Chemistry - Paper 1

Paper 1 notes for the GCSE Chemistry Triple AQA (Separate science) course, will also be helpful to anyone studying the other exam boards too. This is £2.00 cheaper than buying all of these topics individually. Contents.. its a lot:

Atomic Structure

• Atoms
• Separating Mixtures
• Fractional Distillation and Chromatography
• History of the Atom
• Structure of the Atom
• Ions, atoms and isotopes
• Electronic Structure

The Periodic table

• The development of the periodic table
• Metals and non-metals
• Group 1 elements
• Group 7 and 0 elements
• Transition metals

Structure and bonding

• States of Matter
• Changes in state
• Ions
• Ionic compounds
• Simple molecular substances
• Giant covalent structures
• Diamond and Graphite
• Graphene and fullerenes
• Giant metallic structures
• Nanoparticles
• Covalent bonding
• Ionic bonding

Chemical calculations

• Relative masses and moles
• Equations and calculations
• From masses to balanced equations
• The yield of a chemical reaction
• Atom economy
• Expressing concentrations
• Titrations
• Titration calculations

Electrolysis

• Introduction to electrolysis
• Changes at the electrodes
• The extraction of aluminium
• Electrolysis of aqueous solutions

Energy changes

• Exothermic and endothermic reaction
• Reaction profiles
• Bond energy calculations
• Chemical cells and batteries
• Fuel cells

6 markers and practicals

• Making salts
• Titrations
• Electrolysis (x2)
• Temperature changes
• Rate of reaction
• Chromatography
• Identifying unknown compounds
• Flame test
• Purify and test water

(Please note that these are ALL of the Chemistry 6 markers and practicals, I have not separated them into Paper 1 and Paper 2.)