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CHEM 126

BSang
edited August 2010 in General
I'm taking CHEM 126 this fall and I'm wondering what specifically I'm going to need to know from CHEM 121. I originally didn't require CHEM 126 for my degree (Biological Physics), but I've recently switched to MBB, which requires it. I took CHEM 121 in my first year, and I'm now in my third year, so I've forgotten most of the material. I'm sure I'll need to know how to balance chemical equations and do stochiometric calculations, but is there anything else I'm going to need to know?

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  • NukeChem
    edited August 2010
    Acid/base chemistry, chemical kinetics, and redox reactions. That's sort of "the least you need to know". Did you do CHEM 122 at all? 'Cause that's usually required to be taken concurrently. If you HAVE done CHEM 122 then the material in that class is the theory part for the 126 lab.
  • BSang
    edited August 2010
    Yea, I've done CHEM 122, but it's been a while. I'll probably review CHEM 122 material as required during CHEM 126.
  • NukeChem
    edited August 2010
    If you kept your copy of the Zumdahl text that's a good start. The lab manual directs you to read certain theory sections. DO READ THOSE SECTIONS. They're intended to give you a better understanding of what you're doing in the labs from a connection-between-theory-and-experiment point of view.

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