Chemistry 3/4

[Voltman]

Hi everybody! I plan to do Chemistry 3/4 next year... how relevant is it to Chemistry 1/2? I have read all of Heinemann Chemistry 1 for unit 1 and I have the the Heinemann Chemistry 2 textbook also. So far I can't seem to find any relevant aspects except the chapter on moles and organic chemistry. In fact, it seems that some sections are more relevant to Biology. Are there any difficult topics covered in year 12 Chemistry? If so, I'd rather go through it now while I'm ahead for unit 1. Any ideas of which chapters I should do?

[d0minicz]

Year 12 chem is an extension to Year 11 chem
units 1/2 is absolutely essential to attain a good score for chemistry
all of the Moles, stoich, redox etc. topics will continue in units 3/4 and you'll need to have gained an understanding of these topics in units 1/2
some of the new stuff like.... chromatography and spectroscopy are quite difficult as well as the biology aspects of the chem course ....

[TrueTears]

Yes some of the year 11 1/2 knowledge is VERY important to do well in 3/4

[shinny]

Basically all of it isn't directly tested, but many of the things in 3/4 will just make sense or can even be derived by understanding the fundamentals contained in 1/2. I actually reckon trying in 1/2 was one of my keys to success in 3/4 given the amount of effort I comparatively put into it since there was times where I'd not know something, but could just derive it using 'chemistry logic' rather than recalling it from memorisation of the 3/4 textbook.