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Chemistry (9CH0)
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Free Chemistry (9CH0) study notes for Pearson Edexcel A Level students. Each chapter below covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take into the thinka app.
Physical chemistry foundations (Papers 1-3)
Topic 1: Atomic structure and the Periodic Table
Topic 2A: Bonding
Topic 2B: Structure
Topic 3: Redox I
Topic 5: Formulae, equations and amounts of substance
Inorganic chemistry (Papers 1, 3)
Topic 4A: The elements of Groups 1 and 2
Topic 4B: The elements of Group 7 (halogens)
Topic 4C: Analysis of inorganic compounds
Topic 15A: Principles of transition metal chemistry
Topic 15B: Reactions of transition metal elements
Energetics and electrochemistry (Papers 1, 3)
Topic 8: Energetics I
Topic 13A: Lattice energy
Topic 13B: Entropy and free energy
Topic 14: Redox II and electrode potentials
Rates and equilibria (Papers 1-3)
Topic 9: Kinetics I
Topic 16: Kinetics II
Topic 10: Equilibrium I
Topic 11: Equilibrium II (Kc and Kp)
Topic 12: Acid-base equilibria - pH, Ka and Kw
Topic 12: Titration curves, indicators and buffers
Organic chemistry I (Papers 2, 3)
Topic 6A: Introduction to organic chemistry
Topic 6B: Alkanes
Topic 6C: Alkenes
Topic 6D: Halogenoalkanes
Topic 6E: Alcohols
Further organic chemistry (Papers 2, 3)
Topic 17A: Chirality
Topic 17B: Carbonyl compounds
Topic 17C: Carboxylic acids, acyl chlorides and esters
Topic 18A: Arenes - benzene and phenol
Topic 18B: Amines, amides, amino acids and proteins
Topic 18C: Organic synthesis
Analytical techniques (Papers 2, 3)
Topic 7A: Mass spectrometry I
Topic 7B: Infrared spectroscopy
Topic 19A: Mass spectrometry II
Topic 19B: Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
Topic 19C: Chromatography
Practical skills and core practicals (Paper 3)
Practical techniques, apparatus and safety
Data handling, uncertainties and errors
Core practicals 1-3: molar volume, standard solutions and titrations
Core practicals 4-7: halogenoalkane hydrolysis, alcohols and unknowns
Core practicals 8, 9, 13, 14: enthalpy, Ka, rates and activation energy
Core practicals 10-12: electrochemical cells, redox titration and complexes
Core practicals 15, 16: analysis of unknowns and preparation of aspirin
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