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Chemistry (8873)
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Free Chemistry (8873) study notes for GCE A-Level - Higher 1 (H1) students. Each chapter below covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take into the thinka app.
ATOMIC STRUCTURE
CHEMICAL BONDING
Ionic bonding, metallic bonding, covalent bonding and co-ordinate (dative covalent) bonding
Shapes of simple molecules and bond angles
Bond polarities and polarity of molecules
Intermolecular forces, including hydrogen bonding
Bond energies and bond lengths
Lattice structure of solids
Bonding and physical properties
THEORIES OF ACIDS AND BASES
THE PERIODIC TABLE
THE MOLE CONCEPT AND STOICHIOMETRY
CHEMICAL ENERGETICS: THERMOCHEMISTRY
REACTION KINETICS
CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIA
POLYMERS AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Empirical, molecular and structural formulae
Functional groups and the naming of organic compounds
Common terms for organic reactions
Isomerism: constitutional (structural); cis-trans
Shapes of organic molecules; σ and π bonds
Alkanes (as exemplified by ethane)
Alkenes (as exemplified by ethene)
Halogenoalkanes (as exemplified by bromoethane)
Alcohols (as exemplified by ethanol)
Aldehydes (as exemplified by ethanal)
Ketones (as exemplified by propanone)
Carboxylic acids (as exemplified by ethanoic acid)
Amino acids (as exemplified by aminoethanoic acid)
Structure and uses of polymers
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