Infrared, NMR and Mass Spec

[boysenberry]

For all of the three instruments, you need to be familiar with interpreting their graphs.

You need to know the instruments of IR and Mass Spec really well, because you may be asked to name some components or discuss some logic behind them.

For NMR, you need to know the concept of nuclear magnetic resonance and understand the purpose of tetramethylsilane

So, since there is some background knowledge that we need to retaing, what does everybody think is the ideal amount number of times to spend reading each chapter of the textbook?

[kyzoo]

Depends on how you "read" it. I don't read it like I do an English novel lol

[olly_s15]

Depends on how you "read" it. I don't read it like I do an English novel lol

Yeah I try this with my chem textbook on the train all the time and it never works, I don't learn anything. You need to make notes or do some questions to consolidate.