UNIT F321 - ATOMS, BONDS AND GROUPS
This unit focuses on the basics of A-level chemistry - the structure of atoms, the role of electrons in chemical and physical properties and the change in characteristics down groups and across periods in the periodic table.
The units is divided up as follows:
- Atomic structure
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I Discovering the electron |
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II Discovering protons and neutrons |
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III Atomic and mass numbers |
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IV Isotopes |
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V Counting atoms and molecules |
- Moles and equations
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I Counting chemical substances in bulk |
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II Calculation of empirical and molecular formulae |
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III Balancing chemical equations |
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IV Balancing ionic equations |
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V Calculations involving concentrations and gas volumes |
- Acids
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I Acids and bases |
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II Making salts |
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III Anhydrous and hydrated salts |
- Redox
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I Oxidation numbers and oxidation states |
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II Oxidation numbers in compound names |
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III Metals and non-metals |
- Electron structure
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I Electrons in atoms |
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II Ionisation energy |
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III Electronic configuration |
- Bonding and structure
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I Ionic bonding |
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II Covalent bonding |
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III Shapes of simple molecules |
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IV Metallic bonding |
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V Intermolecular forces |
- Periodicity
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I Finding periodic patterns |
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II Versions of the Periodic Table |
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III Periodic patterns of physical properties |
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IV Periodic patterns of first ionisation energies |
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V Successive ionisation energies and the Periodic Table |
- Group 2
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I General properties of the Group 2 elements |
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II Reactions of Group 2 elements |
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III Chalk and lime chemistry |
- Group 7
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I General properties of the Group 7 elements |
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II Reactions of Group 2 elements |
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III Disproportionation reactions of chlorine |
