I've been steadily making my way through a list of recommended topics and making sure I understand them.
Although since I've been going through the practice questions, the chemistry questions seem so much harder than what I have been revising! (cry)
Here is a list of the topics I have covered for Chemistry, and I haven't really done "proper" Chemistry since AS Level and I've basically forgotten it all and I HATE it :(
Atoms
- Periodic trends and the nature of atoms
- Understand common elements
- Balance equations
Bonding
- Different types and properties of bonds
- Electronegativity and polarity of molecules
- Effect of electron withdrawing groups
- Electron orbitals and quantum numbering
Equilibrium
- Le Chateliers principle
- Effect of heat, catalysts and concentration on rate of reaction
Gases
- Ideal gas laws
Solutions
- Apply Ksp values
- Understand how chemical properties effect solubility
Colligative Properties
- Boiling point elevation and freezing point depression
- Raoults Law
- Heat capacity and specific heat
Thermodynamics
- Laws of thermodynamics
- Gibbs free energy, entropy, enthalpy
- Predict wether a reaction will be spontaneous
- Will a reaction be exo/endo
Acids and Bases
- Pka values
- conjugate pairs
- Does a molecule act as a base or a pair depending on it's structure
- General acid base stuff!
- Oxidation and reduction
- Apply E values
Organic Chemistry
- IUPAC naming conventions
- Draw molecular structures from name
- Isomers
- Chirality
- Alkanes, Alkenes, Alkynes
- Alcohols, Esters, Carboxylic Acids, Amines, Ketones, Aldehydes etc
- Properties and effects of major functional groups
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