I would like to thank Jonathan Hopton (Knockhardy Science) for providing these notes.
This topic is examined in AS Component 1 for WJEC Chemistry (English Spec).
Notes:
1. Formulae and Equations
2. Basic Ideas about Atoms
- Atomic Structure - Isotopes and Mass Spec
- Electron Configurations - Orbitals, Energy Levels and Ionisation Energy Trends
3. Chemical Calculations
- Atomic Structure - Isotopes and Mass Spec
- Identifying Ions - Isotopes and Mass Spec
- Measurements and Errors
- Moles, Mass, Reactions and Formulae
- Techniques of Volumetric Analysis
4. Bonding
- Atomic Structure - Ionic, Covalent and Metallic Bonding, Lattices, Charge and Electronegativity
- Shapes of Molecules and Ions
5. Solid Structures
6. The Periodic Table
- Electron Configurations - Orbitals, Energy Levels and Ionisation Energy Trends
- Group 2 - Trends, Reactions and Properties
- Group 7 - Halogens, Halide Ions and Uses
- Periodicity
