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The problem is that you need to be fairly far up the chain of mathematics and physics before you can build intuition about inorganic chemstry. Oddly, organic c
by bsder 4y ago
The problem is that you need to be fairly far up the chain of mathematics and physics before you can build intuition about inorganic chemstry.
Oddly, organic chemistry is, to a certain extent, easier to build intutition about as the lower levels are a lot of "this reaction takes thingit A from the molecule and puts on thingit B with n% efficiency." This make organic very similar to solving jigsaw puzzles.
- atemerev 4y agoCome on, I was balancing equations at the age of 8. Knowing the multiplication table is enough.
- hoseja 4y agoIt's very easy to think up balanced reactions that are completely nonsensical and the reason for that is hidden deep in quantum realm.
- atemerev 4y agoIt is, but this will have to wait until late high school, when kids are old enough for matrices and complex numbers and Dirac equation and the origin of 2x^2 (2, 8, 18, 32 — the electron shells etc). You still can have meaningful and useful exercises meanwhile.
- bsder 4y agoGiven a reaction, you can balance it with fairly simple math. However, if you want intuition as to how to create a new reaction or a novel molecule, simple math really isn't enough.