Unit 3 Revision Thread

[Mao]

Bump. A few more recent links added. People who are aiming high should definitely have a thorough read through these.

[pi]

Moderation edit: removed link to copyright material

thanks! do you have Unit 4 notes (tsfx) as well?

[Christiano]

I think this should be stickied? Perhaps the links in the first post should be fixed as well, otherwise just copy and paste the 'variable' part of the link and it should bring you to the original post instead of an error.

[burbs]

I fixed the links for you Mao

For general resources, see the resources thread: http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,22061.0.html
This thread contains decent-sized posts (some in threads on a particular topic, and some in threads for a particular user) on many 'confusing' topics, and many 'advanced' topics.
For the 'advanced' topics, explanations generally use some university level concepts, logic and methods. Unnecessary details are excluded as much as possible, and these explanations are for students who wish to gain an understanding above and beyond the VCE syllabus to help them achieve. Understanding these will definitely help you appreciate the science behind Chemistry. Be warned though, many of these concepts are very difficult, and may take a long time. So feel free to ask questions in the board (post them so the explanations can benefit everyone).

General tips
Use of single and double arrows in unit 3 - http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,25651.msg260568.html#msg260568 and http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,25651.msg260488.html#msg260488
How does an atom have more than 8 valence electrons (such as S in H2SO4) - http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,24973.msg254034.html#msg254034
pH of salts of polyprotic acids - http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,26244.msg265687.html#msg265687
effects of neutral water on pH - http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,26244.msg265517.html#msg265517
Oxidation numbers - http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,26229.msg265346.html#msg265346 and http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,26229.msg265572.html#msg265572 and http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,26054.msg263964.html#msg263964
molecules that can act as oxidants and reductants - http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,25978.msg263554.html#msg263554


Instrumental Analysis
Discussion on the motivation of back titration, and weak-strong titrations - http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,25880.msg263538.html#msg263538
Advanced discussion on validity of calibration curves - http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,26063.msg264635.html#msg264635
NMR - mechanism of NMR - http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,26087.msg264219.html#msg264219[/b]
NMR - multiplicity of splitting - http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,25637.msg260490.html#msg260490 and http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,26044.msg263934.html#msg263934
NMR - when NOT to use multiplicity - http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,26218.msg265278.html#msg265278 and http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,26044.msg263962.html#msg263962
NMR - what is a 'multiplet' - http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,26005.msg263938.html#msg263938
TLC and paper chromatography: polar stationary phase - http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,25167.msg256685.html#msg256685 and http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,25167.msg256694.html#msg256694
IR - mechanism of IR absorption - http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,26033.msg264930.html#msg264930
AAS - function of the flame - http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,25970.msg263553.html#msg263553

Organic Chemistry
Chemical tests to distinguish between primary, secondary and tertiary alkanols - http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,25700.msg261295.html#msg261295
Correct terminology for structure of proteins - http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,25616.msg260199.html#msg260199
Cracking, catalyst and activation energy - http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,25594.msg260001.html#msg260001
Use of hyphen, space and comma in systematic naming - http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,25557.msg259885.html#msg259885
Precedence of functional groups - http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,25206.msg257152.html#msg257152 and http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,25368.msg258296.html#msg258296
Charges on an amino acid - http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,26117.msg264632.html#msg264632 and http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,25977.msg263251.html#msg263251.

These links contain some of my better posts (and other posts that are very well written) in the last couple of months. Please expand on these and link posts that have helped your understanding.

Cheers, and good luck.

[Romperait]

Thanks to both of you. =)

[m@tty]

Good work Burberry. I'll put that in the original post.

[rebeckab]

link doesn't work anymore, can you upload it again?

[Sam_95]

What is the Mid Year Chem Lecture?

[emchun]

Is there anybody who can reupload these or send me via email?

[ahat]

The links are not working

[Mao]

The links are not working

I have tried my best to fix the links.

But, due to some forum software sorcery, the post numbers have changed, and so the links do not point to the post directly. You will have to read through the discussion to find the answers, which is a little more time consuming, but hopefully more rewarding.