A-Level Chemistry PROGRAMME

Contents

A-Level Chemistry
  • 1 – Atomic structure
    • 1.1 Early ideas about the composition of matter
    • 1.2 Relative mass and relative charge of subatomic particles
    • 1.3 Working with very small and very large numbers
    • 1.4 Atomic number, mass number and isotopes
    • 1.5 Relative atomic mass, Ar
    • 1.6 Relative molecular mass, Mr
    • 1.7 Describing electrons
    • 1.8 Ionisation energies 22
    • 1.9 Evidence for shells and sub-shells 23
  • 2 – Amount of substance
    • 2.1 Relative masses
    • 2.2 The mole and the Avogadro constant
    • 2.3 The ideal gas equation
    • 2.4 Empirical and molecular formulae
    • 2.5 Chemical equations
    • 2.6 Ionic equations
    • 2.7 Reactions in solutions
  • 3 – Bonding
    • 3.1 Ionic bonding
    • 3.2 Covalent bonding
    • 3.3 Metallic bonds
    • 3.4 Bonding and physical properties
    • 3.5 Shapes of molecules and ions
    • 3.6 Bond polarity
    • 3.7 Forces between molecules
  • 4 – The Periodic Table
    • 4.1 Classi¬cation of the elements in s, p and d blocks
    • 4.2 Properties of the elements in Period 3
  • 5 – Introduction to organic chemistry
    • 5.1 Organic and inorganic compounds
    • 5.2 Molecular shapes
    • 5.3 Types of formulae
    • 5.4 Functional groups and homologous series
    • 5.5 Naming organic compounds
    • 5.6 Reaction mechanisms
    • 5.7 Isomers
  • 6 – The alkanes
    • 6.1 Fractional distillation of crude oil
    • 6.2 Cracking
    • 6.3 Combustion reactions of alkanes
    • 6.4 Problems with alkane combustion
    • 6.5 Reactions of alkanes with chlorine
  • 7 – Energetics
    • 7.1 Exothermic and endothermic reactions
    • 7.2 Enthalpy change
    • 7.3 Standard enthalpy of combustion, ∆c Hq
    • 7.4 Standard enthalpy of formation, ∆f Hq
    • 7.5 Measuring enthalpy changes
    • 7.6 Using Hess’s law to measure enthalpy changes
    • 7.7 Bond enthalpies
  • 8 – Kinetics
    • 8.1 What affects the rate of a reaction?
    • 8.2 Collision theory
    • 8.3 Activation energy
    • 8.4 The Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution of energies
    • 8.5 The effect of temperature on the rate of a reaction
    • 8.6 The effect of concentration on the rate of a reaction
    • 8.7 Catalysts
  • 9 – Equilibria
    • 9.1 The dynamic nature of equilibria
    • 9.2 The equilibrium constant, KC
    • 9.3 Changes that affect a system in a homogeneous equilibrium
    • 9.4 Industrial processes and equilibria
  • 10 – Redox reactions
    • 10.1 Oxidation and reduction
    • 10.2 Oxidation states
    • 10.3 Redox equations
  • 11 – Group 2, the alkaline earth metals
    • 11.1 Trends in physical properties
    • 11.2 Extracting titanium
    • 11.3 Trends in chemical properties
    • 11.4 Uses of Group 2 hydroxides
    • 11.5 The relative solubilities of the Group 2 sulfates
  • 12 – Group 7(17), The halogens
    • 12.1 Trends in physical properties
    • 12.2 Trends in chemical properties
    • 12.3 The halide ion
    • 12.4 Uses of chlorine
  • 13 – Halogenoalkanes
    • 13.1 What are halogenoalkanes?
    • 13.2 Chemical reactions of halogenoalkanes
    • 13.3 Ozone in the stratosphere
  • 14 – Alkenes
    • 14.1 Structure and bonding in alkenes
    • 14.2 Addition reactions of alkenes
    • 14.3 Addition polymers
  • 15 – Alcohols
    • 15.1 Alcohols
    • 15.2 Ethanol production
    • 15.3 Chemical reactions of alcohols
    • 15.4 Elimination reactions of alcohols
  • 16 – Analytical techniques
    • 16.1 Identifying functional groups
    • 16.2 Mass spectrometry
    • 16.3 Infrared spectroscopy
    • 16.4 The global warming link

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