5. A-level Textbook

This text book is an ongoing project. At the moment it as an amalgamation of all the written material I have. It is not therefore syllabus specific. Some material may be the same as what is on the revision guides but some has more extensive explanations. Over time I will add to the explanations to turn the revision guide bits into something more detailed. I will also add to the questions that appear in some chapters.

Physical Chemistry

Calculations

balancing equations

1.21 moles and formulae   Updated December 2019

1.22 concentrations and solutions  Updated December 2019

1.23 Gas Calculations   Updated December 2019

1.24 calculations and chemical reactions   Updated December 2019

1.25 titrations Updated November 2018

Atomic Structure

2.11 atomic structure and mass spectrometry New April 2018

2.12 electronic structure    Updated April 2018

2.13 ionisation energies Updated January 2022

Bonding

2.20 introduction to bonding Updated November 2018

2.21 ionic bonding   Updated November 2018

2.22 covalent bonding Updated November 2018

2.23 metallic bonding  Updated November 2018

2.24 shapes of molecules    Updated December 2019

2.25 intermediate bonding Updated February 2024

2.26 intermolecular bonding Updated February 2024

2.27 structure of solid crystals  New April 2018

Energetics

3.11 introduction enthalpy change    New April 2015

3.12 Hesses law  Updated April 2020

3.13 calorimetry Updated March 2019

3.14 bond enthalpies Updated March 2019

3.15 Born Haber Cycle Updated November 2018

3.16 Entropy and Gibbs Energy   Updated November 2018

3.17 Enthalpies of Solution   Updated November 2018

Kinetics

4.1 Reaction kinetics  Updated December 2019

Equilibria

4.2. equilibria Updated November 2018

Acid -base equilibria

4.30 acid bases and salts  Updated December 2019

4.35 acid base equilibria   New April 2018

Redox

4.40 redox  New April 2018

4.45 electrolysis New April 2018

Redox Equilibria

4.50 redox equilibria Updated November 2018

 Inorganic Chemistry

Periodicity

5.1. periodicity   Updated December 2019

Group 2

5.2. group 2 Updated February 2024

Group 7: The halogens

5.3. group 7 Updated February 2024

Metal Extraction

5.4. metal extraction New April 2018

Transition Metals

5.51 Introduction to transition metals  New April 2018

5.52 complex ions Updated February 2019

5.53 colour in complex ions New January 2022

5.54 chemistry V Mn Cu Co Cr Ag Updated February 2021

5.55 Catalysis by transition metals New April 2018

5.56 reactions of aqueous transition metal ions Updated February 2019

 Organic Chemistry

6.1. organic naming  Updated December 2019

6.1.5. isomerism Updated December 2019

6.2. alkanes Updated February 2024

6.3. alkenes   Updated November 2018

6.4. halogenoalkanes Updated November 2018

6.5. alcohols  Updated December 2019

6.12. polymers new April 2018

Reactions of the C=O bond

6.6. aldehydes and ketones Updated January 2022

6.7. carboxylic acids and esters Updated January 2022

6.8. acyl chlorides and acid anhydrides Updated January 2022

Benzene

6.9. benzene Updated January 2022

6.95 Phenol  new April 2018

Amines, amino acids, polymers

6.10. Amines Updated November 2018

6.10.5 amides Updated December 2019

6.11. amino acids proteins and DNA Updated December 2019

6.12. polymers Updated April 2020

 Spectroscopy

6.13 analytical techniques Updated December 2019

organic problem solving   New March 2021

Synthetic Routes

6.14 organic synthesis new April 2018

40 thoughts on “5. A-level Textbook

      1. NICoLISMITh

        thankssssssssss so much, i needed some help to work these calculations out, these notes are very concise and excellent thanks so much!!!!!!

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  3. Andrew Galea - Chemistry teacher

    Loads of hard work has gone into producing these notes – hope students appreciate the hard work of dedicated teachers – an inspiration to Chemistry students 🙂

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  4. student

    For ‘questions on errors’ in titrations, for part (d) surely there should be no effect on the calculated value of [NaOH] as the water doesn’t affect the number of moles of either reagent used and the moles of potassium hydrogenphthalate measured out by the pipette is the same?

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  5. chemnerd

    Great resources! However it would be superb if you have more questions for each topic and give answers to the questions.:)

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  6. Slurp

    Hey, thank you so much for notes. I was just wondering do you know where i can obtain the answers from as i am working through the questions from Unit 1, Module 1. Thanks again for your help.

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  7. Lynne

    It would be great if you could supply the answers to the mole questions in 1.21 and 1.24 (the new guides). Ive done them but not sure if I got them right and I would love to know. Thanks for your notes. Love them.

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      1. Lynne

        Got the answers – this will really help me – just in time for my amount of substance test on monday. thank you so much.

      2. Alisha

        Hi,

        I have looked at the answers but for some i am getting different answers to you, for example for 1.24 calculations and chemical reactions, question 1.1 your answer was 4.21g but i am getting 6.80g can you please explain how you are getting this?

      3. chemrevise Post author

        I would prefer you to show me how you get 6.80. Check you are using the atomic mass of Titanium (Ti). I suspect you might be doing it with thallium (Tl)

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