3. Edexcel Revision Guides

For all UK students you should now use the New A-level guides below.

New A-level 2015

The revision guides are in syllabus order. There are no modules.

1. atomic structure and periodic table Edexcel (Updated December 2019)

2. bonding Edexcel (Updated January 2022 )

3. redox

4. inorganic chemistry Edexcel(Updated November 2018)

5. formulae equations and amount Edexcel (Updated January 2022)

6. organic chemistry I Edexcel (Updated February 2021)

7. analysis Edexcel  (Updated February 2021)

8. energetics I (updated March 2019)

9. reaction kinetics I Edexcel (Updated November 2018)

10. equilibria I Edexcel (Updated January 2022 )

11. equilibria II Edexcel (Updated January 2022 )

12. acid base equilibria Edexcel (Updated January 2022 )

13. energetics II Edexcel(Updated December 2019)

14. redox Edexcel (Updated January 2022 )

15. transition metals Edexcel (Updated February 2021)

16. reaction kinetics II Edexcel (Updated January 2022 )

17. organic chemistry II Edexcel (Updated February 2021)

18. organic chemistry III Edexcel (Updated February 2021)

19. spectroscopy Edexcel  (Updated February 2021)

Practical Guide Edexcel (Updated February 2021)

50 thoughts on “3. Edexcel Revision Guides”

  9. Abida Alam

    I am from Bangladesh & the exam is of Edexcel syllabus. Should I follow the first content list ones OR the second content list(old syllabus) ones? And, will following one of this list cover everything from AS & A2 exam, as just a revision guide ofcourse?

    If possible, can you tell me what things should an A’level student, like me, do to get an A* probably?

    Thank you 🙂

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    1. chemrevise Post author

      I didn’t write these guides for the international edexcel syllabus. It looks to me like the international follows fairly closely to old syllabus. The best thing for you to do is go through the syllabus and use the bits of the notes that are useful.

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    2. Sultan Mahdi

      You should follow the old one (module 1 and module 2). I am studying this under my chemistry teacher and they are good notes. Arranged.

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  14. Neel

    hi, great notes must say, although im confused.i’m sitting for the AS level International A level exams this year, so what syllabus is relevant to me: the old one or the new one? also if not relevant, where can i find something relevant if you had an idea.

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      1. Haydenn

        Hi, what do you mean by it doesn’t match the international a level, does the content slightly different, as I have found some of the past international papers have some weird questions. Or is it just the style of questions that are different.?Thanks

      2. chemrevise Post author

        I wrote the edexcel guides looking at the UK syllabus. I have not looked at all at the international A-level so I really don’t know how useful they are.

  15. chathurika

    Im doing my IAL chemistry A2 exams on may, can u pleaze should i study from the old syllabus or the new one. I also have to tell that your notes really helped me get through the jan exams. Thank u soooo much for the notes.

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  21. David

    In 2-entropy.pdf, page 3 for the N2 + O2 ->2NO calculation (2nd box) for feasible temp, you have a couple of (possible) typos:

    1) “The reaction will be feasible when delta Stotal =0

    2) “delta S” = 25 J K-1 mol-1 – should this be “delta Ssystem” ?

    3) I’ve tried to derive the your value of 25 J K-1 mol-1 for delta Ssystem as follows:
    N2 + O2 -> 2NO
    S(N2) = 95.8 J K-1 mol-1
    S(O2) = 102.5 J K-1 mol-1
    S(NO) = 210.7 J K-1 mol-1
    ..giving delta Ssystem = 2(210.7) – (95.8+102.5) = 223.1 J K-1 mol-1
    which is x10 bigger than your value. Am I doing something wrong here?

    Using my figure for delta Ssystem I get a feasible temp of 809K – which makes sense to me in terms of possible temps attained in a car engine to produce NO pollution. Your value of T > 7200K seems super high!

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    1. David

      some formatting has been stripped from post above so now doesn’t make much sense!

      Point 1 above in the PDF you have “reaction will be feasible when delta Stotal is *less than or equal* to 0” – should be “greater than or equal to”

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    2. chemrevise Post author

      Yes the first two points are typo’s and I will update soon. Your 3rd point is not correct though. I had to look back to where I got the information from. It’s Jan 11 AQA module 5. The entropy values you are using for N2 and O2 are per atom of N and O so they need to be doubled. I found the values you are using in the Nuffield Data book and they are quoted per atom. 223 did seem a big number for a reaction of 2 moles of gas changing to 2 moles of gas.

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  22. David

    Hi

    In the Group 2 notes: https://chemrevise.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/3-group-2-and-group-7.pdf

    bottom of page 2 you write: “The same effect will happen to a lesser extent with metals going up the group as the solubility decreases.” when explaining the effect of the sulphate produced coating the metal.

    I think it should read “…going up the group as solubility *increases*” – since the ‘coating effect’ would be less-and-less apparent as the sulphate ions would be dissolved going up the group.

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  26. Mandeep

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  27. evie4learning

    Thank you so much for all these wonderful resources. Just a suggestion, I would be extremely grateful to have just a complied list of all the chemistry definitions specific to this exam board. I hope I don’t sound too greedy!

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  28. Kandy

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