Revision notes for 5.1.1 How Fast? from the Rates, Equilibrium and pH Topic 5.1 for Year 2 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge and examples required for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 8 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Orders, rate equations and rate constants • Rate graphs and orders • Rate-determining step • Effect of temperature on rate constants – including: the Arrhenius equation. Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for 5.1.2 How Far? from the Rates, Equilibrium and pH Topic 5.1 for Year 2 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge and examples required for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 4 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • The equilibrium constant, Kc • The equilibrium constant, Kp • Conditions affecting Kc and Kp Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for 5.1.3 Acids, Bases and Buffers from the Rates, Equilibrium and pH Topic 5.1 for Year 2 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge and examples required for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 11 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Brønsted–Lowry acids and bases • pH and H+ – including: strong acids, weak acids and strong bases. • Buffers: action, uses and calculations • Neutralisation Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for the Atoms and Reactions Topic 2.1 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and required practicals for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word documents contain a total of 12 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Atomic structure and isotopes • Compounds, formulae and equations • Amount of substance • Acids • Redox • Required Practical 2: Acid-base Titration Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for the Periodic Table Topic 3.1 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and required practicals for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word documents contain a total of 9 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Periodicity • Group 2 • The halogens • Qualitative analysis • Required Practical 4: Qualitative analysis of ions • Required Practical 7: Qualitative analysis of organic functional groups Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for the Atoms and Reactions Topic 2.2 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge and examples required for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 10 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Electron structure • Ionic bonding • Covalent bonding • The shapes of simple molecules and ions • Electronegativity and bond polarity • Intermolecular forces Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for the Physical Chemistry Topic 3.2 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and practical skills for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 10 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Enthalpy changes – including: reaction, formation, combustion, neutralisation, bond enthalpies and Hess’ law and enthalpy cycles. • Reaction rates – including: collision theory, catalysts and the Boltzmann distribution. • Chemical equilibrium – including: dynamic equilibrium, le Chatelier’s principle and the equilibrium constant, Kc. • Skills from required practical 3: Enthalpy Determination. • Skills from required practical 9: Rates of Reaction – continuous monitoring method. Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for the Alcohols, Haloalkanes and Analysis Topic 4.2 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and required practicals for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word documents contain a total of 10 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Alcohols – including: properties and reactions. • Haloalkanes – including: reactions and environmental concerns from use of organohalogen compounds. • Organic synthesis • Analytical techniques – including: infrared spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and combined techniques. • Required Practical 5: Synthesis of an Organic Liquid Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for the Basic Concepts and Hydrocarbons Topic 4.1 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge and examples required for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 10 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Basic concepts of organic chemistry • Alkanes – including: properties and reactions. • Alkenes – including: properties, stereoisomerism, reactions and polymers. • Waste polymers and alternatives Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for 5.2.2 Enthalpy and Entropy from the Energy Topic 5.2 for Year 2 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge and examples required for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 4 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Entropy • Free energy – including: the Gibbs’ equation. Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for 5.2.3 Redox and Electrode Potentials from the Energy Topic 5.2 for Year 2 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and practical skills for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 11 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Redox – including: redox equations. • Redox titrations • Electrode potentials – including: half cells, standard electrode potential, standard cell potential and redox systems. • Storage and fuel cells • Skills from required practical 8: Electrochemical Cells Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for 5.2.1 Lattice Enthalpy from the Energy Topic 5.2 for Year 2 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge and examples required for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 7 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Lattice enthalpy • Bohr-Haber cycles • Bohr-Haber: solution and hydration enthalpy • Factors affecting lattice enthalpy • Factors affecting enthalpy of hydration Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for the Transition Metals Topic 5.3 for Year 2 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and required practicals for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 12 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Transition elements properties • Ligands and complex ions • Ligand substitution • Precipitation reactions • Redox reactions • Qualitative analysis • Required Practical 4: Qualitative analysis of ions Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for the Nitrogen Compounds, Polymers and Synthesis Topic 6.2 for Year 2 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge, examples and required practicals for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word documents contain a total of 16 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Amines • Amino acids, amides and chirality • Polyesters and polyamides • Carbon–carbon bond formation • Organic synthesis • Required Practical 6: Synthesis of an Organic Solid Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for the Analysis Topic 6.3 for Year 2 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge, examples and practical skills required for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 9 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Types of chromatography • Tests for organic functional groups • Carbon NMR Spectroscopy • Proton NMR Spectroscopy • Combined techniques Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Exemplar independent research project for Required Practical 12.1 – Investigating Iron Tablets. Written by an A* chemistry student and approved by a chemistry teacher. Harvard referencing format used. Includes: • Introduction • Research • Aim • Chemicals • Equipment list • Health and safety risk assessment • Detailed method • Answers to extension opportunity questions • Reference list • Results tables Uses: • Guidance to complete this research project • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey