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Stoichiometry

Back titration

Explaining the concept of back titration with examples.

Titrations 1

Example titrations calculations 1

Titrations 2

Example titrations calculations 2

Titrations 3

Example titrations calculations 3

Structure and bonding

Group V hydrides

Flash file showing the relative boiling points of the group V hydrides.

Group VII hydrides

Flash file showing the relative boiling points of the group VII hydrides.

Octet expansion
 
The Lewis structure of boron trifluoride

Explaining the concept of back titration with examples.

The Lewis structure of phosphorus(V) chloride

Explaining the concept of back titration with examples.

The Lewis structure of the carbonate ion

Explaining the concept of back titration with examples.

The Lewis structure of hydrazine

Explaining the concept of back titration with examples.

The Lewis structure of methanal

Explaining the concept of back titration with examples.

The Lewis structure of the nitrate ion

Explaining the concept of back titration with examples.

Periodicity

Ionisation energy

Flash file showing the relative boiling points of the group V hydrides.

Periodic table jigsaw

Flash file showing the relative boiling points of the group VII hydrides.

Octet expansion

How atoms undergo octet expansion to make higher oxidation states available for bonding.

 
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Atomic theory

Aufbau principle

The system of building up electronic configurations by filling up atomic orbitals in order of ascending energy.

Periodic table jigsaw

Flash file showing the relative boiling points of the group VII hydrides.

Octet expansion
 
Sub-atomic particles

Explaining the arrangement of the particles within atoms and ions.

 

 

Energetics

Back extrapolation

Compensating for heat losses in reactions with slow energy release.

Calorimetry

Capturing heat released by reactions.

Enthalpy change

The relationship between enthalpy, kinetic energy and internal energy.

Born-Haber cycles

Using magnesium chloride as an example.

Hess' law

The different ways of applying Hess' law to enthalpy cycles.

Born-Haber cycle NaCl

A description of the processes that an ionic crystal goes through energetically in formation.


 


 

Hess' law

The basis and use of Hess' law.

Applying Hess' law

The basis and use of Hess' law.

 

Kinetics

Mechanisms

How to use kinetics studies to elucidate possible mechanisms.

The rate equation

Solving the rate equation.


 


 

Reaction kinetics and mechanisms

How to deduce mechanisms from kinetics studies.

Solving the rate equation

How to solve the rate equation.

 

Equilibrium

Pressure and kc

Expanation of why changing pressure conditions does not affect the value of the equilibrium constant.


Equilibrium 1

Using the equilibrium law to find constants.


 


 

 

 

 

Acids and bases

Acid strength

The factors that affect the strengths of acids.


 


 


 

Buffer question 1

Solving a buffer problem.

 

 

Redox equilibria

Frost diagrams

The use of electrode potentials to show favourable reactions.


 


 


 

Redox calculation

Redox reaction calculation solved.

 

 

Organic chemistry

Meso effect

The directing effects of substituents in aromatic substitution.

Organic mechanisms

The different mechanisms involved in organic reactions..

Nucleophilic substitution

A closer look at nucleophilic substitution sN1 and sN2.

Benzene nitration

The mechanisms of electrophilic substition in the nitration of benzene.

Nomenclature

The fundamental basics of organic nomenclature that need to be known.

Organic pathways

The routes used in synthesis.

Benzene

The stability of aromatic compounds explained energetically.


 

Nucleophilic substitution of haloalkanes

sN1 and sN2 explained.

 

 

Data processing

 

 

General resources

Column chromatography

The technique used to separate mixtures of soluble compounds.

Ion analysis

'Wet' techniques used for identifying positive and negative ions in solution.

Haemoglobin

The structure of the protein haemoglobin

Cahn, Ingold, Prelog

The priority rules used to identify organic stereoisomers.

Nucleophilic substitution of haloalkanes

sN1 and sN2 explained.