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Pearson Edexcel A-level Chemistry 9CH0 Paper 1: Advanced Inorganic and Physical Chemistry

9CH0/01 · 1 hour 45 minutes · 90 marks · 30.0% of the A level.

What it examines

Topics 1 to 5, 8 and 10 to 15.

Topics 2, 3 and 5 are examined here and on Paper 2 as well. Organic chemistry is not on this paper; it is on Paper 2.

Read from Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Chemistry (9CH0), Specification, Issue 3, February 2024, printed page 1 (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 laboratoryall 3 lessons
• Atomic structureall 4 lessons
• Amount of substanceall 5 lessons
• Bonding and structureall 5 lessons
• Energeticsall 4 lessons
• Chemical equilibriaall 3 lessons
• Redoxall 3 lessons
• Thermodynamicsall 3 lessons
• Electrochemistryall 3 lessons
• Acids and basesall 4 lessons
• Periodicity and Period 31 of 3 lessons
• Group 2 and Group 7all 4 lessons
• Transition metalsall 5 lessons
• Ions in aqueous solutionall 2 lessons
• Alkanes and halogenoalkanes1 of 4 lessons
• Organic analysis1 of 4 lessons
• Aromatic chemistry and amines1 of 4 lessons

Where to get the papers

June 2025

• Question paper - A Level Paper 1 - June 2025 Question paper
• Mark scheme - A Level Paper 1 - June 2025 Mark scheme
• Examiner report - A Level Paper 1 - June 2025 Examiner report

June 2024

• Question paper - A Level Paper 1 - June 2024 Question paper
• Mark scheme - A Level Paper 1 - June 2024 Mark scheme
• Examiner report - A Level Paper 1 - June 2024 Examiner report

June 2023

• Question paper - A Level Paper 1 - June 2023 Question paper
• Mark scheme - A Level Paper 1 - June 2023 Mark scheme
• Examiner report - A Level Paper 1 - June 2023 Examiner report

June 2022

• Question paper - A Level Paper 1 - June 2022 Question paper
• Mark scheme - A Level Paper 1 - June 2022 Mark scheme
• Examiner report - A Level Paper 1 - June 2022 Examiner report

November 2021

• Question paper - A Level Paper 1 - November 2021 Question paper
• Mark scheme - A Level Paper 1 - November 2021 Mark scheme
• Examiner report - A Level Paper 1 - November 2021 Examiner report

October 2020

• Question paper - A Level Paper 1 - October 2020 Question paper
• Mark scheme - A Level Paper 1 - October 2020 Mark scheme
• Examiner report - A Level Paper 1 - October 2020 Examiner report

June 2019

• Question paper - A Level Paper 1 - June 2019 Question paper
• Mark scheme - A level Paper 1 - June 2019 Mark scheme
• Examiner report - A level Paper 1 - June 2019 Examiner report

June 2018

• Question paper - A Level Paper 1 - June 2018 Question paper
• Mark scheme - A Level Paper 1 - June 2018 Mark scheme
• Examiner report - A Level Paper 1 - June 2018 Examiner report

June 2017

• A level Paper 1 - Question paper - June 2017 Question paper
• A level Paper 1 - Mark scheme - June 2017 Mark scheme
• Examiner report - Paper 1 - June 2017 Examiner report

Pearson Edexcel publishes the 9CH0/01 papers it makes public on Pearson’s course materials for Chemistry, alongside the other papers in the qualification. The 9CH0 past papers page lists what is published and when the list was checked.

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