/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.6668324]

What's the fastest and most efficient way for one to learn chemistry?

[Anonymous No.6668326]

start with the periodic table and understanding what all the numbers and signs on it represent.

[Anonymous No.6668327]

>>6668326
Will do, thanks.

I'm looking for resources that will guide me through the process, any thoughts on what I should use?

[Anonymous No.6668329]

Read and work through a textbook.

[Anonymous No.6668335]

>>6668329
I was thinking about doing this but I decided that I wanted something a bit more interactive and fun. I read a lot but I just wouldn't enjoy reading through a textbook. Thanks for the suggestion though.

[Anonymous No.6668344]

>>6668327
I'm sure any basic highschool book will do for a start (I suggest getting maybe two or three so you can compare the information, along with using the internets). I suggest using newer books when it comes to the periodic table, I'm not sure which layout is most commonly used nowadays (I learned the 8 groups layout, while the 18 group seems to be more present in modern books). you need to know how chemistry defines matter; knowing the basic structure of an atom is important. after that look into the compounds and bonds atoms can make with eachother. From there it really depends on whether you're interested in inorganic or organic chemistry. I first went over inorganic then organic during highschool.

I do hope a chemistry major comes along to help you out though, this is not my field. My dad is a toxicologist though, I can ask for his input later if nobody replies by then.

I gave you a lot of homework sorry.

[Anonymous No.6668348]

>>6668344
Thank you very much! I really appreciate your input. I'd love to hear your dad's thoughts as well.

I had a laugh over the picture as well.

[Anonymous No.6668349]

>>6668326

Learn their electronic configuration by heart, recite them like a chant

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[Anonymous No.6668405]

>>6668348
Sure thing, after lunch. My grandpa was a pharmacist, my dad's a toxicologist (about to retire) and my brother is finishing uni for chemistry (probably will go into toxicology as well). I rebelled and went into astrophysics. Why are you getting into chemistry, hobby or any specific reason?

[Anonymous No.6668412]

Just ask the cutest girl in lecture hall if she wants to be study buddies stay 1-3 lectures ahead and meet up every week and go over what you have learned

[Anonymous No.6668425]

>>6668405
> my brother is finishing uni for chemistry (probably will go into toxicology as well)
wait a second, in your country you can become a toxicologist without graduating from med school?

[Anonymous No.6668533]

>>6668425
you can get a degree in chemistry and specialize in toxicological chemistry

[Anonymous No.6668537]

>>6668405
I just thought that learning it would be fun to learn more about science. I definitely would like to advance to other sciences later on as well.

[Anonymous No.6668538]

>>6668533
correction, degree in pharmacy. keep in mind it could be a translation error.

[Anonymous No.6668540]

>>6668324
Pick an end goal product and learn all the ways you can make it, then learn what drives those processes. Congratulations, you just learned everything you need to succeed in chemistry courses.

[Anonymous No.6668575]

>>6668324
Become accepted to a reputable university.
Take one year of General Chemistry.
Take one year of Organic Chemistry.
Just like everyone else, you useless lazy twat.

Or just watch all of Khan Academy videos.

[Anonymous No.6668578]

>>6668335
There's nothing fun about learning Chemistry.

If you're not wanting to rip out your eyeballs, you're not doing it correctly.

If you do work through a book, make sure it's not more than 10 years old because sometimes information can be seriously outdated.

[Anonymous No.6668579]

here's daddy:

general chemistry:

>atom structure and electron configurations
>characteristics of elements depending on electron configuration
>types of chemical bonds
>conditions under which chemical reactions happen
>chemical laws
>chemical symbols and ways to represent chemical reactions


Inorganic chemistry

>periodic table of elements
>characteristics of individual groups of elements
>types of compounds, ways to get them and their characteristics


Organic chemistry

>Structure of carbon atoms and it's electron configuration
>different types of carbon bonds
>hydro-carbonates
>aldehydes
>carbonate acids
>organic acid anhydride
>esters
>ethers
>ketones
>cyclical compounds
>heterocyclical compounds
>carbohydrates
>lipids
>amino acids
>lipoproteins

these are the general topics that you should go over if you wanna get into chemistry. all of these topics can be expanded into many different things, but these are the basics. Again, this is translated, sorry if some terminology is wrong.

[Anonymous No.6668586]

>>6668578
m8, if you aren't having fun during the labs then you are seriously doing something wrong, like choosing the wrong discipline.

[Anonymous No.6670173]

>>6668579
In a proper inorganic chemistry course (post-Gen Chem) you talk about wave theory, atomic theory and MO theory, crystal/ligand field theory and coordination complexes, main group compounds, geometry of ionic compounds, some organometallic chemistry, and I think towards the end of the course I took we did some solid-state too.

[Anonymous No.6670174]

>>6668324
Get a degree.

[Anonymous No.6670188]

>>6668586
Do some analytical chemistry labs and tell me if you had fun.

[Anonymous No.6670190]

not OP but related question:

How do I learn how to read NMR?

[Anonymous No.6670375]

>>6668579
you forget about physical chemistry wich is a big point in studying chemistry. Most students fail those subjects because its mostly Physics like thermodynamics, kinetics, quantummechanics

[Anonymous No.6670384]

>>6670188

I have a lot of fun slowly generating coherent data.

Well, maybe not fun. But it's very satisfying when your points suddenly resemble an actual line or curve