Chemistry A-Level

2023-08-07 07:52 am
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Content:

  • This course will help students:
  • Acquire knowledge, understanding and develop practical skills, including effective, accurate and safe scientific practice
  • Learn to apply scientific methods while developing an awareness of the limitations of scientific theories and models
  • Develop skills to analyze data, evaluate and draw conclusions, cultivate science-appropriate attitudes such as objectivity, integrity, curiosity, initiative and creativity
  • Develop effective scientific communication skills, using according terminology and scientific conventions
  • Understand our responsibility to people in society and care for environmental issues

Topic 1: Physical Chemistry: Research and study macroscopic and particle phenomena in chemical systems in terms of physical principles, practices, and concepts such as motion, energy, force, time, thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, statistical mechanics, analytical dynamics, and stoichiometry.

  • AS Level
    • Atomic structure
    • Atoms, molecules and stoichiometry
    • Chemical bonding
    • States of matter
    • Chemical energetics
    • Electrochemistry
    • Equilibria
    • Reaction kinetics
  • A-Level (including topics offered at AS Level):
    • Chemical energetics
    • Electric chemistry
    • Equilibria
    • Reaction kinetics

Topic 2: Inorganic chemistry

  • AS Level
    • The Periodic Table: chemical periodicity
    • Group 2
    • Group 17
    • Nitrogen and sulfur
  • A-Level (including topics offered at AS Level):
    • Group 2
    • Chemistry of transition elements

Topic 3: Organic chemistry

  • AS Level
    • An introduction to AS organic chemistry
    • Hydrocarbons
    • Halogen compounds
    • Hydroxy compounds
    • Carbonyl compounds
    • Carboxylic acids and derivatives
    • Nitrogen compounds
    • Polymerisation
    • Organic synthesis
  • A-Level (including topics offered at AS Level):
    • An introduction to A-level organic chemistry
    • Hydrocarbons
    • Halogen compounds
    • Hydroxy compounds
    • Carbonyl compounds
    • Carboxylic acids and derivatives
    • Nitrogen compounds
    • Polymerisation
    • Organic synthesis

Topic 4: Analytical techniques

  • AS Level and A-Level:
    • Analytical techniques
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