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    Detailed Notes for sale - Chem + Bio

    I accelerated in Biology and came in the top 10 in the state. My notes were basically all I studied off before assesments and the exams so they're a pretty good revision. A bit detailed, but doesn't hurt to know a bit more and be on the safe side. My chemistry notes are more or less along the...
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    Neutralization as a safety procedure

    yeah, sodium bicarbonate is the same thing as sodium hydrogen carbonate..just to clarify that if it comes up in the exam!
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    I&S - Practice essay questions anyone?

    Hey, If anyone could post up any questions for Individual and Society they've done over the past year for practice before the exam, that would be great! Cheers!
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    Neutralization as a safety procedure

    Hey everyone! Does anyone have any information that could clarify this dot-point for me: Analyze information to asses the use of neutralization reactions as a safety measure or to minimize damage in accidents or chemical spills. I'm not too sure if it means to asess that neutralization...
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    Modelling the Solvay Process

    This was by far the worsr practical probably because our teacher 'modelled' the entire thing, wrote up some equations and barely explained anything. And probably its being the last practical of the year we didnt give two craps at the time either. Big mistake come exam time though *groan* anyway...
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    Products of electrolysis of sodium chloride.

    Here's basically what I have down for that dot point: In industry, sodium hydroxide is manufactured by the electrolysis of salt water (brine). Hydrogen and chlorine gas are also produced. Reaction at the cathode: Na+(aq) + e- >< Na(s) (note: this is only for molten NaCl) 2H2O(l) + 2e- ><...
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    Can someone please explain the Wrinkler method is simple terms?

    I know the syllabus doesn't specify that we know this method of measuring dissolved oxygen content in a water sample, but I suppose it doesnt hurt to know it - better safe than sorry. I've gone through a few text book explanations and get most of it but they provide irritatingly complicated...
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    What are you currently Reading?

    YES The Da Vinci Code is pathetically overrated and does not deserve to be mentioned without *terrible* being attached to it thereafter, i.e. Da Vinci Code *terrible* I havent read any of Dan Brown's other books but they dont seem to be in my arena. Currently, with 14 day to go till the HSC and...
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    The Big Read

    1984, George Orwell Top 5 favourite books - the ending was melancholic *waaaaaahhhh* but very compelling. In fact...I cant think of a better way to end it. Although, if I had to rename it: Two Guys, A Girl and A Dystopian Landscape Catch 22, Joseph Heller Best book ever...one of them...
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    BOS Showcase: 2005 Major Works

    In response to your question, to the audience your critical response was aimed it will surely hold relevance. Like you said in your MW, Philosophy involves transcending the ordinary modes of thoughts and exploring the outer frontiers of reason. Reasoning is a boundless concept and people always...
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    Favourite Male Actors

    Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Jude Law, George Clooney, Adam Brody. These are the only men both me and my boyfriend would agree on that we'd date.
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    Books You Own But Have Not Read

    I buy books because I've read them, like them, would liketo own them and perhaps one day built a rocket out of them. But books that lay idle on the top shelf, forgotten (including the numerous school library books I've either forgotten I'd taken or never intend on returning in this lifetime): -...
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    What are you currently Reading?

    'Ulysses' by James Joyce for the second time, hopefully this time I will succeed.
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    BOS Showcase: 2005 Major Works

    Kaz.n, Hey, read your story. Overall it was a good piece but the great highs were accompanied by great lows. It reminded me a lot of a bollywood style film, did you post up your RS by any chance? I'm guessing you justified your emulation in that. Personally, not a big fan of them which is...
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    BOS Showcase: 2005 Major Works

    Hey Nick, Just finished reading your MW. I'm guessing you don't do Philosophy as a HSC course which might have been your only problem concerning the whole 'cross-over' thing. Some people have said it sounded more like a Philo paper and have missed the English relevance, but like you said...
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    BOS Showcase: 2005 Major Works

    OOooookay, believe it or not I've finished trials TODAY because my school sucks and makes us do two sets of them...etc.etc. Anyway, so its been no-breakers ever since trials started so I've hardly been able to relish in the euphoria and relief in handing in EE2. Heh. I have been reading some...
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