That was honestly one of the beat Chem Lab tests I've taken ever (nationals).

WW-P South will be able to come, provided we are able to find the location ;P

We'd probably be able to do it (We being WWP South).

Any idea when that test could be posted? In NJ we didn't have Materials at Regionals or at States and we got snowed out for all of our invites so I'm really desperate for some practice Materials tests.

So just for clarification, are flame test results required in differentiating PVC and PETE? Likewise are they required for PC/PMMA?

Thanks in advance!

Try putting the wings off-center.

That is very saddening :( For labs, I do agree that synthesis are just maybe out of the question.. however we could pair it with something else with a doable lab, like acid base or electrochem. I just think that chem lab has turned more into a speed/accuracy test than a test of knowledge, and using ...

Out of curiosity to those who are on the National Committees, has orgo ever been a possibility? I really love orgo and I would love to see it as a chem lab topic (preferably in the next two years!)

So how do people feel about the new topic being equilibrium and periodicity? I think that equilibrium is a good idea, but there's too many types of equilibrium. So many things, like acid-base, solubility, hetero/homogeneous equilibrium, can be counted as equilibrium. I do like that equilibrium can h...

What was the lab for NY?

I think you just made my day!

Is periodicity still going to be there, or will that rotate to something harder too?

I can only pray it's something more difficult than electrochem.. perhaps like equilibrium.

Hopefully, WW-P will do well this year. We did better at states than last year (74) but we haven't studied at all since states, which was two months ago... A few days of cramming might save us. Anyways, predicting that Solon and Centerville will do really well. Though I kinda do want a non-Ohio tea...

Basically just balance a lot of redox reactions. Do easy ones, do hard ones, do everything. Find equations online, find equations in textbooks, past exams, anything. Really, it's just a memorization of the method and brute force practice.

Practice! Lots of practice.