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A-level Chemistry downloads

Every printable file in the library: a question workbook for each lesson in a print edition and a screen edition, with a separate answer book of mark schemes, then the revision posters, the printable flashcard packs and the Anki decks. All are free to use; please do not redistribute or sell them.

Jump to: Working in the laboratory · Atomic structure · Amount of substance · Bonding and structure · Energetics · Kinetics · Chemical equilibria · Redox · Thermodynamics · Rate equations · Electrochemistry · Acids and bases · Periodicity and Period 3 · Group 2 and Group 7 · Transition metals · Ions in aqueous solution · Introduction to organic chemistry · Alkanes and halogenoalkanes · Alkenes and alcohols · Organic analysis · Carbonyls and carboxylic acids · Aromatic chemistry and amines · Organic synthesis

Workbooks, lesson by lesson

The print edition has a white background and room to write; the screen edition is navy, for a tablet. The answer book holds the mark schemes, so keep it shut until an answer is written. Questions set on a diagram stay on the question pages, where the diagram can be drawn.

Working in the laboratory

• Measurement, uncertainty and significant figures in chemistry
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• Apparatus, techniques and safety: the twelve required practicals in outline
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• Formulae, equations and state symbols
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Atomic structure

• Protons, neutrons, electrons and isotopes
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• Time-of-flight mass spectrometry and relative atomic mass
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• Electron configuration: shells, subshells and orbitals
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• Ionisation energies and the evidence for subshells
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Amount of substance

• The mole, the Avogadro constant and molar mass
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• Gases and the ideal gas equation
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• Empirical and molecular formulae
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• Concentration, volumetric solutions and titration calculations
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• Reacting masses, percentage yield and atom economy
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Bonding and structure

• Ionic bonding and ionic lattices
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• Covalent, dative covalent and metallic bonding
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• The four crystal structures and their properties
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• Shapes of molecules and ions
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• Electronegativity, polarity and intermolecular forces
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Energetics

• Enthalpy change, standard conditions and the definitions
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• Measuring an enthalpy change: calorimetry
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• Hess's law and enthalpy cycles
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• Mean bond enthalpies
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Kinetics

• Collision theory, activation energy and the rate of reaction
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• The Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution, temperature and catalysts
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• Measuring the rate of a reaction
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Chemical equilibria

• Dynamic equilibrium, Le Chatelier's principle and industrial compromise
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• The equilibrium constant Kc
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• Kp: equilibria in the gas phase
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Redox

• Oxidation states and the rules for assigning them
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• Half-equations and building redox equations
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• Redox titrations: manganate(VII) and thiosulfate
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Thermodynamics

• Lattice enthalpy and Born–Haber cycles
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• Enthalpies of solution and hydration
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• Entropy and Gibbs free-energy change
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Rate equations

• Rate equations, orders of reaction and the rate constant
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• Finding orders from initial rates, half-lives and graphs
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• The Arrhenius equation and the rate-determining step
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Electrochemistry

• Electrode potentials and the standard hydrogen electrode
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• The electrochemical series and predicting feasibility
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• Commercial cells, rechargeable cells and fuel cells
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Acids and bases

• Brønsted–Lowry acids and bases, pH and strong acids
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• Weak acids, Ka and pKa; Kw and strong bases
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• Titration curves and choosing an indicator
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• Buffer solutions and buffer calculations
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Periodicity and Period 3

• Periodicity: trends across Period 3 and the blocks of the table
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• The Period 3 elements: reactions with oxygen and water
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• The Period 3 oxides: structure, bonding and acid–base character
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Group 2 and Group 7

• Group 2: trends down the group and reactions with water
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• Group 2 compounds: solubility, uses and the sulfate test
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• Group 7: trends down the group and displacement reactions
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• Halide ions, the silver nitrate test, concentrated sulfuric acid, and chlorine in water
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Transition metals

• Transition metal characteristics and complex formation
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• Ligands, the shapes of complexes, isomerism and ligand substitution
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• Colour in transition metal complexes and colorimetry
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• Variable oxidation states: vanadium, chromium and manganate(VII) titrations
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• Catalysis: heterogeneous, homogeneous and autocatalytic
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Ions in aqueous solution

• Metal-aqua ions and the acidity of their solutions
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• Reactions of aqua ions with hydroxide, ammonia and carbonate
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Introduction to organic chemistry

• Naming and representing organic molecules
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• Structural isomerism and E/Z isomerism
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• Reaction types, curly arrows and how a mechanism is written
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Alkanes and halogenoalkanes

• Alkanes: fractional distillation, cracking and combustion
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• Free-radical substitution
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• Halogenoalkanes: nucleophilic substitution and rates of hydrolysis
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• Elimination from halogenoalkanes, and CFCs and the ozone layer
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Alkenes and alcohols

• Alkenes: structure, electrophilic addition and Markovnikov's rule
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• Addition polymers
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• Alcohols: hydration, fermentation and classification
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• Oxidation and elimination of alcohols
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Organic analysis

• Test-tube reactions for functional groups, and high-resolution mass spectrometry
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• Infrared spectroscopy
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• Proton and carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy
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• Chromatography: TLC, column and gas
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Carbonyls and carboxylic acids

• Optical isomerism
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• Aldehydes and ketones: nucleophilic addition and the tests that tell them apart
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• Carboxylic acids, esters and biodiesel
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• Acylation: acyl chlorides and acid anhydrides
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• Condensation polymers and the disposal of polymers
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Aromatic chemistry and amines

• Benzene: its structure and the evidence for delocalisation
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• Electrophilic substitution: nitration and Friedel–Crafts acylation
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• Amines: preparation, basicity and nucleophilic reactions
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• Amino acids, proteins, enzymes and DNA
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Organic synthesis

• Planning a synthetic route
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• Preparing, purifying and testing an organic solid and liquid
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• Putting the analysis together: structure from spectra
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Revision posters

One printable page per topic, with the diagrams and the points worth remembering: all the revision posters.

Printable packs

The same cards on paper, eight to an A4 sheet, in a navy edition and an ink-saving print edition. Print double-sided, flipping on the long edge, and each answer lands behind its question; then cut along the borders. The packs hold the definition and spot-the-error cards; the check-yourself cards are in the player and the Anki decks.

• Working in the laboratory · navy · print33 cards
• Atomic structure · navy · print40 cards
• Amount of substance · navy · print52 cards
• Bonding and structure · navy · print52 cards
• Energetics · navy · print39 cards
• Kinetics · navy · print29 cards
• Chemical equilibria · navy · print29 cards
• Redox · navy · print29 cards
• Thermodynamics · navy · print32 cards
• Rate equations · navy · print30 cards
• Electrochemistry · navy · print29 cards
• Acids and bases · navy · print37 cards
• Periodicity and Period 3 · navy · print35 cards
• Group 2 and Group 7 · navy · print39 cards
• Transition metals · navy · print50 cards
• Ions in aqueous solution · navy · print21 cards
• Introduction to organic chemistry · navy · print35 cards
• Alkanes and halogenoalkanes · navy · print41 cards
• Alkenes and alcohols · navy · print42 cards
• Organic analysis · navy · print40 cards
• Carbonyls and carboxylic acids · navy · print49 cards
• Aromatic chemistry and amines · navy · print43 cards
• Organic synthesis · navy · print35 cards

Anki decks

Every flashcard as a free Anki deck, one per unit: flashcard downloads.