Structure of an atom

Isotopes

Time of flight mass spectrometer

Electronic configuration

s, p, d or f block elements

Period 2 and 3

Ionic bonding

Covalent and dative covalent bonds

Shapes of molecules

Bond polarity

Permanent Dipole-Dipole Interactions

Hydrogen bonds

Physical properties of materials

Metallic bonding

Bonding and properties

Oxidation states

Redox reactions

Moles and the Avogadro constant

Empirical and molecular formula

Ideal gas equation

Balanced equations

Ionic equations

Volume of gases

Concentrations and volumes of solutions

Core practical 1 – Measure the molar volume of a gas

Core practical 2 – Find the concentration of a solution of sodium hydroxide

Core practical 3 – Find the concentration of a solution of hydrochloric acid

Percentage yields

Atom economy

Enthalpy change

Calorimetry

Hess’ Law

Core practical 8 – Calculate the enthalpy change for the thermal decomposition of potassium hydrogencarbonate

Bond enthalpy

Collision Theory

Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution

Effect of temperature on reaction rate

Effect of pressure and concentration on reaction rate

Effect of catalysts on reaction rate

Heterogeneous catalysts

Le Chatelier’s principle and dynamic equilibrium

Kc

Group 2, the alkaline earth metals

Thermal stability of groups 1 and 2

Flame tests

Group 7 (17) the halogens

Chlorine and chlorate

Testing for ions

Introduction to organic chemistry

Types of formula

Skeletal formula

Structural isomerism

E/Z isomerism

Cahn–Ingold–Prelog priority rules

Reaction mechanisms

Naming alkanes

Fractional distillation of crude oil

Cracking

Combustion of alkanes

Production of alcohols

Halogenation of alkanes

Bonding and reactivity

Addition reactions of alkenes

Addition polymers

Disposal of polymers

Halogenoalkanes

Nucleophilic substitution

Elimination reactions

Core practical 4 – Investigate the hydrolysis of halogenoalkanes

Alcohols

Oxidation of alcohols

Reactions with alcohols

Experimental tehniques

Core practical 5 – Investigate the oxidation of ethanol

Core practical 6 – Investigating chlorination of 2-methylpropan-2-ol

Mass spectrometry

Infrared spectroscopy

Core practical 7 – Identify unknown organic liquids and inorganic solids

Equilibrium constant Kp for homogeneous systems

Brønsted–Lowry acid-base equilibria

pH equations

Calculate the pH of strong acids

Calculate the pH of weak acids

Kw to calculate the pH of strong bases

Calculating the pH of buffer solutions

pH curves

Core practical 9 – Determine Ka for a weak acid

Born-Haber Cycles

Entropy change ΔS

Gibbs free-energy change ΔG

Electrode potentials and cells

Core practical 10 – Construct electrochemical cells and measure electrode potentials

Electrochemical cells

Redox titrations

Core practical 11 – Find the amount of iron in an iron tablet using redox titration

Orders of reactions and rate equations

Determination of rate equation

The Arrhenius equation

Core practical 13a – Follow the rate of the iodine–propanone reaction using a titrimetric method

Core practical 13b – Use a clock reaction to determine a rate equation

Core practical 14 – Determine the activation energy for the reaction between bromide ions and bromate(V) ions

Transition metals

Complex ions

Shapes of complex ions

Coloured complex ions

Variable oxidation states of transition metals

Ligand exchange

Heterogeneous catalysts and homogeneous catalysts

Core practical 12 – Prepare a transition metal complex