Chemistry Explained

Chemistry made simple without simplifying. Suitable for the UK A Level qualification. Written by an MSc student to help you understand this tricky subject and to help you achieve the highest grades that you can.

Topics:

Being A Chemistry Student

• Lab Safety

• Uncertainty

• Errors

• Accuracy and Precision

• Reliability, Reproducibility and Validity

• Variables in Experiments

Physical Chemistry

• The Atom

• Calculations

• Bonding

• Thermodynamics

• Reactions

• Equilibria

• Redox

• Electrode Potentials

• Acids and Bases

  Inorganic Chemistry

• Group 2

• Group 7

• Period 3

• Transition Elements

  Organic Chemistry

• An Introduction to Organic Chemistry

• Alkanes

• Alkenes

• Haloalkanes

• Alcohols

• Aldehydes and Ketones

• Carboxylic Acids

• Benzene

• Amines

• Proteins and Amino Acids

• Organic Analysis