Textbook Reading

[Lauryn Shinno 2H]

For Chapter 2, are there sections I can skip? For example, Atomic Radius, Ionic Radius, Ionization Energy, Electron Affinity, Inert-Pair Effect, Diagonal Relationships, General Properties of the Elements, etc.

[Sydney Tay 2B]

If he didn't say to skip those readings in the syllabus I think we need to know those concepts. However, for the upcoming test (test 2) we only need to know the concepts up until orbitals and quantum numbers.

[204765696]

I think it doesn't hurt to read the textbook reading even if we don't have to cause it might be helpful for other concepts we need to know!

[Dong Hyun Lee 4E]

Reading the textbook would not be a bad idea however for this test, I would focus more on the topics we have covered on the test as well as the practice problems we have been assigned so far.

[joanneyseung22]

I had the same question! For example, in section 2.1, they start talking about the Coulomb potential energy in relation to the Schrodinger equation, which Professor Lavelle said was not necessary to know for this upcoming test. I am confused on what to focus on for this test as well - knowing which sections to focus on would really help!