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Trevor Critchley posted Re: Elimination mechanism

in Resources on Jan 24 at 9:20am GMT

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Thanks for your reply David. This is certainly about helping students to understand what is going on. I find that after covering the fundamentals of mechanisms, they can quite...
David Everett posted Re: Elimination mechanism

in Resources on Jan 19 at 4:56pm GMT

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To my mind, your question is not about the mechanism itself, but how best to help the students understand what is going on. This applies to all other mechanisms as well. One appro...
Alan Goodwin posted Re: Elimination mechanism

in Resources on Jan 17 at 4:51pm GMT

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With regard to the reaction of haloalkanes (e.g. C2H5Cl) with alkali there is no problem explaining the substitution of the -Cl by -OH and this seems to be the natural route t...
Trevor Critchley posted Elimination mechanism

in Resources on Jan 16 at 8:13pm GMT

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I'm interested to start a discussion about best practice when teaching the mechanism of elimination in haloalkanes. Of all the mechanisms covered on the specification, I'd s...
zainab shah posted MyRSC Update: Re: IGCSE resources

in Resources on Jun 10 at 4:33pm BST

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Chemistry by Prescott's
Faye Barclay posted IGCSE Chemistry textbook

in Resources on Jun 10 at 3:01pm BST

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Hi all

Can anyone recommend a new text book for the IGCSE course?

I have looked at both Collins and the Pearson books

Thank you
Faye Barclay posted Re: IGCSE resources

in Resources on Jun 10 at 2:57pm BST

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Hi all

Can anyone recommend a new text book for the IGCSE chemistry course? I have looked at both Collins and the new Pearson books.

Thank you
David Francis posted Re: Sodium Citrate Precipitate

in Talk Chemistry on Mar 26 at 9:09pm GMT

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Sounds like bacterial growth!
Solutions will last a lot longer in the fridge, but any food source like that, not far from neutral will be attractive to various microbes.

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