What was your favorite chem topic?
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What was your favorite chem topic?
After taking Dr. Lavelle's 14A and 14B class, what was your favorite chem topic so far?
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Re: What was your favorite chem topic?
I really enjoyed molecular shape/structure from 14a and chemical equilibrium/electrochem from 14b!
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Re: What was your favorite chem topic?
Molecular shape and structure for sure Ellis! Maybe ochem will suite me better who knows
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I liked chemical equilibrium because it was so easy. However, conceptually, I found galvanic cells to be really cool. Did I know how to solve them? No. But did I think they were interesting? Yes.
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Coordination compounds were such a pain to memorize at first, but after I memorized how to do them I felt like I could actually vibe with chem. Still slightly disappointed that they never appeared in our 14A final, haha.
Also, like many people have commented, chemical equilibrium <3!
Also, like many people have commented, chemical equilibrium <3!
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I think quantum from 14A was my favorite and I love chemical equilibrium from 14B!
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Electrochemistry was my favorite, seemed to be the easiest as well.
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I loved Chemical Equilibrium! I thought it was pretty straightforward and for some reason I found it fun to imagine how equations would shift around depending on the reactant/product concentrations.
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Re: What was your favorite chem topic?
Honestly, I was pretty fond of Molecular shape and structure back in 14A. Not my best unit, but I had a lot of fun.
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once I got the hang of it, Electrochemistry was by far my favorite!
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I think it'd have to be equilibrium. For some reason ICE tables are so satisfying to me.
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Thermochemistry! Also catalysts and kinetics are super cool :)
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Electrochemistry! I think I dreaded it going into it because I always found it confusing before, but I put extra effort into studying and understanding it before Test 2 and now it’s the topic I’m the most comfortable with haha.
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Probably Electrochemistry, initially I thought cell diagrams were impossible to understand but after learning them I finally began to enjoy it lol
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I would have to chemical equilibrium or electrochemistry. I feel like I didn't learn these well in high school and 14 B really helped me understand them better
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Re: What was your favorite chem topic?
Definitely Enjoyed Kinetics from 14B the most, and I especially loves molecular shape and structure from 14A. I am a visual learner
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I like Kinetics so far! My favorite would probably have to be chemical equilibrium though.
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My favorite of all time is definitely Kinetics. I know we haven't really dived deep into it this quarter yet, but I love it so much!
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Re: What was your favorite chem topic?
Chemical equilibrium and coordinate compounds were both kind of fun once I got the hang of it!
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It's gotta be chemical equilibrium for me. In particular, Le Chatelier's principle is so fun. I'm not sure if I'm the only one, but when I think about what effect e.g. decreasing a reactant has on a product, I'm always amused by the hand/body movements that I subconsciously make trying to basically "act out" what is occurring to the various elements/molecules involved in the reaction.
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Re: What was your favorite chem topic?
Lewis structures in 14A and in 14B Chemical Equilibrium and some thermo topics
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My favorite topic was Thermodynamics even though it was quite challenging for me. I actually enjoyed chemistry more than I thought I would and I was even thinking about a minor in chem but sadly there is no such thing :(
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Re: What was your favorite chem topic?
Definitely the molecule and Lewis structure stuff from last quarter.
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Re: What was your favorite chem topic?
Redox and electrochem are my favorites by far, I love how there are two mini reactions working together and they can all be combined and matched together with their unique potentials
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i actually kinda enjoy electrochem and balancing acidic and basic equations
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Chemical equilibrium or the early topics in 14A like limiting reagents and balancing equations.
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I found quantum to be really great because it was all plug and chug lol
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I'd say I enjoyed electrochemistry this quarter, but balancing equations was definitely a good topic in 14A.
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I might be in the minority here, but I liked thermodynamics. idk why it just clicked for me!
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I enjoyed equilibrium the most! It seemed the most straightforward and understandable.
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I really enjoyed talking about chemical equilibrium, not necessarily the most fun topic but because during 14A I was so lost so starting 14B I put in extra work in order to understand and I did! Made me so excited to actually study chemistry
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Re: What was your favorite chem topic?
I liked chemical equilibrium. I agree with the response that says ICE tables are satisfying!
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Electrochem and Kinetics are probably my favorite because for me, they were the easiest to visualize and grasp. I also like drawing the half cells for electrochem :)
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Madison Muggeo 3H wrote:I might be in the minority here, but I liked thermodynamics. idk why it just clicked for me!
I'm not sure if it would be my favorite, but I liked thermodynamics too! I think especially being able to connect the Gibbs' Free Energy concepts in both biology and chemistry gave me a deeper understanding of the concepts of enthalpy, energy, and entropy and I liked being able to make the connections between the subjects.
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I actually really liked chemical equilibrium. I feel like it was one of the only topics in 14b that really clicked for me.
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I think chemical equilibrium was my favorite chem topic! It was kind of tricky to grasp the concepts at first but I think I got the hang of it later.
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My favorite was probably balancing chemical equations because I already knew it from high school and it was easy
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Re: What was your favorite chem topic?
Chemical Equilibrium was my favorite and thermodynamics were my least favorite.
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Hi there! I personally really enjoyed equilibrium. I thought it was a super interesting topic, and because of that I thought it was a little easier than thermodynamics for me haha!
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I didn't have Lavelle for 14A but I really enjoyed learning about Lewis structures and molecular structures. Brought back a lot memories of chem in high school. :)
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I really liked the Chemical equilibrium topic! Honestly, everything up to midterm 1 was cool.
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Re: What was your favorite chem topic?
Definitely chemical equilibrium! I hated it when I took AP Chemistry since I was doing it based on memorization, but I understand the topic well now and I realized that some common sense helps a lot HAHA
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Re: What was your favorite chem topic?
Molecular structure was my favorite, and I actually found naming compounds just as fun for some reason.
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Re: What was your favorite chem topic?
molecular shape and structure in Chem 14A and thermodynamics (yes i know) from 14B!
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Definitely Chemical Equilibrium, that topic just clicked way faster for me than probably any other topic we've covered.
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My favorite chemistry topic so far has been chemical equilibrium!
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I like kinetics so far! I also enjoyed chemical equilibrium and acids/bases.
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I really liked coordination compounds from 14A and chemical equilibrium from 14B! I actually enjoyed pretty much all of the chem topics in both 14A and 14B except thermodynamics and thermochemistry lol
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I really enjoyed chemical equilibrium because I thought it was very intuitive.
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I really enjoyed doing chemical equilibrium and thermochemistry. I guess thermochemistry just made me realize how many things are related to it and how it all works. I still find it kind of hard to understand, but I really enjoy it!
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Thermochemistry was oddly my favorite! After that I really enjoyed quantum in 14A because it was fairly straightforward.
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I think I enjoyed chemical equilibrium at the beginning of 14B the most. Second is probably Lewis Structures and things related to that.
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I liked Quantum from 14A. shows you how intertwined physics is with chemistry.
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I enjoyed the VSEPR unit in 14A the most, I do not understand how some of y'all were vibing with electrochemistry haha.
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Re: What was your favorite chem topic?
from 14A I really liked VSEPR and from 14B I liked thermochemistry. Those were basically the topics I understood the best!
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Kinetics was fun! It was most fun because you can see how topics can relate to your field of study.
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I enjoyed the topics from 14B more personally, especially kinetics and chemical equilibrium.
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