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They are still useful. 50% of the syllabus is still the same. For example, the module 5 Le Chatelier's Principle was in the old syllabus. Other topics such as naming organic compounds, polymers, molar heat of combustion, atomic absorption spectroscopy, titration, molar heat of combustion, K...

You have to know the acidic or basic properties of the organic compounds listed in the first section of Module 7, e.g. alcohols, amines, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amides etc. It's not really linked to the mod 5 or 6 like the other poster has commented. Yes to be able to answer other...

outside of scope of the HSC, cis and trans isomers. That's something called a geometric isomer. In the syllabus they only want you to know about positional, chain and functional isomers.

i find the Strive and SuccessOne books better (from someone who tutored chem and phys) for more exam preparation. The dotpoint is kinda like a textbook style questions, where it is way too repetitive. It's good for learning initial concepts and getting the thing memorised but it won't help you...

No they won't ask you to do those kinds of isomers (unless it is specifically stated which I doubt they will because the isomer number could go into the double digits if the carbon amount becomes 6+). The questions in HSC are very careful in how they word questions to avoid confusion like that...

Yeah you can. I did something similar when I did HSC as I went ahead to learn the content myself. It was very helpful as you get more familiar with the content and when you see it again at school, tutoring etc. you would be able to pick up on the content faster and actually get use out of the...

In this kind of question maybe you will get away with it but there are specific kinds of questions where they specify 'other than personal protective equipment, identify one risk associated with the experiment and how it can be minimised'. If you write going into the eyes there you won't get...

It is still the same thing to make up stuff on this type of application. Just like the other commenter said you don't know how thorough they are in terms of checking validity of things. I would assume they would look very closely at people who they consider on a short-list to get the scholarship...

No idea. I don't know the process for how they select and review applications. There is a lot of money on the line in these types of scholarships and they have a responsibility to the donors of the scholarship to ensure it's assessed and awarded in a certain process. Either way it's not a good...

Esterification is a type of condensation reaction between a carboxylic acid (COOH) and alcohol (OH). The ester linkage forms through eliminating water. That is the main reaction you learn in the syllabus as an example of a condensation reaction. However, there are a few other types where a...

I agree having a good diet and doing some form of exercise like soccer, running, walking etc. could be beneficial as it helps to keep the mind fresh and relaxed by reducing stress. The other part though on waking up at 5am you don't need to do this extreme kind of routine to perform well in the...

I got there through a combination of a few factors - natural intelligence, hard work, studying ahead, doing lots of practice and always looking for ways to improve even if I got high marks in an assignment before. Firstly, a high level of natural intelligence as I had always performed quite...

If you had 2 students who both got into med with one who did chemistry and one who didn't do chemistry, there probably isn't any real advantage either has. The concepts studied in chemistry at a high school level have no link to medicine which would be more linked to biology. The only real thing...

Yeah I'm doing chemistry phd. I used to tutor but stopped at the end of last year to focus more on my degree so don't plan to get back into it anytime soon. However, there's plenty of people on this forum offering chemistry tutoring in the tutoring section so you might want to check that area of...

You can use either since it gives the final answer of whether it makes a precipitate or not. However, the last screenshot answer is more commonly how the question is answered so I would probably learn that way as it goes through the ionic product (Q) calculation which you could be asked to do...