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AQA A-level Chemistry 7405 Paper 3

7405/3 · 2 hours · 90 marks · 30.0% of the A level.

What it examines

Any content and any practical skills in the specification.

Paper 3 can ask about any content and any practical skill. Of its 90 marks, 40 are on practical techniques and data analysis, 20 test across the specification and 30 are multiple choice, so any of the twelve required practicals can come up.

Read from AQA AS and A-level Chemistry 7404/7405, Specification, Version 1.2, July 2026, printed page 11 (page 11 of the PDF), retrieved 29 October 2026.

Where the library covers it

The units whose lessons teach the headings this paper examines, read off the route map, with how many of each unit’s lessons those headings name:

• Working in the laboratory1 of 3 lessons
• Atomic structureall 4 lessons
• Amount of substanceall 5 lessons
• Bonding and structureall 5 lessons
• Energeticsall 4 lessons
• Kineticsall 3 lessons
• Chemical equilibriaall 3 lessons
• Redoxall 3 lessons
• Thermodynamicsall 3 lessons
• Rate equationsall 3 lessons
• Electrochemistryall 3 lessons
• Acids and basesall 4 lessons
• Periodicity and Period 3all 3 lessons
• Group 2 and Group 7all 4 lessons
• Transition metalsall 5 lessons
• Ions in aqueous solutionall 2 lessons
• Introduction to organic chemistryall 3 lessons
• Alkanes and halogenoalkanesall 4 lessons
• Alkenes and alcoholsall 4 lessons
• Organic analysisall 4 lessons
• Carbonyls and carboxylic acidsall 5 lessons
• Aromatic chemistry and aminesall 4 lessons
• Organic synthesisall 3 lessons

Where to get the papers

June 2025

• Question paper: Paper 3 - June 2025 Question paper
• Question paper (Modified A3 36pt): Paper 3 - June 2025 Question paper Modified format
• Question paper (Modified A4 18pt): Paper 3 - June 2025 Question paper Modified format
• Mark scheme: Paper 3 - June 2025 Mark scheme
• Examiner report: Paper 3 - June 2025 Examiner report
• Insert: Paper 3 - June 2025 Insert: periodic table and data sheet
• Insert (Modified A3 36pt): Paper 3 - June 2025 Insert: periodic table and data sheet Modified format
• Insert (Modified A4 18pt): Paper 3 - June 2025 Insert: periodic table and data sheet Modified format

June 2024

• Question paper: Paper 3 - June 2024 Question paper
• Question paper (Modified A3 36pt): Paper 3 - June 2024 Question paper Modified format
• Question paper (Modified A4 18pt): Paper 3 - June 2024 Question paper Modified format
• Mark scheme: Paper 3 - June 2024 Mark scheme
• Examiner report: Paper 3 - June 2024 Examiner report
• Insert: Paper 3 - June 2024 Insert: periodic table and data sheet
• Insert (Modified A3 36pt): Paper 3 - June 2024 Insert: periodic table and data sheet Modified format
• Insert (Modified A4 18pt): Paper 3 - June 2024 Insert: periodic table and data sheet Modified format

June 2023

• Question paper (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2023 Question paper
• Mark scheme (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2023 Mark scheme
• Examiner report (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2023 Examiner report
• Insert (A-level) : data booklet: Paper 3 - June 2023 Insert: periodic table and data sheet

June 2022

• Question paper (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2022 Question paper
• Question paper (Modified A3 36pt) (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2022 Question paper Modified format
• Question paper (Modified A4 18pt) (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2022 Question paper Modified format
• Mark scheme (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2022 Mark scheme
• Examiner report (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2022 Examiner report
• Insert (A-level) : data booklet: Paper 3 - June 2022 Insert: periodic table and data sheet
• Insert (Modified A3 36pt) (A-level) : data booklet: Paper 3 - June 2022 Insert: periodic table and data sheet Modified format
• Insert (Modified A4 18pt) (A-level) : data booklet: Paper 3 - June 2022 Insert: periodic table and data sheet Modified format

November 2021

• Question paper (A-level) : Paper 3 - November 2021 Question paper
• Question paper (Modified A3 36pt) (A-level) : Paper 3 - November 2021 Question paper Modified format
• Question paper (Modified A4 18pt) (A-level) : Paper 3 - November 2021 Question paper Modified format
• Mark scheme (A-level) : Paper 3 - November 2021 Mark scheme
• Examiner report (A-level) : Paper 3 - November 2021 Examiner report
• Insert (A-level) : Paper 3 - November 2021 Insert: periodic table and data sheet
• Insert (Modified A4 18pt) (A-level) : Paper 3 - November 2021 Insert: periodic table and data sheet Modified format

November 2020

• Question paper (A-level) : Paper 3 - November 2020 Question paper
• Question paper (Modified A3 36pt) (A-level) : Paper 3 - November 2020 Question paper Modified format
• Question paper (Modified A4 18pt) (A-level) : Paper 3 - November 2020 Question paper Modified format
• Mark scheme (A-level) : Paper 3 - November 2020 Mark scheme
• Examiner report (A-level) : Paper 3 - November 2020 Examiner report
• Insert (A-level) : Paper 3 - November 2020 Insert: periodic table and data sheet
• Insert (Modified A3 36pt) (A-level) : Paper 3 - November 2020 Insert: periodic table and data sheet Modified format
• Insert (Modified A4 18pt) (A-level) : Paper 3 - November 2020 Insert: periodic table and data sheet Modified format

June 2019

• Question paper (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2019 Question paper
• Question paper (Modified A3 36pt) (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2019 Question paper Modified format
• Question paper (Modified A4 18pt) (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2019 Question paper Modified format
• Mark scheme (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2019 Mark scheme
• Examiner report (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2019 Examiner report
• Insert (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2019 Insert: periodic table and data sheet
• Insert (Modified A4 18pt) (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2019 Insert: periodic table and data sheet Modified format

June 2018

• Question paper (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2018 Question paper
• Question paper (Modified A3 36pt) (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2018 Question paper Modified format
• Question paper (Modified A4 18pt) (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2018 Question paper Modified format
• Mark scheme (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2018 Mark scheme
• Examiner report (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2018 Examiner report
• Insert (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2018 Insert: periodic table and data sheet
• Insert (Modified A3 36pt) (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2018 Insert: periodic table and data sheet Modified format
• Insert (Modified A4 18pt) (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2018 Insert: periodic table and data sheet Modified format

June 2017

• Question paper (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2017 Question paper
• Mark scheme (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2017 Mark scheme
• Examiner report (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2017 Examiner report
• Insert (A-level) : Paper 3 - June 2017 Insert: periodic table and data sheet

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