Chemistry

Course summary

To study this subject successfully you need to: •Work hard on challenging concepts that really make you think •Love getting hands‐on experience in the lab to test out ideas • Enjoy using math's to solve problems in practical situations • Apply your knowledge in new situations Year 12: Module 1: Development of practical skills (throughout the course) Module 2: Foundations in Chemistry; moles, atomic structure & bonding, acid‐base titrations and redox Module 3: The Periodic table and Energy; The periodic table & periodicity, group 2 & 7, qualitative analysis, enthalpy changes, reaction rates and equilibrium (qualitative) Module 4: Core Organic Chemistry; basic concepts, hydrocarbons, alcohols and haloalkanes, organic synthesis, analytical techniques (IR and MS) Year 13: Module 5: Physical Chemistry and Transition Elements; reaction rates and equilibrium (quantitative), pH and buffers, enthalpy, entropy and free energy, redox and electrode potentials, transition elements Module 6: Organic Chemistry and Analysis; aromatic compounds, carbonyl compounds, carboxylic acids and esters, polymers, nitrogen compounds, organic synthesis, chromatography and spectroscopy (NMR)