My Revision Notes: Aqa as Chemistry

✍ Scribed by Rob King

• Publisher: Hodder Education
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 107
• Series: My Revision Notes
• Edition: UK ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

With My Revision Notes you can: - Manage your own revision with step-by-step support from experienced teacher Rob King - Apply chemical terms accurately with the help of definitions and key words - Plan and pace your revision with the revision planner - Test understanding with questions throughout - Get exam ready with last minute quick quizzes available on the Hodder Education website

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Book title
Contents
Physical chemistry
1 Atomic structure
The structure of atoms
Mass spectrometry
Electron configuration
Ionisation energies
2 Amount of substance
The mole and the Avogadro constant (L)
Empirical and molecular formulae
The ideal gas equation
The mole and reactions
Chemical formulae and writing chemical equations
3 Bonding
Nature of ionic, covalent and metallic bonds
Bond polarity
Forces acting between molecules
States of matter
Shapes of molecules and ions
4 Energetics
Enthalpy change, ΔH
Calorimetry
Simple applications of Hess’s Law
Bond enthalpies
5 Kinetics
Collision theory
Factors affecting rate of reaction
6 Equilbria
The dynamic nature of equilibria
Qualitative effects of changes in external conditions
The importance of equilibria in industrial processes
7 Redox reactions
Oxidation and reduction
Oxidation states
Redox equations
Inorganic chemistry
8 Periodicity
Classification of elements in s, p, d or f blocks
Properties of the period 3 elements
9 The periodic table
Group 2: the alkaline earth metals
Group 7: the halogens
Organic chemistry
10 Alkanes
Fractional distillation of crude oil
Formulae and naming
Isomerism
Cracking of alkanes
Combustion of alkanes
11 Halogenoalkanes
Synthesis of chloroalkanes
Ozone depletion
Nucleophilic substitution
Elimination
12 Alkenes
Structure, bonding and reactivity
Addition reactions of alkenes
Polymerisation
13 Alcohols
Naming alcohols
Ethanol production
Classification of alcohols
Aldehydes and ketones
Elimination
14 Organic analysis
Identification of functional groups by test-tube reactions
Mass spectrometry
Infrared spectroscopy