CHEM10007 Fundamentals of Chemistry

[hobbitle]

Hi guys
Just doing some pre study for Fundamentals of Chemistry and I wonder if anyone who has taken this subject can tell me, how much memorisation of the periodic table and various constants (e.g. gas constant) and other bits and pieces are required?
I guess what I'm asking is, what is provided to you in an exam context in terms of material.  Are you given a periodic table?  A list of gas constants dependant on units?  Nothing?
Is it the same in Chemistry 1/2?
Just want to know how much energy to invest in memorising that sort of stuff.
Cheers
Nicola

[Starlight]

In fundamentals you get given a periodic table but not in chem 1 or 2

[hobbitle]

Cheeeeeeers

[Starlight]

Cheeeeeeers

That's ok, I remember them saying that knowing the first 20 elements are useful for chem 1 and 2, you might like to look at that during fundamentals if you have some spare time

[hobbitle]

That's ok, I remember them saying that knowing the first 20 elements are useful for chem 1 and 2, you might like to look at that during fundamentals if you have some spare time

Thanks. I know the first 20 but not all their atmoic weights yet (at least not to 4 sig figs)!

[LeviLamp]

You are always given the atomic masses; you will never be made to remember them. Always use the ones given in the question you're answering even if you know the approximate mass.

[hobbitle]

Coooool thanks Levi <3

[LeviLamp]

BUT you need to learn bond lengths and IR absorption spectra (at least in Chem 1). The reasoning behind that eludes me since they're values you will always be readily able to use a chart for, and I remember exactly none of the lengths or IR absorption bands