GCSE C2

Course Content

Structure & Bonding

  • Covalent & Ionic bonding
  • Ionic Formulae
  • Metallic Bonding

Structure and properties

  • Giant ionic structures
  • Simple covalent molecules
  • Giant covalent structures
  • Giant metallic structures
  • Properties of polymers
  • Nanoscience

Chemical calculations

  • Relative mass
  • Masses of atoms and moles
  • Percentage and formulae
  • Equations and calculations
  • Yields
  • Reversible reactions
  • Chromatography
  • Mass Spectrometry

Rates & Energy

  • How fast
  • Collision theory
  • Effect of temperature
  • Effect of concentration & pressure
  • Effect of catalysts
  • Catalysts in action
  • Exothermic & endothermic reactions
  • Energy and reversible reactions
  • Using energy from reactions

Salts and Electrolysis

  • Acids & alkalis
  • Acid + base –> Salt + Water
  • Insoluble salts
  • Electrolysis
  • Changes at the electrodes
  • Aluminium extraction
  • Electrolysis of brine
  • electroplating

New IGCSE Double award science papers

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GCSE Past papers

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Legacy Past Papers

The past papers below are from a previous specification, the new specification has less emphasis on the Haber process (although still looks at reversible reactions) and includes more on instrumental techniques. They are still worth using for some exam practise.

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