Cikgu Shafiza: Mnemonic - The Reactivity / Electrochemical Series

Don't Quit
When things go wrong as they sometimes will;
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill;
When the funds are low, and the debts are high;
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh;
When care is pressing you down a bit
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Success is failure turned inside out;
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt;
And you can never tell how close you are;
It may be near when it seems afar.
So, stick to the fight when you're hardest hit
It's when things go wrong that you mustn't quit.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Mnemonic - The Reactivity / Electrochemical Series

The suggestable mnemonic for the Reactivity Series is :
Please Send Camels, Monkeys And CARBON Zebras with HYDROGEN In Tom's Large Containers of Solid Gold

Please (Potassium)
Send (Sodium)
Camels (Calcium)
Monkeys (Magnesium)
And (Aluminium)
CARBON
Zebras with (Zinc)
HYDROGEN
In (Iron)
Tom's (Tin)
Large (Lead)
Containers 0f (Copper)
Solid (Silver)
Gold

Whereas, for the Electrochemical Series, the suggestable mnemonic is :
Please Send Camels, Monkeys And Zebras In Tom's Large HYDROGEN Containers of Solid Gold

The reactivity series and the electrochemical series are quite similar except for the addition of carbon element and different position of hydrogen element in the reactivity series. Therefore, it is advisable for you to just memorised carbon and hydrogen at heart.