Chemistry

Course summary

Chemistry is the study of matter, reactions and particles. It focuses on how particles interact, how interactions can be accelerated and some of the fundamental rules governing our lives. Believe it or not, deep down we are all chemists. Every time we light a match, boil an egg or simply breathe in and out, we perform a chemical reaction. The A Level is a two-year course which is comprised of: Physical Chemistry – Atomic structure, amount of substance, bonding energetics, kinetics, equilibria and redox. Inorganic Chemistry - Periodicity, group 2 and group 7 of the periodic table. Organic Chemistry - Alkanes, haloalkanes, alkenes, alcohols and organic analysis. Physical Chemistry - thermodynamics, rate equations, Kc and acids and bases. Inorganic Chemistry - period 3 elements and their oxides, transition metals and reactions of ions. Organic Chemistry – organic synthesis, complex organic molecules, polymers and amino acids, proteins and DNA.