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Chemistry A - H432
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Free Chemistry A - H432 revision notes for Cambridge OCR A Level students. Each chapter covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take straight into the thinka app.
Atoms and reactions
Module 1 – Development of practical skills in chemistry
Planning experiments
Implementing and recording
Analysis of experimental data
Evaluation and refinement
Practical skills and apparatus (PAG1–PAG12)
Electrons, bonding and structure
The periodic table
Module 2 – Foundations in chemistry
Atomic structure and isotopes
Compounds, formulae and equations
Amount of substance
Acids
Redox
Electron structure
Bonding and structure
Physical chemistry
Module 3 – Periodic table and energy
Periodicity
Group 2
The halogens
Qualitative analysis
Enthalpy changes
Reaction rates
Chemical equilibrium
Basic concepts and hydrocarbons
Module 4 – Core organic chemistry
Basic concepts of organic chemistry
Alkanes
Alkenes
Alcohols
Haloalkanes
Organic synthesis
Analytical techniques (IR and MS)
Module 5 – Physical chemistry and transition elements
How fast? (rates and rate equations)
How far? (Kc and Kp)
Acids, bases and buffers
Lattice enthalpy
Enthalpy and entropy
Redox and electrode potentials
Transition elements
Qualitative analysis of transition metal ions
Alcohols, haloalkanes and analysis
Rates, equilibrium and pH
Module 6 – Aromatic, carbonyl and nitrogen compounds
Aromatic compounds
Carbonyl compounds
Carboxylic acids and esters
Amines
Amino acids, amides and chirality
Energy
Module 6 – Polymers, synthesis and analysis
Polyesters and polyamides
Carbon–carbon bond formation
Organic synthesis (multi-stage)
Chromatography and qualitative analysis
Spectroscopy (NMR)
Transition elements
Aromatic compounds, carbonyls and acids
Nitrogen compounds, polymers and synthesis
Analysis
Development of practical skills in chemistry
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