EDEXCEL INTERNATIONAL GCSE (9-1)
Jim Clark
Steve Owen
Rachel Yu
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, COURSE STRUCTURE COURSE STRUCTURE
UNIT 1 UNIT 3
PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
STATES OF MATIER 03 19 ENERGETICS 207
2 ELEMENTS, COMPOUNDS AND MIXTURES 14 20 RATES OF REACTION 227
3 ATOMIC STRUCTURE 24 21 REVERSIBLE REACTIONS AND EQUILIBRIA 240
4 THE PERIODIC TABLE 30
5 CHEMICAL FORMULAE, EQUATIONS AND CALCULATIONS PART 1 38 UNIT 4
6 CHEMICAL FORMULAE, EQUATIONS AND
CALCULATIONS PART 2 64 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
HIW11%t4'1!1£1 22 INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 255
7 IONIC BONDING 75 23 CRUDE OIL 268
8 COVALENT BONDING 85 24 ALKANES 277
9 METALLIC BONDING 98 25 ALKENES 282
Hll!i'il~ihtHIFI 26 ALCOHOLS 281
10 ELECTROLYSIS
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101 HMNihW!IW
27 CARBOXYLIC ACIDS 293
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UNIT2 28 ESTERS
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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 29 SYNTHETIC POLYMERS 302
THE ALKALI METALS 123
12 THE HALOGENS 130
13 GASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE 137
14 REACTIVITY SERIES 145
15 EXTRACTION AND USES OF METALS 160
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16 ACIDS, ALKALIS AND TITRATIONS 167
17 ACIDS, BASES AND SALT PREPARATIONS 173
18 CHEMICAL TESTS 190
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