chemistry

Suikerbond

Suikerbond 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 Suikerbond rather than just read about it. In short: The Suikerbond ("Sugar Union") was a trade union for European workers in the sugar industry in the Dutch East Indies. The organization was founded on 14 March 1907 in Surabaya, as the Bond van Geëmployeerden in de Suikerindustrie in Nederlandsch-Indië ("Union of those employed in the sugar industry in the Netherlands Indies").

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

The Suikerbond ("Sugar Union") was a trade union for European workers in the sugar industry in the Dutch East Indies. The organization was founded on 14 March 1907 in Surabaya, as the Bond van Geëmployeerden in de Suikerindustrie in Nederlandsch-Indië ("Union of those employed in the sugar industry in the Netherlands Indies"). One of the two strongest unions for Europeans, in the early 1920s, during a wave of strikes by factory workers (many of whom were organized in Communist trade unions), the Suikerbond had been "bought off" by the sugar industry which had raised wages for European workers. In 1921 the organization founded its own newspaper, De Indische Courant, which was run by the union's president, W. Burger, and appears in two editions on the island of Java; initially leaning social-democratic, under pressure from union members a more conservative editor in chief was installed. By 1922 the organization numbered over 3800 members and had a strike fund of a half a million guilders.

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Suikerbond

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Suikerbond 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 Suikerbond 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 Suikerbond 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 Suikerbond

In research: Suikerbond 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 Suikerbond 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: Suikerbond is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1907 establishments in the Dutch East Indies, Agriculture and forestry trade unions, Asian trade union stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Suikerbond 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 Suikerbond in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Suikerbond 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 Suikerbond out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Suikerbond in simple terms?

Why does Suikerbond 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 Suikerbond?

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 Suikerbond.