Potions and Poisons

Potions and Poisons is a Pennsylvania and Washington B Division trial event, and is likely to be added as a national event for B Division in 2018. In Potions and Poisons, participants will demonstrate their knowledge on specified substances' chemical properties and effects with a focus on common toxins and poisons. Chemical/splash protection goggles are required in this event.

Topics covered
These are some of the Potions and Poisons topics as of the most recent version of the trial event rules released by the national committee in the summer of 2016:
 * Chemical bonding
 * Mixtures, solutions and compounds and separation of the components within them
 * Property changes
 * Balancing equations
 * Poisonous plants and animals
 * Common household toxins
 * Environmental toxins and effects of their spread
 * Effects of dilution
 * Lab tasks

Chemical bonding
The two types of bonding that the current version of the Potions and Poisons rules says to know are ionic and covalent bonding.