Organisational Myths
Re-published as 2 volumes by Bookboon
January 2018
(Originally published September 2017)
A LEVEL
CHEMISTRY IN PERSPECTIVE
by Adrian Faiers MA (Oxon)
(an
electrostatic
approach for bored and confused A Level and IB chemistry students,
other
senior school chemistry students and higher level students of
biological and medical sciences.)
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Alphabetical Contents
A
B C
D E
F G
H I
J K
L
M N
O P
Q R
S T
U V
W XYZ
A
Acid
anhydrides
Acid
chlorides
Alcohols
Alcohol &
society
Aldehydes
Alkanes
Alkenes
Alkynes
Amides
Amines
Aromatic hydrocarbons
Atomic number
Atomic spectra
The Avogadro Constant
B
Band
of Stability
Benzene
C
Carbonyls
Carboxylic acids
Concentration,
measures
D
Diazonium Compounds
E
Electrostatic
approach
Esters
Ethers
F
Food additives
G
H
Haloalkanes
Homeopathic
medicines
I
Inductive effects
Isotopes
J
K
Ketones
L
M
Mass number
Mass spectrometer
Mesomeric effects
Models
Molarity
Molar Mass
Mole
Mole, importance
N
Nitriles
Nitro-compounds
O
Orbitals
Organic farming
P
PERIODIC TABLE and:
Electron
arrangement
Information
from,
Predicting
properties
Pollution, industrial
Pollution, other
(farming, road traffic, plastics)
Predicting electron
arrangement
Predicting properties
of
elements
Q
R
Applications of
Nature of
Kinetics of
Predicting type of
Properties of
RAM & RMM,
Relative atomic molar mass
RAM/RMM, definitions
S
T
U
V
W
X, Y & Z
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CONTENTS
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Chemistry in Perspective was written by a tutor who specialised in helping students taking A Levels and A-Level re-sits to achieve higher grades. Hopefully, the language, combined with the specialist understanding of those things that tend to confuse students, will help to make things clear for you. In some places the text provides underlying theory beyond what's required by the A-Level specifications. This is desgned to help students develop understanding rather than simply learn unexplained facts. The approach also makes Chemistry in Perspective suitable for higher level students of biological and medical sciences who are perhaps studying chemistry at this level for the first time.
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Section 1:
Essentials
(Physical Chemistry)
(Also see the NEW 2015 specification links in left hand column. Although the links will take you to the most relevant paragraphs, it is recommended that you understand the context by reading either side of the linked section.)
CHAPTER 1: ATOMIC STRUCTURE (Introduction and some topics arising)
CHAPTER 2: ATOMIC STRUCTURE (More detail) Featuring link to NEW revision worksheet.
CHAPTER 3: RADIOACTIVITY
CHAPTER 4: BONDING
CHAPTER 5: STATES OF MATTER Featuring link to NEW revision worksheet (on bonding).
CHAPTER 6: THE CHEMICAL ENERGY TOUR (an introduction to measures of energy)
CHAPTER 7: ENERGETICS (and the first law of thermodynamics)
CHAPTER 8: KINETICS AND EQUILIBRIUM (an introduction)
CHAPTER 9: MORE ON KINETICS
CHAPTER 10: MORE ON EQUILIBRIUM
CHAPTER 11: REDOX EQUILIBRIA AND ELECTROCHEMISTRY
CHAPTER 12: ENTROPY (the TOUR continues with the second law of thermodynamics)
Section 2: Inorganic
CHAPTER 13: PERIODICITY IN PROPERTIES OF THE ELEMENTS UP TO ARGONCHAPTER 14: PERIODICITY IN PROPERTIES OF COMPOUNDS OF THE ELEMENTS
UP TO ARGON
CHAPTER 15: GROUPS I & II
CHAPTER 16: GROUP VII
CHAPTER 17: GROUP IV
CHAPTER 18: THE FIRST ROW OF d-BLOCK ELEMENTS (including transition elements)
CHAPTER 19: CHEMISTRY VS. MONEY (Some inorganic industrial processes)
Section 3: Organic
CHAPTER 20: TWELVE ESSENTIAL REACTION MECHANISMSCHAPTER 21: PREDICTING REACTIONS [I]: (hydrocarbons and simple derivatives)
CHAPTER 22: PREDICTING REACTIONS [II]: (oxygen and nitrogen containing compounds)
CHAPTER 23: SUMMARY OF LABORATORY PREPARATIONS
CHAPTER 24: ISOMERISM
CHAPTER 25: BIOCHEMISTRY
CHAPTER 26: OCCURRENCE AND INDUSTRIAL RELEVANCE OF SOME ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.
CHAPTER 27: NOMENCLATURE PLUS BRIEF STRUCTURES AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Section 4: More Everyday Chemistry
CHAPTER 28: SCIENCE FICTION (Correct and incorrect application of chemical theoryto everyday problems)
appendices
APPENDIX i: QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS REACTIONS YOU MUST KNOWAPPENDIX ii: SOME HINTS FOR QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS (TITRATION)
APPENDIX iii: PHASE EQUILIBRIA AND COLLIGATIVE PROPERTIES
APPENDIX iv: PSEUDOSCIENCE: HOMEOPATHY
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otherwise stated, these web versions of all materials are
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2005-2015 Adrian Faiers MA (Oxon) MCIPR
Animations © 2016 Samuel Faiers
What
's the connection between a dozen eggs and
a garden mole?
Answer: Not a lot, really,
but see Chapter
1