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Detailed Content

• Elements of the Periodic Table
• Atomic Structure
• Radioactivity
• Radioisotopes
• Electronic Structure
• Spectra of Light
• Electronic Configuration
• Orbitals

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• Chemical compounds
• Ionic bonds
• Qualitative analysis
• Tests for Anions
• Ionisation Energy
• Molecular Compounds
• Shapes of Molecules VSEPR

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• Redox as Electron Transfer
• Oxidation and reduction
• Electochemical Series
• Electrolysis
• Uses of electrolysis
• Oxidation Number
• Naming of transition metal compounds

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• The Mole
• The Molar Mass
• States of Matter
• Kinetic Theory
• Gas Laws
• Stoichiometry
• Molecular formula
• Chemical Calculations

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• Acids & Bases and Salts
• Uses of acids and bases
• Concentrations of Solutions
• Units of concentration
• Volumetric Analysis
• Redox Titrations
• Standardizing a solution of sodium thiosulphate

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• Fuels and Thermochemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• Alkanes,Alkenes and Alkynes
• Nomenclature of Organic Compounds
• Cyclic and Aromatic Hydrocarbons
• Oil refining
• Thermochemistry
• Alternative fuels

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• Rates of Reaction
• Altering the rate of a reaction
• Catalysts
• Equilibrium Reactions
• Intermediate Compound Formation
• Yield of reaction
• Le Chatelier's Principle

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• Alkanes
• Chloroalkanes
• Alcohols
• Aromatics

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• Alkenes
• Aldehydes & Ketones
• Carboxylic Acids
• Esters
• Spectrometry

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• pH of Strong Acids & Bases
• pH of Weak Acids & Bases
• Hard Water
• Water Pollution
• Water Treatment & Sewage Treatment

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