turboHLS30 Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Is anyone on here a genius at chemistry or atleast know what they're doing cause i need help i have a test coming up and if i fail i fail for this semester not something I want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Talk to your teacher... not a Datsun forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboHLS30 Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 LOL i know that but theres lot of smart people on this forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 With the vague nature of your question, you are probably already in a lot of trouble. You didnt even mention what grade level or form of chemistry. Unless you have specific questions about hydrocarbons and combustion, I wouldnt expect much help here. BTW, I know enough about chemistry to blow any beaker to smithereens.. if that will help, PM me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockerstar Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 I Post up your questions here and I'll see what I can do to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboHLS30 Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 Well im in 10th grade and we are studying the atom and i need to know as much as possible about the atom and how to find isotopes and stuff like that PS its basic chemistry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loy Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Google and Wikipedia are your friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Have you read your book? Sometimes it takes time to learn something. Im sure one of your first chapters goes over atomic numbers, basic stuff concerning neutrons and protons and how they make up the atomic mass, etc. Read that section a few more times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboHLS30 Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 I was taught not to use wiki because people can go on and change the info and it could be wrong but im having lots of fun with google(not really) and thats what im doing right now challenger its just that im a visual learner so i sometimes need to see whats going on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom Some of wikipedia isnt a great source but many of them are made by people that know what their talking about. Specifically some of the chemistry, math or physics pages. I wouldnt worry to much about there being information saying atoms are shaped like hearts or something to that extent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboHLS30 Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 ok I get what you're saying now.......Oh does anyone know what Avogadro's number is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboHLS30 Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 NVM found it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 6.02214 X 10^23 = avogadros number = 1 mole Its a number just like a dozen or a gross. You can have a dozen turbos or a mole of turbos. As I mentioned, read your book more. All through HS and especially in college you will be required to figure it out yourself. For the most part you wont have people to ask all of these questions. Edit- Just saw you found it, just do whatever you did for all the other things your not sure about and youll be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockerstar Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 ahhhh I figured there would be something specific you needed help with. If you're in 10th grade and have a test coming up, I'd assume your teacher gave you guys a study guide. Use it. Also, this is probably after a specific number of chapters in your book, so do the chapter review assignments. They're there for a reason and really do help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustyfriend Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Someone else in a similar boat to me...but my exam is tomorrow at 8am. Man I hate 8am test blocks, but colleges seem to like them. I also feel so out of place taking Chem 1100 with all of the freshmen. Just now in review I heard a kid complaining about Statics....haha...he is in for a surprise when he sees what other classes he has to take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stravi757 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Talk to your teacher... not a Datsun forum. That's not very helpful, i dont know anything about chemistry but if all else fails, just cheat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktm Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Keerist........welcome to the next generation....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon 74 260Z Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 As one of my profs was fond of telling me, "There's no charge for reading the text." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4nsm0l3m4n Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 I dont want to be too mean but if youre taking a chemistry midterm and you're still not sure what Avogadro's number is... youre in real trouble. This is one of the more basic concepts that you really need to understand well to suceed the rest of the term. I would talk with your teacher, maybe schedule sometime with them to review some key concepts and make sure you get them all. You might not get an A on your midterm now but making sure you REALLY understand the concepts now will help you keep on top of things down the line.... If youre uncomfortable talking with the teacher, as everyone else says, wikipedia and your textbook are good sources. If you took good notes, those are even better since they usually show what the teacher emphasizes the most of what they are teaching you. Also, find somewhere with lots of sample problems (your text book), make sure it has answers in the back and just start doing all the practice problems, checking your work as you go. This will take a while, but you will get practice solving problems which is very important in a technical class like chemistry. Asking on a forum for very general information isnt really the most productive use of your time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 If youre uncomfortable talking with the teacher, as everyone else says, wikipedia and your textbook are good sources.If you're uncomfortable talking with the teacher, you should suck it up and do it anyway. Provided the teacher is any good, they should be able to help you much more than just looking through the text book or wikipedia. Also, if you have a test coming up that your grade for the entire semester is dependent on, maybe you should have done the work in the first place? Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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