AQA Chemistry: A Level Year 1 and AS

Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level: AS/A Level Subject: Chemistry First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 Fully revised and updated for the linear qualification, written and checked by curriculum and specification experts, this Student Book supports and extends students through the course whilst delivering the maths, practical and synoptic skills needed to succeed at A Level and beyond. The book uses clear straightforward explanations to develop real subject knowledge and allow students to link ideas together, while developing essential exam skills.

Table of Contents:
Physical chemistry 1 1 Atomic structure 1.1: Fundamental particles 1.2: Mass number, atomic number, and isotopes 1.3: The arrangement of the electrons 1.4: The mass spectrometer 1.5: More about electron arrangements in atoms 1.6: Electron arrangements and ionisation energy 2 Amount of substance 2.1: Relative atomic and molecular masses, the Avogadro constant, and the mole 2.2: Mole in solution 2.3: The ideal gas equations 2.4: Empirical and molecular formulae 2.5: Balanced equations and related calculations 2.6: Balanced equations, atom economies, and percentage yields 3 Bonding 3.1: The nature of ionic bonding 3.2: Covalent bonding 3.3: Metallic bonding 3.4: Electronegativity - bond polarity in covalent bonds 3.5: Forces acting between molecules 3.6: The shapes of molecules and ions 3.7: Bonding and physical properties 4 Energetics 4.1: Exothermic and endothermic reactions 4.2: Enthalpy 4.3: Measuring enthalpy changes 4.4: Hess's law 4.5: Enthalpy changes of combustion 4.6: Representing thermochemical cycles 4.7: Bond enthalpies 5 Kinetics 5.1: Collision theory 5.2: The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution 5.3: Catalysts 6 Equilibria 6.1: The idea of equilibrium 6.2: Changing the conditions of an equilibrium reaction 6.3: Equilibrium reactions in industry 6.4: The Equilibrium constant, K 6.5: Calculations using equilibrium constant expressions 6.6: The effect of changing conditions on equilibria 7 Oxidation, reduction, and redox reactions 7.1: Oxidation and reduction 7.2: Oxidation states 7.3: Redox equations Inorganic chemistry 1 8 Periodicity 8.1: The Periodic Table 8.2: Trends in the properties of elements Period 3 8.3: More trends in the properties of the elements of Period 3 8.4: A closer look at ionisation energies 9 Group 2, the Alkaline Earth Metals 9.1: The physical and chemical properties of Group 2 10 Group 7[17], the Halogens 10.1: The Halogens 10.2: The chemical reactions of the Halogens 10.3: Reactions of halide ions 10.4: Uses of chlorine Organic chemistry 1 11 Introduction to organic chemistry 11.1: Carbon compounds 11.2: Nomenclature - naming organic compounds 11.3: Isomerism 12 Alkanes 12.1: Alkanes 12.2: Fractional distillation of crude oil 12.3: Industrial cracking 12.4: Combustion of alkanes 12.5: The formation of halogenoalkanes 13 Halogenoalkanes 13.1: Halogenoalkanes - introduction 13.2: Nucleophilic substitution in halogenoalkanes 13.3: Elimination reaction in halogenoalkanes 14 Alkenes 14.1: Alkenes 14.2: Reactions of alkenes 14.3: Addition polymers 15 Alcohols 15.1: Alcohols - introduction 15.2: Ethanol production 15.3: The reactions of alcohols 16 Organic analysis 16.1: Test-tube reactions 16.2: Mass spectrometry 16.3: Infrared spectroscopy Practical skills Mathematical skills

About the Author :
Ted Lister and Janet Renshaw combine their years of experience teaching and writing for A Level Chemistry students. They are well-known names in the A Level Chemistry authoring market, for bringing Chemistry to life in a clear and accessible way, and were the author team behind the market-leading student books to support AQA's previous specification. As well as teaching, writing and examining they have written a number of other books and also spent some years developing curriculum support material for the Royal Society of Chemistry.