April 16, 2020 – Day 20

7:18 PM – I’m finally done with the electronic structure of atoms! YAY!!! The Periodic table and its trends are the next topics I’ll be reviewing after I eat dinner. So far, I was able to recall gas laws and finish atom structure. (I can’t wait to finish Chemistry 1 & 2,,, I’M SO OVER IT! HAHAHA)

I get stressed just by seeing how much I have to study left for Chemistry. I mean, this is only C H E M I S T R Y. I still have other branches of Science to review…. CETs review is no joke. Literally.

Study time: 03:18:51.62

10 PM – I’m slowly feeling my focus getting back on its track,,, (THANK GOD!! Been watching study videos on Youtube & reading threads about CETs just to hype myself up to review HAHAHA). It’s all worth it though, so no regrets in taking the time to surf the net (OOPS). Anyway, I’m done reviewing for today. I can review more if I want to, but I choose not to. I have to maintain a good sleeping routine (since I’m a heavy sleeper, it’s harder for me to switch back to a normal sleeping routine).

SUDDEN REALIZATION: I should train my mind and my body to study at a spot where the only thing I do is to study. I shouldn’t do it on my bed, or at our patio. I must study at my study table. (I observed myself today and I came to a conclusion that I’m more focused and productive when I’m at my usual spot of work).

Total study time: 05:05:34.32

WRAP UP:

• Recall: Gas Laws
• Quantum Mechanical model vs The Bohr Model
• Quantum Numbers (Principal, Azimuthal, Magnetic, Spin)
• Electron Configuration
• Aufbau/Building up Principle
• Hund’s Rule of Maximum Multiplicity
• Pauli’s Exclusion Principle
• Orbital Diagrams
• Noble Gas Core Electron Configuration
• Electron Configuration Representation (Condensed & Expanded)
• Aufbau Principle exceptions to Electron Configuration
• Electron Configuration of Ions
• Predicting Valence Electrons
• Magnetic Properties: Paramagnetic & Diamagnetic
• Solving for unpaired electrons through configuration
• Planck’s Quantum Theory overview
• Einstein’s dual nature of light
• Atomic orbitals
• Isoelectronic elements
• Ferromagnetism
• Pyrotechnic show (visible light emission)

TARGET LESSONS FOR TOMORROW:

• Periodic Table & its trends
• Ionic bonding
• Covalent bonding

HAPPY 20 DAYS OF REVIEWING, SELF! KEEP GOING ❤