Course Content – AQA Syllabus
Unit 1 – Structure of the atom and bonding
- Fundamental particles
- Mass number and isotopes
- Electron configuration
- Bonding and physical properties
- Forces between molecules
Unit 2 – Chemical reactions and calculations
- Relative atomic mass and relative molecular mass
- The mole and the Avogadro Constant
- The ideal gas equation
- Empirical and molecular formula
- Balanced equations and associated calculations
Unit 3 – Rate of reaction and energy changes in chemical reactions
- Collision theory
- Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
- Effect of temperature on reaction rate
- Effect of concentration and pressure
- Catalysts
Unit 4 – Chemical reactions in equilibria
- Le Chatelier’s principle
- Equilibrium constant (Kc and Kp)
- Bronsted-Lowry acid-base equilibria in aqueous solutions
- Definition and determination of pH
Unit 5 – Redox reactions and electrochemical cells
- Oxidation, reduction and redox equations
- Electrode potentials and cells
- Commercial applications of electrochemical cells
Unit 6 – Inorganic chemistry
- Periodicity
- Group 2, the alkaline earth metals
- Group 7(17), the halogens
- Properties of Period 3 elements and their oxides
- Transition metals
- Reactions of ions in aqueous solutions
Unit 7 – Organic chemistry part one
- Nomenclature
- Reaction mechanisms
- Isomerism
- Alkanes
- Halogenoalkanes
- Alcohols
- Organic analysis
Unit 8 – Organic chemistry part two
- Optical isomerism
- Aldehydes and ketones
- Carboxylic acids and derivatives
- Aromatic chemistry
- Amines
- Polymers
- Amino acids, proteins and DNA
- Organic synthesis
- Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
- Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
- Chromatography
Preparing for the examinations
- Paper 1
- Paper 2
- Paper 3
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