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Thoughts on Chemistry??

  • 22-06-2010 5:25pm
    #1
    Pheima
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41 ✭


    Hey!
    How did everyone find the hons paper?I thought it wasn't very fair a lot of people in my year were upset after it! Some stuff that wasn't in "Chemistry Live" even came up. hmmm


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  • #2
    CosmicLove
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭CosmicLove


    Thought the q11c was a bit sly.
    Made a couple of silly mistakes; like for q1 colour change I wrote wine red -> blue/black put a line through it then wrote blue/black -> wine red :(
    Praying I passed though!


  • #3
    hmmmm52
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭hmmmm52


    Pheima wrote: »
    Hey!
    How did everyone find the hons paper?I thought it wasn't very fair a lot of people in my year were upset after it! Some stuff that wasn't in "Chemistry Live" even came up. hmmm


    what kinda stuff? bits of q.9 i know def arent in the book but other than that i tot it was a fair enough paper.?


  • #4
    Lawliet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,761 ✭✭✭Lawliet


    The SEC seems to be making a point of putting things up on the papers that aren't in the main text books this year.


  • #5
    starry nights
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭starry nights


    i think it was ok. didnt get the B1 i wanted but seeing as i took it up and did it in a year with 7 other subjects im fairly happy.

    was thrilled to see benzoic acid and ethanal in section B.

    What did everyone get for KC in the equilibrium question?


  • #6
    CosmicLove
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭CosmicLove


    Oooo I rushed it as an extra question last minute but I fink it was 1.435?


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  • #7
    foxpoint1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭foxpoint1


    CosmicLove wrote: »
    Oooo I rushed it as an extra question last minute but I fink it was 1.435?

    i didnt get that..id say you are right


  • #8
    Making It Bad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 315 ✭✭Making It Bad


    Lawliet wrote: »
    The SEC seems to be making a point of putting things up on the papers that aren't in the main text books this year.

    Hah, this is actually very true. Some very weird things on physics as well which weren't even mentioned in the text book.


  • #9
    starry nights
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭starry nights


    foxpoint1 wrote: »
    i didnt get that..id say you are right


    i got 10..... loadsa people are giving different answers to me....


  • #10
    chaoticmess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 177 ✭✭chaoticmess


    starry nights wrote: »
    i got 10..... loadsa people are giving different answers to me....

    I got 2.something.... I think!

    :(


  • #11
    sarahisdeadly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36 ✭sarahisdeadly


    chaoticmess wrote: »
    I got 2.something.... I think!

    :(

    Me too! Something with a load o decimal points...


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  • #12
    leavingcert 2010
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭leavingcert 2010


    Making It Bad wrote: »
    Hah, this is actually very true. Some very weird things on physics as well which weren't even mentioned in the text book.


    i think the reason this years leaving cert as a whole was like that including the physics paper was because of, all these ******s in the news that keep saying leaving cert is a bad exam and it all rote learning

    so this year they tried to make the ppl who rote learned to struggle

    which happened to me, i wouldnt say i rote learned cause if you know your stuff and know how to use it(which isnt easy to do) people make the word rote learning like you learn it but dont know what it means

    personally i didnt do good this year, i was hoping for A1s, i dont think i got any


  • #13
    FordieMUFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 70 ✭✭FordieMUFC


    Kc was 0.0225 or something. I got that as did my friend plus a genius in my year who always gets the right answer in every question so I think it's right :D
    hopefully :(


  • #14
    FordieMUFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 70 ✭✭FordieMUFC


    starry nights wrote: »
    i think it was ok. didnt get the B1 i wanted but seeing as i took it up and did it in a year with 7 other subjects im fairly happy.

    was thrilled to see benzoic acid and ethanal in section B.

    What did everyone get for KC in the equilibrium question?
    em.. where was the ethanal in section B?


  • #15
    uncle-mofo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 262 ✭✭uncle-mofo


    Lawliet wrote: »
    The SEC seems to be making a point of putting things up on the papers that aren't in the main text books this year.

    What the jesus are they trying to accomplish with that? What was the oxidation/reduction of Na2SO4 about?


  • #16
    hmmmm52
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭hmmmm52


    FordieMUFC wrote: »
    Kc was 0.0225 or something. I got that as did my friend plus a genius in my year who always gets the right answer in every question so I think it's right :D
    hopefully :(


    i got 0.0025 . . . .:) close enuf considering i could never figure the ratios out !


  • #17
    IronGirl92
    Closed Accounts Posts: 69 ✭✭IronGirl92


    hmmmm52 wrote: »
    i got 0.0025 . . . .:) close enuf considering i could never figure the ratios out !

    Hmm. Now I can't remember which one I got. Ehh. It had 0's and 2's anyway! :rolleyes:


  • #18
    FordieMUFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 70 ✭✭FordieMUFC


    uncle-mofo wrote: »
    What the jesus are they trying to accomplish with that? What was the oxidation/reduction of Na2SO4 about?
    Q10 (c)?
    (i) Just apply the oxidation numbers thingy to it. You should get +6 and +3
    (ii) Orange ----> Green
    (iii) Fehling's solution (or else silver mirror/acidified KmNO4.)
    (iv) I said ethanoic acid for this, was caught between that ethanal? anyone know the right answer? I have a feeling that both of them are right.


  • #19
    ciaradx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 252 ✭✭ciaradx


    FordieMUFC wrote: »
    Q10 (c)?
    (i) Just apply the oxidation numbers thingy to it. You should get +6 and +3
    (ii) Orange ----> Green
    (iii) Fehling's solution (or else silver mirror/acidified KmNO4.)
    (iv) I said ethanoic acid for this, was caught between that ethanal? anyone know the right answer? I have a feeling that both of them are right.

    The answer was ethanoic acid, ethanal was in the question if you read it again so you couldn't give that as an answer because they asked for another organic compound.


  • #20
    uncle-mofo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 262 ✭✭uncle-mofo


    FordieMUFC wrote: »
    Q10 (c)?
    (i) Just apply the oxidation numbers thingy to it. You should get +6 and +3
    (ii) Orange ----> Green
    (iii) Fehling's solution (or else silver mirror/acidified KmNO4.)
    (iv) I said ethanoic acid for this, was caught between that ethanal? anyone know the right answer? I have a feeling that both of them are right.

    No there was a separate question, might have been 11? It was the electrolysis of Na2SO4 I think.


  • #21
    theowen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,744 ✭✭✭theowen


    uncle-mofo wrote: »
    No there was a separate question, might have been 11? It was the electrolysis of Na2SO4 I think.
    Noope that was part of the oxdaton queston.


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  • #22
    FordieMUFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 70 ✭✭FordieMUFC


    ciaradx wrote: »
    The answer was ethanoic acid, ethanal was in the question if you read it again so you couldn't give that as an answer because they asked for another organic compound.
    phew, I know it was a small question but it's the small little bits that matter at the end of the day! :)
    Would be very happy with a B1 considering I only started studying properly 'til after the pre which I got 60% is. I really let other subjects catch up with me. Was always getting A1's in 5th year, but hey, considering that was a very tough test I hope I did well.


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