Elements
Chemistry Concepts
Discoveries
BiHall
Chem Profs
100
What is the name for the group of unreactive gases on the far right of the periodic table?
noble gases
100
What is a bond between a metal and a nonmetal called?
ionic bond
100
This is the first woman to win a Nobel Prize --- and the only person to ever win Nobel Prizes in two different disciplines.
Marie Curie
100
The new "Q Center" that hosts STEM tutoring and activities can be found on the second floor, inside this library.
Armstrong Library
100
This is the chemistry department chair.
Molly Costanza-Robinson
200
The organization of the elements into the periodic table was first done by this Russian chemist in 1869.
Dmitri Mendeleev
200
What is the name of the equation that tells you the pH of a buffer solution?
Henderson-Hasselbach
200
Name 10 famous chemists/biochemists!
many possible answers
200
What floor is the greenhouse on?
6th floor
200
Name the four laboratory professors/instructors in the chemistry department.
Mary Jane Simpson, Michele Dube, Jessica Burl, Logan Fischer
300
What is the 5th most electronegative element?
bromine (Dr. Fonclbrisch)
300
What boronic compound is stable, yet leaves boron electron-deficient?
BF3
300
Alfred Nobel invented this chemical in the 1860s.
dynamite / trinitrotoluene (TNT)
300
What are the 6 academic departments (not programs!) housed in BiHall?
chemistry, biology, physics, psychology, geography, earth & climate sciences
300
These are the four new chemistry professors this fall.
Alex Bredar, Kira Rahn, Emma Guiberson, Thomas Anderson
400
What element are we expected to run out of in the next ~20 years?
helium
400
What does ATP stand for?
adenosine triphosphate
400
This chemist is best known for deriving the following equation, which gives the potential of an electrochemical half-cell.
Walther Nernst
400
What is the room number of the Gen Chem I lab?
MBH563
400
This professor's research involves using mass spectrometry to understand the molecular mechanisms of gum diseases.
Emma Guiberson
500
This is the rarest naturally-ocurring element on Earth.
astatine (<1 oz in entire Earth's crust)
500
Draw the amino acid cysteine.
500
Last week, chemists at the University of Tokyo announced they had made a major discovery, proving an old theory of Linus Pauling. What was their discovery?
one-electron bond between carbon atoms
500
This is the total square footage of BiHall (you'll get points if within 30,000 of the correct answer).
226,600 total square feet
500
What is the name of the retired professor who is returning to Midd to teach a J-term course this year?
Sunhee Choi
