The hatred of celestial bodies develops.

I now hate space. When I was a kid I wanted to be an astronaut, not any more I mean I have to deal with this, and then these horrendous articles.  I am going insane, someone help me. This project is extremely time consuming and mentally tiring, I wish I knew some good ways to research stars.

Half Life

So today I learned that there's a term for when something loses half of it's radioactive nuclei. Guess what? It's called half-life. So creative isn't it. I digress, it is actually pretty useful for figuring out patterns of decay or something like that. I guess i'ts a cool thing I mean we'll take this,

And get this:

Which I guess is cool.

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Data time

So today we did the data part of a half life lab, and cut a lot of paper. I mean a lot of paper.

Look at all that paper, Oh MAhh Gahhhdd

But thats it anyways

Week 2 Lesson 1 (Ich wisse nichts)

So I learned that I still know nothing. I have however learned the wonderful equation [(mass)(%0]+[(mass)(%)]=Avg Mass. In short I learned how to guess the likelihood of something showing up in nature. It's sort of like finding probability, but its a fact, not a chance. So ya, I learned I still am clueless in the mystical arts of chemistry. In other news I have decided to resort to this guy for knowledge on Stars.

Week 1 Lesson 1(Still clueless,but less)

To day I learned the basics of Atomic structure, there are protons, neutrons, and electrons. There is Dalton's Atomic Theory and the Law of Constant Composition. There was JJ Thomson who used Cathode Ray Tubes and discovered electrons(Chocolate Chip Model). Then there was Rutherford Gold Foil Experiment, which discovered protons in a distinct shape. The current Atomic Model is called the Cloud Model and uses the Schrodinger Wave, which is really long and confusing, and I have no idea how it works.

The Wave

Week 1 Lesson 0(I know nothing)

So we took a pre-test and I successfully guessed a pattern of zig-zags becauseI realized that I know absolutely nothing, zip, nada, goose egg. To put it into terms of school, I got an F. It did show that the unit is very math based, so I should do well.

How to name chemicals?

So we have type I, II, & III naming. If there is an Ionic bond then it is either Type I or II and if Covalent, then it is Type III. I even have some diagrams to help

Which type to name.

Binary Compound?-Yes-Metal Present?-Yes-Does Metal form more than one Cation-Yes-Type I

                                                                      -No-Type III                                                           -No-Type II

Type I) Has Cation with set ionic charge goes with anion EX: K2O: Potassium Oxide

Type II) Has Cation with without set ionic charge that goes with anion EX: Fe2O: Iron (I) Oxide

Type III) Has no cation and uses covalent bonds that mixes ions, naming requires prefixes EX: H2O: Dihydrogen Monoxide

Nomenclature is weird

So Nomenclature is literally naming chemicals in a way that allows for "easy" naming of chemicals and their formulas. So they created a system with like 5 types of naming and each one has to be learned so you don't have to memorize hundreds of chemicals, but you have to memorize tons of Poly atomic, and don't get me started on those.