Anonymous at Mon, 25 Mar 2024 17:33:44 UTC No. 16096322

>>16096172
PiHKAL

Anonymous at Mon, 25 Mar 2024 18:12:46 UTC No. 16096414

>>16096172
It’s not the books you read as much as the effort you put into practicing the nomenclature and drawing models, and using the few math equations. Then you spend time memorizing a few dozen key reactions which you apply to make generalized predictions of reactivity. From there you learn another dozen or more weird exceptions and poorly understood mechanisms, and then you can become a lab assistant. In the lab, you practice setting up experiments using tubes and glassware, practice using lab equipment, learn to clean everything, learn the fundamentals of spectroscopy, and learn a few dozen rules that will keep you safe. After all that, I would say you are a prechemist, ready to learn the fundamentals of theory and instrumentation. Once you understand your equipment and learn more complex equations, then you can start doing some really dangerous reactions in the lab and have your first accident. If you survive undeterred, congrats, you now need to learn how to get funding. Once you have all that, plus have funding, you are officially a chemist.

Anonymous at Mon, 25 Mar 2024 18:17:15 UTC No. 16096422

>>16096172
Khan academy

Anonymous at Mon, 25 Mar 2024 18:55:49 UTC No. 16096500

>>16096172
chemguide

Anonymous at Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:03:13 UTC No. 16096510

>>16096172
Nothing to understand, since it's not a science. Orgchem is a just a gargantuan base of knowledge with no underlying principles outside of physics. So if you're autistic and wanna to memorize it fully - sure, otherwise learn physics and use AI whenever you need to pull up an orgchem fact #129489021842108

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Anonymous at Mon, 25 Mar 2024 21:03:00 UTC No. 16096667

Just go sit on a class. Much easier to learn then endlessly shuffling books. Once you know the basic ideas from your tutor, you can then start reading other reference books outside of your course book. Also
>>16096510 you will never really understand any of the physical chemistry unless you read physics eg atomic models, gas equations, entropy. Chances are your chem tutor doesn't understand it either and is just saying what he memorised, which is enough for chemistry anyway.