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OCR A-level Chemistry A H432 Paper 1: Periodic table, elements and physical chemistry

H432/01 · 2 hours 15 minutes · 100 marks · 37.0% of the A level.

What it examines

Content from teaching modules 1, 2, 3 and 5.

Modules 1 and 2 are examined here and on Paper 2 as well. The first 15 marks are multiple choice; the other 85 are short answer and extended response.

Read from Cambridge OCR Level 3 Advanced GCE in Chemistry A, H432, Specification, Version 3.1, May 2026, printed page 5 (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
• 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 32 of 3 lessons
• Group 2 and Group 7all 4 lessons
• Transition metalsall 5 lessons
• Ions in aqueous solution1 of 2 lessons

Where to get the papers

June 2025

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June 2024

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June 2023

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June 2022

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November 2021

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November 2020

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June 2019

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June 2018

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June 2017

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OCR publishes the H432/01 papers it makes public on OCR’s assessment page for Chemistry A H032/H432, alongside the other papers in the qualification. The H432 past papers page lists what is published and when the list was checked.

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