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Alext_

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Hey,
Not doing too well in chem at the moment. Can anyone recommended me good chem books I can use for self study
Cheers :)
 

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imo chemistry contexts 2 does not go into enough depth
 

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there are books called surfing chemistry, you can use them for prelim and hsc
also the excel books and also dot point are good too
 

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IMO I disagree.
We use this at school and it seems fine to me so far; however, I also use Jacaranda to thoroughly go through things I don't understand.
For example, I didn't understand Polyatomic Ions via Contexts so I looked at Jacaranda to understand them.
 

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My teacher gave us contexts 1, KISS pdfs and we do conquering chemistry worksheet for homework. Should I also get Jacaranda? Also, what do you think of KISS in general?
 
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I used conquering chem and Chemistry in Context at school

In my opinion:
Conquering chemistry is good, even though the formatting of the textbook is weird
 

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Chemistry 2nd Edition by Julia Burdge is a great book if you want to go in-depth with certain topics.
 

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This is exactly like my school lol. I additionally have Jacaranda as IMO it is good to refer to as a second source
 

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Jacaranda for a deep conceptual understanding (that others may not offer). Then just buy state ranking notes and revise while simultaneously doing past paper questions + observing their marking guidelines keenly.
 

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