chemistry

Kim Baines

Kim Baines is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Kim Baines rather than just read about it. In short: Kim Baines PhD FRSC FRSC is a professor of organic chemistry at the University of Western Ontario. In 2022 she was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Key takeaways

Kim Baines belongs to chemistry; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Kim Baines to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Kim Baines from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Kim Baines PhD FRSC FRSC is a professor of organic chemistry at the University of Western Ontario. In 2022 she was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. She was the inaugural chair of the DEI working group of the Chemical Institute of Canada. The Lipson-Baines Awards in Chemistry is named in part for her.

Awards Rio Tinto Award (2023) J.C. Polanyi Prize for Chemistry (1988) Clara Benson Award from the Canadian Society for Chemistry (2002) Humboldt Research Award (2015) F.S. Kipping Award from the American Chemical Society (2022)

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Kim Baines

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Kim Baines claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Kim Baines before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Kim Baines ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Kim Baines

In research: Kim Baines appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Kim Baines in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Kim Baines is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic staff of the University of Western Ontario, Canadian scientist stubs, Chemist stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Kim Baines outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Kim Baines in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Kim Baines means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Kim Baines out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Kim Baines in simple terms?

Kim Baines PhD FRSC FRSC is a professor of organic chemistry at the University of Western Ontario. In 2022 she was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Why does Kim Baines matter?

Because it connects several chemistry ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Kim Baines?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Kim Baines.