November 7, 2012
Three students from St Mary’s Catholic College have earned a silver medal at the south-east Queensland finals of the University of Queensland titration competition.
The three Year 11 students travelled to UQ’s St Lucia campus recently to compete in the competition which brings together the best titration teams from across south-east Queensland.
Chemical titration is an analytical technique that requires both extremely precise laboratory skills and a thorough conceptional understanding to determine concentrations of unknown solutions.
The students were fortunate to have the use of the new UQ Laboratories. At these state-of-the-art facilities, the University of Queensland staff went to great lengths to give students the opportunity to enhance their chemistry skills.
St Mary’s team gained a Silver Medal for their efforts.
The students are looking forward to competing in next year’s event and perhaps changing their silver medal to gold.
“I am extremely proud of our students’ achievements, particularly as it was their first attempt at this competition,” chemistry teacher Mr Gary Curran said.
“I’d like to thank our staff and parents who assisted our students to prepare and travel to and from this event.”
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