Chemistry

Course summary

Chemistry is divided into a number of topics. These topics are interrelated and by the end of Year 13 it is rewarding for students to finally see the ‘whole picture’. Course outline Atomic structure and bonding. An introduction to organic chemistry – oil, alkanes, alkenes, halogenoalkanes, and alcohols. Periodic table and inorganic chemistry – periodicity, group 2, and group 7. Physical chemistry – enthalpy, equilibria, and reaction rates; thermodynamics, kinetics, acids and bases, and electrochemistry. Inorganic chemistry – the Periodic Table and transition elements. Organic chemistry – carboxylic acids and their derivatives, nitrogen-containing compounds, aromatic chemistry, polymers, and chemical analysis.