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Title: Where are you guys up to in class?
Post by: kenhung123 on March 16, 2010, 04:58:38 pm
Just wondering out of curiosity where other people are up to in class in terms of the topic you are doing.

We just finished chromatography and moving onto spectroscopy.
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Post by: Twenty10 on March 16, 2010, 05:09:18 pm
We just finished chromatography and started spectroscopy.
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Post by: naved_s9994 on March 16, 2010, 05:18:18 pm
Onto last topic of spectroscopy, mass spec.
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Post by: kenhung123 on March 16, 2010, 05:19:45 pm
Isn't NMR last?
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Post by: appianway on March 16, 2010, 05:29:10 pm
We're doing AAS at the moment. I think we're a bit behind...
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Post by: Preethi on March 16, 2010, 05:40:15 pm
Did you guys do the sac1 for outcome 1-analytical techniques
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Post by: minilunchbox on March 16, 2010, 06:15:43 pm
Did you guys do the sac1 for outcome 1-analytical techniques

I'm finishing that SAC on Friday with a test. We've done AAS and we're yet to start the other spectroscopy stuff.
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Post by: stonecold on March 16, 2010, 06:21:34 pm
my class is still doing volumetric analysis, but I am up to chapter 10 in heinemann, which i think is reaction of organic molecules.
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Post by: physics on March 16, 2010, 06:25:48 pm
UV-spectroscopy :) very confusing.... i cant wait to get to chpt 12 and 13 (bio) woot woot....shit memories though...
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Post by: kenhung123 on March 16, 2010, 06:37:26 pm
my class is still doing volumetric analysis, but I am up to chapter 10 in heinemann, which i think is reaction of organic molecules.

Wow you work quite fast.
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Post by: happyhappyland on March 16, 2010, 07:36:17 pm
Starting on spectroscopy... we have a sac on chromatography and AES and AAS
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Post by: samuch on March 16, 2010, 07:43:24 pm
almost done chromatography, sac on it is next term tho -_-
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Post by: Blakhitman on March 16, 2010, 10:02:01 pm
finished chroma today and started Spectroscopy, we started AAS.

we finished our Volumetric-gravimetric Sac two weeks ago....with quite a happy mark might I add :D
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Post by: stonecold on March 16, 2010, 10:05:07 pm
my class is still doing volumetric analysis, but I am up to chapter 10 in heinemann, which i think is reaction of organic molecules.

Wow you work quite fast.

not really, plus i need to go back through UV/Vis Spec, NMR Spec and Colourimetry, i found them somewhat confusing!
i did all the questions on them but not really confident, especially for NMR!
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Post by: Souljette_93 on March 16, 2010, 10:06:56 pm
my class is still doing volumetric analysis, but I am up to chapter 10 in heinemann, which i think is reaction of organic molecules.

Same. We're up to chap 10. just finished nine.


Souljette<3
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Post by: stonecold on March 16, 2010, 10:08:15 pm
^ we have just finished covering acid/base and redox.  we have our gravimetric and volumetric sac over the next two weeks.  we are going so slow!
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Post by: mandy on March 16, 2010, 10:09:25 pm
We're working on Chapter 5: Redox, but I'm working through Chapter 10, all those confusing organic pathways. I also need to re-look over all the Spectroscopy stuff :(

^ we have just finished covering acid/base and redox.  we have our gravimetric and volumetric sac over the next two weeks.  we are going so slow!
Wow, my class is exactly where you're at, lol. :)
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Post by: kenhung123 on March 16, 2010, 10:10:31 pm
Hmm being up to redox might be a bit too slow? I mean you gotta do like the rest of the stuff a few weeks prior to the end of term 2 if you think about it and term 1 is about to end.
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Post by: mandy on March 16, 2010, 10:12:10 pm
Hmm being up to redox might be a bit too slow? I mean you gotta do like the rest of the stuff a few weeks prior to the end of term 2 if you think about it and term 1 is about to end.
Yeah, we're going a little too slow, I think. But hopefully everything will work out :)
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Post by: Souljette_93 on March 16, 2010, 10:13:38 pm
do you guys have any holiday classes that will be running in your school?
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Post by: slothpomba on March 16, 2010, 10:14:03 pm
We're up to chromatography... but apparently he was very disappointed with the SAC and people not knowing n=c*v  and other basic things like that...so we've gone back to gravimetric and volumetric.
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Post by: mandy on March 16, 2010, 10:15:22 pm
do you guys have any holiday classes that will be running in your school?
Nope, but our SAC is in the holidays.
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Post by: m@tty on March 16, 2010, 10:15:47 pm
do you guys have any holiday classes that will be running in your school?
Yeah, one three hour class. Weird thing, first time I've even come across the concept...
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Post by: stonecold on March 16, 2010, 10:15:56 pm
We're working on Chapter 5: Redox, but I'm working through Chapter 10, all those confusing organic pathways. I also need to re-look over all the Spectroscopy stuff :(

^ we have just finished covering acid/base and redox.  we have our gravimetric and volumetric sac over the next two weeks.  we are going so slow!
Wow, my class is exactly where you're at, lol. :)

same.  spectroscopy and chromatography are really important and difficult concepts to grasp, so the clever people at heinemann decide that they will be very vague on those two topics and only give them a chapter each, whilst they waste like 6 chapters on repetitive year 11 crap.

anyone care to explain the difference between UV/Vis Spec and colourimetry?
i have no idea how they are different, unless colourimetry only uses visible light and can't select an optimal wavelength...
Title: Re: Where are you guys up to in class?
Post by: stonecold on March 16, 2010, 10:17:59 pm
do you guys have any holiday classes that will be running in your school?

nah, except for bio because we only get one week holiday as that class is only 3 hrs 15 mins a week vs. all my other classes which are 3 hrs 30 mins each week...
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Post by: kenhung123 on March 16, 2010, 10:25:08 pm
You have like 1 class 3hr 30min a week?
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Post by: stonecold on March 16, 2010, 10:26:43 pm
You have like 1 class 3hr 30min a week?

yeah, usually with 30 min break though, so it's only really 3 hours :)
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Post by: kenhung123 on March 16, 2010, 10:35:22 pm
Damn, that's awesome so then you can be switched on an focused straight 3 hrs instead of wasting the 1st 10 minutes of every period to start tuning in lol
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Post by: minilunchbox on March 16, 2010, 10:40:48 pm
We're working on Chapter 5: Redox, but I'm working through Chapter 10, all those confusing organic pathways. I also need to re-look over all the Spectroscopy stuff :(

^ we have just finished covering acid/base and redox.  we have our gravimetric and volumetric sac over the next two weeks.  we are going so slow!
Wow, my class is exactly where you're at, lol. :)

same.  spectroscopy and chromatography are really important and difficult concepts to grasp, so the clever people at heinemann decide that they will be very vague on those two topics and only give them a chapter each, whilst they waste like 6 chapters on repetitive year 11 crap.

anyone care to explain the difference between UV/Vis Spec and colourimetry?
i have no idea how they are different, unless colourimetry only uses visible light and can't select an optimal wavelength...

Ugh yes, Heinemann is so dodgy with explaining chromatography/spectroscopy. I'm reading through those chapters in the Jacaranda book and it's becoming clearer.

Pretty sure colorimetry shines the complementary colour through the solution and absorbance is read, but multiple substances in the solution could be the same colour so it's not very usefull unless the sample is completely pure. UV-VIS  chooses a frequency from a substance’s spectrum and measures the radiation absorbed at this particular frequency.
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Post by: stonecold on March 16, 2010, 10:46:27 pm
We're working on Chapter 5: Redox, but I'm working through Chapter 10, all those confusing organic pathways. I also need to re-look over all the Spectroscopy stuff :(

^ we have just finished covering acid/base and redox.  we have our gravimetric and volumetric sac over the next two weeks.  we are going so slow!
Wow, my class is exactly where you're at, lol. :)

same.  spectroscopy and chromatography are really important and difficult concepts to grasp, so the clever people at heinemann decide that they will be very vague on those two topics and only give them a chapter each, whilst they waste like 6 chapters on repetitive year 11 crap.

anyone care to explain the difference between UV/Vis Spec and colourimetry?
i have no idea how they are different, unless colourimetry only uses visible light and can't select an optimal wavelength...

Ugh yes, Heinemann is so dodgy with explaining chromatography/spectroscopy. I'm reading through those chapters in the Jacaranda book and it's becoming clearer.

Pretty sure colorimetry shines the complementary colour through the solution and absorbance is read, but multiple substances in the solution could be the same colour so it's not very usefull unless the sample is completely pure. UV-VIS  chooses a frequency from a substance’s spectrum and measures the radiation absorbed at this particular frequency.


thanks for clearing that up. :)

so is the jacaranda book good?
maybe i should get it....
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Post by: minilunchbox on March 16, 2010, 10:55:15 pm
We're working on Chapter 5: Redox, but I'm working through Chapter 10, all those confusing organic pathways. I also need to re-look over all the Spectroscopy stuff :(

^ we have just finished covering acid/base and redox.  we have our gravimetric and volumetric sac over the next two weeks.  we are going so slow!
Wow, my class is exactly where you're at, lol. :)

same.  spectroscopy and chromatography are really important and difficult concepts to grasp, so the clever people at heinemann decide that they will be very vague on those two topics and only give them a chapter each, whilst they waste like 6 chapters on repetitive year 11 crap.

anyone care to explain the difference between UV/Vis Spec and colourimetry?
i have no idea how they are different, unless colourimetry only uses visible light and can't select an optimal wavelength...

Ugh yes, Heinemann is so dodgy with explaining chromatography/spectroscopy. I'm reading through those chapters in the Jacaranda book and it's becoming clearer.

Pretty sure colorimetry shines the complementary colour through the solution and absorbance is read, but multiple substances in the solution could be the same colour so it's not very usefull unless the sample is completely pure. UV-VIS  chooses a frequency from a substance’s spectrum and measures the radiation absorbed at this particular frequency.


thanks for clearing that up. :)

so is the jacaranda book good?
maybe i should get it....

It's more simple and easier to read so it's good to reinforce concepts.

I uploaded the book a while back and it should be floating around somewhere.
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Post by: crayolé on March 16, 2010, 10:55:31 pm
We did chapters 1 to 5 over the holidays, Started chromatography on first day, went on to mass spec/IF/nmr all that jazz now we're halfway through organic chem (chapter 12 in heinnemann)
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Post by: crayolé on March 16, 2010, 10:58:42 pm
We're working on Chapter 5: Redox, but I'm working through Chapter 10, all those confusing organic pathways. I also need to re-look over all the Spectroscopy stuff :(

^ we have just finished covering acid/base and redox.  we have our gravimetric and volumetric sac over the next two weeks.  we are going so slow!
Wow, my class is exactly where you're at, lol. :)

same.  spectroscopy and chromatography are really important and difficult concepts to grasp, so the clever people at heinemann decide that they will be very vague on those two topics and only give them a chapter each, whilst they waste like 6 chapters on repetitive year 11 crap.

anyone care to explain the difference between UV/Vis Spec and colourimetry?
i have no idea how they are different, unless colourimetry only uses visible light and can't select an optimal wavelength...

Yeah you're right (: they both work off the exact same concept except UV vis is used for colourless substances
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Post by: stonecold on March 16, 2010, 11:08:35 pm
We're working on Chapter 5: Redox, but I'm working through Chapter 10, all those confusing organic pathways. I also need to re-look over all the Spectroscopy stuff :(

^ we have just finished covering acid/base and redox.  we have our gravimetric and volumetric sac over the next two weeks.  we are going so slow!
Wow, my class is exactly where you're at, lol. :)

same.  spectroscopy and chromatography are really important and difficult concepts to grasp, so the clever people at heinemann decide that they will be very vague on those two topics and only give them a chapter each, whilst they waste like 6 chapters on repetitive year 11 crap.

anyone care to explain the difference between UV/Vis Spec and colourimetry?
i have no idea how they are different, unless colourimetry only uses visible light and can't select an optimal wavelength...

Yeah you're right (: they both work off the exact same concept except UV vis is used for colourless substances

thanks.  heinemann doesn't even mention it haha!  also, did you by any chance make a donation to douchies biology podcast lol.  he was thanking someone named tezza for making a donation...

and i'll have a look for it minilunchbox, much appreciated :)
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Post by: crayolé on March 16, 2010, 11:59:07 pm
ROFL yeah i did LOL

which podcast was it? i havent had the chance to listen yet
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Post by: stonecold on March 17, 2010, 12:03:08 am
the glucose one.  it's the most recent.
i feel inspired haha.  that was a really cool thing to do :)
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Post by: crayolé on March 17, 2010, 12:06:53 am
Haha yeahh, he pays hundreds for what he does and spends so many hours for these podcasts and he's been doing it for years. He told me he doesnt care, he just wanted more people to take advantage of these podcasts and enjoy biology.

He deserved it more than anyone i reckon ;D

Oh yeah, we did our analytical chem sac at VSECC today, got to use AAS, UV-Vis and GLC machine ;D
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Post by: akira88 on March 17, 2010, 12:10:30 am
We're doing AAS at the moment. I think we're a bit behind...
Same here....
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Post by: slothpomba on March 17, 2010, 12:44:39 am
We're not even doing AAS...

We're at the very start of chromotography
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Post by: stonecold on March 17, 2010, 12:51:20 am
Haha yeahh, he pays hundreds for what he does and spends so many hours for these podcasts and he's been doing it for years. He told me he doesnt care, he just wanted more people to take advantage of these podcasts and enjoy biology.

He deserved it more than anyone i reckon ;D

Oh yeah, we did our analytical chem sac at VSECC today, got to use AAS, UV-Vis and GLC machine ;D

Where did you go?  we did ours at UniMelb,  all we got to use was UV-Vis and our experiment was an epic failure.  Our sample solutions absorbance fell like 10 times above the calibration curve haha!

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Post by: crayolé on March 17, 2010, 12:54:57 am
Haha yeahh, he pays hundreds for what he does and spends so many hours for these podcasts and he's been doing it for years. He told me he doesnt care, he just wanted more people to take advantage of these podcasts and enjoy biology.

He deserved it more than anyone i reckon ;D

Oh yeah, we did our analytical chem sac at VSECC today, got to use AAS, UV-Vis and GLC machine ;D

Where did you go?  we did ours at UniMelb,  all we got to use was UV-Vis and our experiment was an epic failure.  Our sample solutions absorbance fell like 10 times above the calibration curve haha!



ROFL! We went to Strathmore College VSECC to do ours.

Farr our UV-Vis was completely opposite lolol. The correlation coefficient (r) of our calibration curve was like .9978  or something aha.

You got msn stone?
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Post by: slothpomba on March 17, 2010, 01:04:24 am
You guys went on a chem excursion  :o
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Post by: crayolé on March 17, 2010, 01:19:27 am
Yeah :/ costed us 50 bucks also :/

50 dollars to do a sac and a whole day of chem zzz
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Post by: Blakhitman on March 17, 2010, 06:35:38 am
We're going latrobe uni next week to have a look at the instruments, cost us 25 dollars....
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Post by: Nomvalt on March 17, 2010, 08:15:37 am
so...has anyone here started doing practice exams?
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Post by: minilunchbox on March 17, 2010, 10:49:23 am
We're going latrobe uni next week to have a look at the instruments, cost us 25 dollars....

Same. It was... not very exciting. 
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Post by: stonecold on March 17, 2010, 11:20:53 am
^ unless you find looking at a series of grey boxes stimulating :P
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Post by: Blakhitman on March 17, 2010, 05:43:36 pm
oh...I was looking forward to it!
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Post by: Preethi on March 17, 2010, 06:45:42 pm
Did you guys do the sac1 for outcome 1-analytical techniques

I'm finishing that SAC on Friday with a test. We've done AAS and we're yet to start the other spectroscopy stuff.

How did you go on the test??
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Post by: physics on March 17, 2010, 07:21:36 pm
OH wow its so simular XD

well i have a chem exccursion to VU on the first day of holidays at VU weribee( very uber far away) and i might get lost which most lilely will happen :( but i have to go but its free :3
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Post by: Greggler on March 17, 2010, 07:29:30 pm
Just finished the third practical of our SAC which was a spectroscopy analysis of fertilizer.

Got the final write up next wednesday and will have hopefully finished spectro and chromotography by then
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Post by: minilunchbox on March 17, 2010, 07:30:58 pm
Did you guys do the sac1 for outcome 1-analytical techniques

I'm finishing that SAC on Friday with a test. We've done AAS and we're yet to start the other spectroscopy stuff.

How did you go on the test??

It's on Friday :(
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Post by: akira88 on March 17, 2010, 08:07:39 pm
Did you guys do the sac1 for outcome 1-analytical techniques

I'm finishing that SAC on Friday with a test. We've done AAS and we're yet to start the other spectroscopy stuff.

How did you go on the test??

It's on Friday :(
Good luck!
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Post by: henn65 on March 22, 2010, 06:57:14 pm
finishing the course by friday hopefully
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Post by: tolga on March 22, 2010, 10:24:05 pm
were up to chapter 11 cause we kind of started unit 3 and 4 last year