Chemistry

Course summary

Year 1 This will involve a range of assessment type including multiple choice and structured questions covering both theory and practical skills. There will also be extended response questions covering all topics within the course. The chemical ideas involved include; atomic structure, amount of substance, bonding, energetics, kinetics, chemical equilibria, redox, periodicity, group 2, group 7, organic chemistry, alkanes, halogenoalkanes, alkenes, alcohols and organic analysis. The AS qualification consists of 2 examination papers. Year 2 This will comprise 2 examination papers covering the whole of the Year 1 and year 2 course content as well as an extra synoptic examination paper. Key chemical ideas studied include; thermodynamics, rate equations, Kp, electrode potentials, acids and bases, period 3 elements, transition metals, reactions of ions in solution, optical isomerism, aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids,