One of the big ideas that Chemistry students are introduced to pretty early in the class is the concept of the mole. A significant percentage of the calculations in Chemistry class depend on this concept, so a clear understanding of moles is really helpful not just for its own sake, but for understanding large portions…
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In the first blog post of this series, I showed you a method to solve stoichiometry problems that helps you keep organized and avoid getting confused. Most of my clients like this approach. However, one of my clients told me, “I think your method makes sense, but my teacher won’t let me do it this…
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If you are taking Chemistry for the first time, you may encounter a class of problems known as stoichiometry problems. These are problems to calculate the amount of product generated (or reactant required) in a particular chemical reaction, given the quantity of some other product or reactant in the reaction. Most Chemistry teachers teach students…
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