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Specification Point 3.2.5.2 - Ligand substitution reactions.
Complete set of Chapter 7 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 1.4 - Understand how the results of experiments involving the dilution of coloured solutions and diffusion of gases can be explained.
Specification Point 1.5 - Know what is meant by the terms: solvent, solute, solution and saturated solution.
Complete set of Chapter 1 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 2.1 - Understand how the similarities in the reactions of the group 1 elements with water provide evidence for their recognition as a family of elements.
Specification Point 2.2 - Understand how the differences between the reactions of the alkali metals with air and water provide evidence for the trend in reactivity in group 1.
Specification Point 2.3 - Use knowledge of trends in group 1 to predict the properties of other alkali metals.
Specification Point 2.4C - Explain the trend in reactivity in group 1 in terms of electronic configurations.
Complete set of Chapter 4 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 3.1.1.2 - Mass number and isotopes.
Specification Point 3.1.2.1 - Relative atomic mass and relative molecular mass.
Complete set of Chapter 1 Lectures are available.
Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 10 - Formulae and Calculations Part 2. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions.
Specification Point 1.29 - Calculate reacting masses using experimental data and chemical equations.
Specification Point 1.30 - Calculate percentage yield.
Specification Point 1.31 - Understand how the formulae of simple compounds can be obtained experimentally, including metal oxides, water and salts containing water of crystallisation.
Specification Point 1.32 - Know what is meant by the terms empirical formula and molecular formula.
Specification Point 1.33 - Calculate empirical and molecular formulae from experimental data.
Complete set of Chapter 2 Worksheets are available.
Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 5 - Methods of Separation. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions.
Specification Point 1.10
Describe the following experimental techniques for the separation of mixtures:
Simple distillation.
Fractional distillation.
Filtration.
Crystallisation.
Paper chromatography.
Complete set of Chapter 1 Worksheets are available.
Powerpoint lecture and associated PDF worksheet covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 1.10
Describe the following experimental techniques for the separation of mixtures:
Simple distillation.
Fractional distillation.
Filtration.
Crystallisation.
Paper chromatography.
Complete set of Chapter 1 Lessons are available.
Complete set of concise, modern presentations and associated PDF worksheets for Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry (4CH1) Chapter 1 - Particles and Mixtures. Contains colour coded specification points with handmade vector graphics. Six presentations and companion worksheets included:
1 - States of Matter
2 - Solutions and Solubility
3 - Calculating Solubility
4 - Elements, Compounds and Mixtures
5 - Methods of Separation
6 - Paper Chromatography
Powerpoint lecture and associated PDF worksheet covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 1.37 - Understand how ions are formed by electron loss or gain.
Specification Point 1.38 - Know the charges of several atomic and molecular ions.
Specification Point 1.39 - Write formulae for compounds formed between the ions listed in 1.38.
Specification Point 1.40 - Draw dot-and-cross diagrams to show the formation of ionic compounds by electron transfer, limited to combinations of elements from groups 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7.
Specification Point 1.41 - Understand ionic bonding in terms of electrostatic attractions.
Specification Point 1.42 - Understand why compounds with giant ionic lattices have high melting and boiling points.
Specification Point 1.43 - Know that ionic compounds do not conduct electricity when solid, but do conduct electricity when molten and in aqueous solution.
Complete set of Chapter 3 Lessons are available.
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Specification Point 1.34C - Understand how to carry out calculations involving amount of substance, volume and concentration of solution.
Specification Point 1.35C - Understand how to carry out calculations involving gas volumes and the molar volume of a gas.
Complete set of Chapter 2 Lessons are available.
Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 18 - Atmospheric Gases. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions.
Specification Point 2.9 - Know the approximate percentages by volume of the four most abundant gases in dry air.
Specification Point 2.10 - Understand how to determine the percentage by volume of oxygen in air using experiments involving the reactions of metals and non-metals with air.
Specification Point 2.11 - Describe the combustion of elements in oxygen, including magnesium, hydrogen and sulphur.
Specification Point 2.12 - Describe the formation of carbon dioxide from the thermal decomposition of metal carbonates, including copper (II) carbonate.
Specification Point 2.13 - Know that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas and that increasing amounts in the atmosphere may contribute to climate change.
Specification Point 2.14 - Practical: determine the approximate percentage by volume of oxygen in air using a metal or a non-metal.
Complete set of Chapter 4 Worksheets are available.
Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 20 - The Uses of Metals. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions.
Specification Point 2.22C - Know that most metals are extracted from ores found in the Earth’s crust and that unreactive metals are often found as the uncombined element.
Specification Point 2.23C - Explain how the method of extraction of a metal is related to its position in the reactivity series, illustrated by carbon extraction for iron and electrolysis for aluminium.
Specification Point 2.24C - Be able to comment on a metal extraction process, given appropriate information.
Specification Point 2.25C - Explain the uses of aluminium, copper, iron and steel in terms of their properties.
Specification Point 2.26C - Know that an alloy is a mixture of a metal and one or more elements, usually other metals or carbon.
Specification Point 2.27C - Explain why alloys are harder than pure metals.
Complete set of Chapter 4 Worksheets are available.
Complete set of companion PDF worksheets for Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry (4CH1) Chapter 4 - Metals, Halogens and Atmospheric Gases. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions. Five worksheets included:
16 - Group 1 Elements
17 - Group 7 Elements
18 - Atmospheric Gases
19 - Metals and the Reactivity Series
20 - The Uses of Metals
Powerpoint lecture and associated PDF worksheet covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 4.29C - Know that alcohols contain the functional group −OH.
Specification Point 4.30C - Understand how to draw structural and displayed formulae for methanol, ethanol, propanol and butanol and name each compound.
Specification Point 4.31C - Know that how ethanol can be oxidised.
Specification Point 4.32C - Know how ethanol can be manufactured.
Specification Point 4.33C - Understand the reasons for fermentation, in the absence of air, and at an optimum temperature.
Specification Point 4.34C - Know that carboxylic acids contain the functional group -COOH.
Specification Point 4.35C - Understand how to draw structural and displayed formulae for unbranched-chain carboxylic acids with up to four carbon atoms in the molecule, and name each compound.
Specification Point 4.36C - Describe the reactions of aqueous solutions of carboxylic acids with metals and metal carbonates.
Specification Point 4.37C - Know that vinegar is an aqueous solution containing ethanoic acid.
Complete set of Chapter 7 Lessons are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 3.3.2.4 - Chlorination of alkanes.
Specification Point 3.3.3.3 - Ozone depletion.
Complete set of Chapter 5 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 3.3.2.1 - Fractional distillation of crude oil.
Specification Point 3.3.2.2 - Modification of alkanes by cracking.
Specification Point 3.3.2.3 - Combustion of alkanes.
Complete set of Chapter 5 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 3.1.3.1 - Ionic bonding.
Complete set of Chapter 2 Lectures are available.