IB Chemistry Blog

New videos on bonding have been added in Topic 4.
This is one of them on hybridization.

From 2010 onwards 28 points overall will be required to be eligible for the diploma if a student attains an “E” grade in either the extended essay or TOK.

Please check the following EE-TOK grade matrix [pdf].

The Diploma Exams of May 2010 for Chemistry (SL & HL) will take place as follows:

Wednesday, 12/05/2010 (afternoon): Paper 1 & Paper 2
Thursday, 13/05/2010 (morning): Paper 3

Click here to view/download the full exam schedule.

A new Data Booklet has been issued by the IBO to be used for the examinations of 2009 onwards.

Click here to view/download in pdf format.

Check these simple Chemistry experiments that can be easily performed at home.

Source: Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago

Functional Groups of Organic Compounds

The IB Chemistry Blog has changed both layout and location. It has been moved from its previous location to its new one under the domain liakatas.org.

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Enjoy the summer holidays!!

Dr. Ilias Liakatas

You can watch two videos on the industrial production of ammonia (Haber process) and on the industrial production of sulfur trioxide and sulfuric acid (Contact process) on the Alchemy site of the Royal Society of Chemistry.