Packet H: Tossup 19

On a Walden plot, the logarithms of this quantity and inverse viscosity vary linearly for an ideal potassium chloride solution. This quantity is increased by tetrathiafulvene (“tetra-thia-fulvene”) complexing with a para-quinone derivative containing four cyano groups. Lars Onsager devised a “limiting” form of this quantity that is (-5[1])calculated using concentration and Kohlrausch coefficients. This quantity is measured to obtain estimates for total dissolved solids in water tests. (10[2]-5[2])Iodine-doped (10[1]-5[1])polyacetylene (“poly-acetyl-een”) has high values for this quantity due to its conjugated pi (10[1])systems. (10[3]-5[3])The molar ionic form (-5[2])of this quantity (10[2])is the product of drift velocity, Faraday’s (10[1])constant, and charge and whose (10[1])SI units (-5[1])are siemens per meters. (10[5]-5[3])For 10 points, (10[4])name (10[1])this (10[1])quantity, the ability for an electrolyte (10[2])solution (10[3]-5[1])to pass (10[1]-5[1])electricity. (10[3])■END■ (10[36]0[7])

ANSWER: electrical conductivity [or EC; accept molar conductivity or molar ionic conductivity or limiting molar conductivity; accept lambda or lambda-sub-M; accept electrical conductance or molar conductance] (The second line refers to TTF-TCNQ charge transfer complexes.)
<AL, Chemistry> | Packet H - Yale A, Ohio State C, Illinois C, Virginia Tech B, MIT A
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Jacob PriceCambridge BWarwick A45-5
Andrew NucciUCLA BUCLA A65-5
Drew WetterlindIowa StateMinnesota A6510
Graham CopeGeorgia Tech CBruin6510
Aisling SkeetDurhamBirmingham65-5
Dustin ValiWestern BToronto F66-5
Andrew WangIllinois ANorthwestern D6610
Caleb OttWaterloo AToronto B7810
Yoyo LiuUBC BGuelph79-5
Pace KleinCWRU AMichigan C7910
Yashwanth BajjiMichigan AOhio State A7910
Nathan LongImperial BLSE7910
Aditya ShivaswamyJohns Hopkins ANYU C79-5
Zachary JosephColumbia BRutgers A79-5
Sushanth BalaramanTexas A&M AMurray State A83-5
Ted HarrisonEdinburgh BMontpellier83-5
Fish TsaiUCSD AArizona State8610
Joel DickerSouthampton BCambridge C8610
Ethen SunToronto DWestern A9310
Akshay SeetharamClaremontWashington B9810
Parker McCoigTennessee AGeorgia Tech B100-5
Carter YottMcMaster AOttawa104-5
Franklin WuToronto CWestern C10410
Shiva TegullaCentral Florida ACentral Florida B10410
Wyatt JohnsonCWRU BMichigan State104-5
Azura GollamudiNorthwestern BChicago A10410
Brendan BethlehemCambridge ABristol10410
Julian SungOxford COxford B10410
Ben HellmanSwarthmoreMaryland A104-5
Ian TheysmeyerQueen'sUBC A10710
Alex AkridgeIndiana AIndiana B10710
Yaj JhajhriaWashington ACarleton College10710
Ali HamzehEdinburgh AImperial A10710
Jason LeeRutgers BCatholic10810
Delia CropperOxford AManchester10910
Ryan RosenbergNYU AVassar11510
Moses KitakuleColumbia ANYU B11510
Ethan RirieUCSD CUC Irvine11610
Nick MachinUCLA AUCLA B11610
Kevin YeSimon FraserBrock11610
Alex OlsonFlorida BFlorida C116-5
Victor XuToronto GMcGill B11810
Jack CaseyIllinois BNotre Dame B118-5
Danny HanStanford BBerkeley A11910
Andy YuMaryland ASwarthmore11910
Peter SmithBinghamton ARochester11910
Tanay BodducherlaBerkeley BBerkeley C12010
Michał GerasimiukStanford ABerkeley D12010
Winston ZuoUC Santa BarbaraUCSD B12010
Asha BasuMcGill ACarleton University12010
Colin VeeversOttawaMcMaster A12010
Platon GorokhovToronto EWaterloo B12010
Saju RamrajToronto FWestern B12010
Yusuf BaigMcMaster BToronto Metropolitan12010
Thomas TibbettsCentral Florida CFlorida A12010
Adam JarvisFlorida CFlorida B12010
Jason ThieuMichigan StateCWRU B12010
Travis JohnsonPittsburghMichigan B12010
Connor BlakeChicago BIndiana C12010
Jacob FinleyNotre Dame AChicago C1200
Coby TranChicago CNotre Dame A12010
Eric YangPurdue AChicago D12010
Davis JohnsonPurdue BChicago E1200
John AugustynNotre Dame BIllinois B12010
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech AMissouri B12010
William DayMurray State ATexas A&M A12010
Shreyas SinhaTexas BTexas A12010
Davin SivertsonAlabama BWashU B12010
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech BTennessee A12010
Monish JampalaGeorgia Tech DLouisville B12010
Bonham BuchannonLouisville AKentucky12010
Sawyer SmithMississipi StateSewanee12010
Elokkin Pate-GeamesTennessee BVanderbilt B1200
Sarah YatesVanderbilt BTennessee B12010
Charles HangWashU AAlabama A12010
Rick LineCardiffCity St. George's12010
Dan MillingtonBirminghamDurham1200
Krishna GirishMontpellierEdinburgh B12010
Ollie Glin-ConwayImperial CWarwick B12010
Michael WuSouthampton AUCL12010
Chris LevesleyWarwick ACambridge B12010
Jarman TaylorJohns Hopkins BGeorgetown12010
Renita TangNYU CJohns Hopkins A12010
Brandon WeissColumbia CMaryland B12010
Alex WongRutgers AColumbia B1200
Eli O'Sick JohnsonBinghamton BCornell C12010
Teigue KellyPenn StateCornell B12010
Alec RisoCornell ARIT1200
Cade ReinbergerRITCornell A1200

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California (North)Main Site3100%0%119.67
California (South)Main Site4100%25%109.50
CanadaMain Site1292%25%110.55
FloridaMain Site3100%33%114.67
Great LakesMain Site4100%25%99.50
MidwestMain Site888%13%108.14
OverflowMain Site4100%0%97.50
South CentralMain Site2100%50%120.00
SoutheastMain Site8100%13%113.13
UKMain Site1292%25%108.09
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site888%38%116.71
Upstate NYMain Site475%0%119.67