Higher Chemistry

✍ Scribed by John Anderson

• Publisher: Hodder Gibson
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 265
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Exam Board: SQA
Level: Higher
Subject: Chemistry
First Teaching: August 2018
First Exam: June 2019

Full course coverage in this new Higher Chemistry textbook, updated for the latest changes to the SQA coursework and question papers.

- In-text, Study and End-of-course questions have been updated and extended in this edition, testing students' knowledge and understanding of the chemistry presented and offering lots of practice to revise and consolidate ahead of the exam.

- Worked examples show common Higher Chemistry questions and ways of answering that cover the necessary points

- Checklists for Revision provide short summaries of the key learning points at the end of each chapter so that students can this to self-check their learning which helps them revise for assessments

- Brand new section 'Additional features of the Higher Chemistry exam' offers advice on how to tackle two important new features of the exam: Numeracy and Open-ended questions

- Key terms and Chemical Dictionary aid understanding and allow students to check their knowledge of the key terms

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Book title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Section 1: Chemical Changes and Structure
1 Structure and bonding in the first 20 elements
2 Trends in the Periodic Table
3 Bonding in compounds
4 Oxidising and reducing agents
Section 2: Nature’s Chemistry
5 Systematic carbon chemistry
6 Alcohols, carboxylic acids and esters
7 Fats, oils, soaps and detergents
8 Proteins
9 Oxidation of food
10 Fragrances
11 Skin care
Section 3: Chemistry in Society
12 Getting the most from reactants : designing an industrial process
13 Chemical calculations
14 Percentage yield and atom economy
15 Controlling the rate
16 Chemical energy
17 Equilibria
18 Chromatography
19 Volumetric analysis
Section 4 Researching Chemistry
20 Researching chemistry
Appendix: Additional features of the Higher Chemistry exam
End-of-course questions
Chemical dictionary
Periodic Table of the elements
Index
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