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well, i think the sulphur or sulfur is the only change, comparing to 2008 syllabus, nth else rite?! i just did a brief look through at the periodic table... shouldn't have anymore change i hope...
thx for noting it up too^^
http://www.cie.org.uk/docs/dynamic/22622.pdf ==> 2008 chem
http://www.cie.org.uk/docs/dynamic/5126.pdf ==> 2009 chem
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Moderator'A' & 'O' Levels Chemistry & Biology Ex-MOE Teacher Tutor
840 posts since May '05
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The Americans have always spelled it as sulfur. The British used to spell it as sulphur (so Singapore followed suit), but as globalization progressed, more and more British chemists themselves adopted the "sulfur" spelling, so gradually, for the purpose of standardization, the "sulfur" spelling is encouraged over the "sulphur" spelling among British Universities and Scientific Journals.
The following passage is excerpted from :
Spelling of Sulfur
The new (1990) edition of IUPAC‘s ‘Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry’ contains a table of IUPAC-approved names ‘for use in the English language’. These include ‘caesium’, ‘aluminium’, and ‘sulfur’ (spellings as given here). There is increasing use of the ‘f’ rather than the ‘ph’ spelling for sulfur in English publications, in particular the English language versions of IS0 and European standards, and those British Standards which implement IS0 standards verbatim. Furthermore, there is no good etymological basis for preferring the ‘ph’ spelling. In view of these considerations, the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Nomenclature Committee has recently recommended that RSC change to using the ‘f’ spelling in all its publications. This recommendation will be implemented for RSC‘s primary journals in 1992.
Alan McNaughtManager, Royal Society of Chemistry Journals
Edited by UltimaOnline 04 Oct `08, 3:42PM
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Originally posted by UltimaOnline:
The Americans have always spelled it as sulfur. The British used to spell it as sulphur (so Singapore followed suit), but as globalization progressed, more and more British chemists themselves adopted the "sulfur" spelling, so gradually, for the purpose of standardization, the "sulfur" spelling is encouraged over the "sulphur" spelling among British Universities and Scientific Journals.
The following passage is excerpted from :
Spelling of Sulfur
The new (1990) edition of IUPAC‘s ‘Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry’ contains a table of IUPAC-approved names ‘for use in the English language’. These include ‘caesium’, ‘aluminium’, and ‘sulfur’ (spellings as given here). There is increasing use of the ‘f’ rather than the ‘ph’ spelling for sulfur in English publications, in particular the English language versions of IS0 and European standards, and those British Standards which implement IS0 standards verbatim. Furthermore, there is no good etymological basis for preferring the ‘ph’ spelling. In view of these considerations, the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Nomenclature Committee has recently recommended that RSC change to using the ‘f’ spelling in all its publications. This recommendation will be implemented for RSC‘s primary journals in 1992.
Alan McNaughtManager, Royal Society of Chemistry Journals
So that means Sg are lagging behind the AMe and British?!
lolx
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This should be a no brainer. The lazy ass version with lesser words is the American one.
Always follow the British way of spelling. IT IS a British exam. Even some British slangs are accepted but American ones are not e.g "a tad bit" adding "what" to the end of a dialogue for english essays are somewhat acceptable.
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