I wonder how many students have used, use, or wish to add useful mnemonics to remember topics in Chemistry, such as:
'OILRIG' in redox chemistry for
Oxidation
Is
Loss,
Reduction
Is
Gain of electrons.
'OMSGAPS' for the homologous dicarboxylic acids:
Oxalic,
Malonic,
Succinic,
Glutaric,
Adipic,
Pimelic, and
Suberic acids.
'All Altruists
Gladly
Make
Gum
In
Gallon
Tanks
' for the aldohexoses:
Allose,
Altrose,
Glucose,
Mannose,
Gulose,
Idose,
Galactose, and
Talose.
'Sober
Physicists
Don't
Find
Giraffes
Hiding
In
Kitchens
Like
Mine
' for spectroscopic and orbital notation:
s,
p,
d,
f,
g,
h,
i
Of interest is
Richard
Of
York
Gave
Battle
In
Vain for the spectral colours
red,
orange,
yellow,
green,
blue,
indigo,
violet.
Any more ?
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