled it out so many times that the teacher will probably think I made it up anyway, coz it's such a peculiar name as wellxrtzx said:
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Everyone knows Burhan
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lol...he's famous and well-liked, yet he probably doesn't even know itnit said:Everyone knows Burhan
On that point...I think this part of the syllabus is kind of trivial in a way. It's virtually pointless asking a question based on the work of a specific working chemist/scientist. People will inevitably churn out Burhan or some random bs which the markers can't verify anyway...
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you could always say " its m'uncle, e's a scientist OmgoZar~~!"
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lol all of HSC chemistry is bs in my opinion.
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how is hsc chem bs?nit said:
its one of the most informative subject there are
but its bs for the question where they ask u to name a scientist, and i was like fuk, so i made some name up and than i made up what he did
do u guys actually remember?
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Well, us HSC people don't have anything to compare HSC chem with, so he's probably right.nosadness said:
I got my scientist thing from Conquering Chemistry. I don't even remember his name. I just remember he works at Quenos which makes ethylene from ethene and that chemistry concepts applied was absorption.
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aha aha...Dreamerish*~ said:
yeh i got my notes fro conquering chem as well...
Burhan Gemikonakli (something like that... i have no idea how to pronounce his surname)
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Hmmm.
I got my scientist off the net: David Murray from the USYD site.
But now I'm beginning to think that the information he gave out about his job is a bit too brief. I'll think I'll have a look in Conquering chem...
I got my scientist off the net: David Murray from the USYD site.
But now I'm beginning to think that the information he gave out about his job is a bit too brief. I'll think I'll have a look in Conquering chem...
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lol...I said he worked in industrial processes, using gas chromatogaphy or something like that. I memorised it about 45 mins before the examDreamerish*~ said:
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yeh... that's right... he also monitored wastes~ ReNcH ~ said:lol...I said he worked in industrial processes, using gas chromatogaphy or something like that. I memorised it about 45 mins before the exam
and made sure propylene and i think ethylene were satisfactory for the next stage of manufacture....
he also collaborated with process engineers (i forget why.. lol)
my whole chem class was freaking out before the exam... i had at least 4 questions thrown in my face half an hour before the exam... i had no idea what anyof the answers to them were...
i also realised i missed a dot pt whilst studying .. something about recently discovered tranusranic elements... (something along those lines)
I can't believe were still discussing the chem exam lol.... MATHS MONDAY ... ahhhh!!!