Chemistry Predictions/Thoughts (4 Viewers)

[person3024]

yeah i realised that you have to draw the structure but not naming. q30 2020 had u make the structure from the the information given in the specs

oh yeah i remember seeing that

 

[appleali]

have soaps and detergents come up yet? i think it might come up i dont think its been assessed yet
are there any other topics that have not been assessed outside of mcq

 

[pancake15]

have soaps and detergents come up yet? i think it might come up i dont think its been assessed yet
are there any other topics that have not been assessed outside of mcq

nah they haven't done this yet as far as I know, havent seen anything for polymers in short ans but might be in mcq i dont remember haha. Also haven't seen any theory aspects of the analysis techniques for m8 (colorimeter, mass spec, nmr, etc and how they work) outside of mcq
Apparently they're removing polymers in the new syllabus tho so maybe they wont include a short ans for it

 

[appleali]

yeah soaps polymers maybe biofuels

 

[appleali]

does anyone know is saponification in the syllabus?

 

[pancake15]

does anyone know is saponification in the syllabus?

it's not

 

[pancake15]

yeah soaps polymers maybe biofuels

god I hope not I don't want this yr to be mod 7 focused, so much theory and for what

 

[Pac574]

What do you recon is the hardest topic?

 

[person3024]

god I hope not I don't want this yr to be mod 7 focused, so much theory and for what

mod 7 is my favouritee, my teacher said its most likely this year is mod 6 focused which is gonna kill me

 

[Ishi081]

What do you recon is the hardest topic?

mod 8 is the hardest imo. especially ion identification and stuff like that.

 

[pancake15]

mod 7 is my favouritee, my teacher said its most likely this year is mod 6 focused which is gonna kill me

I fw mod 6 heavy LMAO I don't mind mod 7 too much but with the phys properties/soaps/polymers combo thing going I don't rlly like it, reaction pathways are cool though

but I don't get there mod 6 focus allegations going on?? like is it js bc chronological order since m5 was the focus for 2023 or genuinely have they not tested a lot of content from m6 for the last few years

 

[pancake15]

mod 8 is the hardest imo. especially ion identification and stuff like that.

AGREEE, I fucking hate ion identification literally the worst.

Honestly the questions they've had for m8 so far are very repetitive I'm rlly suprised they haven't done anything unusual/harder with it yet esp considering the one 2019 sample qs were SIGNIFICANTLY harder than what they've been actually testing.

 

[pancake15]

What do you recon is the hardest topic?

for me ion ID because it's all memorisation, in terms of actual content probably knowing how spectroscopy machines work + how to interpret spectras

 

[Ishi081]

AGREEE, I fucking hate ion identification literally the worst.

Honestly the questions they've had for m8 so far are very repetitive I'm rlly suprised they haven't done anything unusual/harder with it yet esp considering the one 2019 sample qs were SIGNIFICANTLY harder than what they've been actually testing.

omg actually thats kinda scary that they've been repetitive coz they might make it very different and difficult this year.

 

[pancake15]

omg actually thats kinda scary that they've been repetitive coz they might make it very different and difficult this year.

yeahh I wouldn't be suprised if they give us one of those find the stoicheometry from the calibration curve or about how one of the spectroscopy machines function, could also give a rlly chunky m7/m8 combo (like last year but more writing) combining an organic synthesis pathway + asking us to validate that the reaction(s) has occured using spectras/functional group testing

 

[person3024]

AGREEE, I fucking hate ion identification literally the worst.

Honestly the questions they've had for m8 so far are very repetitive I'm rlly suprised they haven't done anything unusual/harder with it yet esp considering the one 2019 sample qs were SIGNIFICANTLY harder than what they've been actually testing.

i do nott like mod 8, so much boring memorisation that doesn't stick in my head

 

[person3024]

I fw mod 6 heavy LMAO I don't mind mod 7 too much but with the phys properties/soaps/polymers combo thing going I don't rlly like it, reaction pathways are cool though

but I don't get there mod 6 focus allegations going on?? like is it js bc chronological order since m5 was the focus for 2023 or genuinely have they not tested a lot of content from m6 for the last few years

i honestly have no idea, idek why i hate mod 6 sm i think i just suck with calculations for it

 

[ixus65]

what is the hardest paper in the new syllabus? just because i wanna practice that one first

 

[pancake15]

what is the hardest paper in the new syllabus? just because i wanna practice that one first

probably 2021, highly suggest you do the 2019 additional practice questions tho they're pretty difficult compared to hsc qs

 

[pancake15]

i do nott like mod 8, so much boring memorisation that doesn't stick in my head

nahh same i will be so blessed on the day if i can remember ion testing using precipitation, hell even flame test colours