Course Content (2012 specification)
The Periodic Table
- Evolution of the periodic table
- The modern periodic table
- Group I the alkali metals
- Transition elements
- Group VII – the halogens
Water
- Hard water
- Removing hardness
- Water treatment
- Water & health
Energy Calculations
- Energy of fuels
- Energy transfers in solutions
- Energy level diagrams
- Calculations using bond energies
- Future fuels
Analytical & Synthetic Chemistry
- Tests for ions
- Titrations
- DNA analysis
- Equilibria & Le Chatelier’s principal
- The Haber Process – industrial chemistry economics
Organic Chemistry
- Introduction to organic chemistry
- Functional groups – Alcohols, carboxylic acids & esters
- Organic issues – alcoholism, biofuels
As this is a relatively new specification there are currently very few past papers available, below are the past papers from the previous specification which is similar.