Standard Grade chemistry - Archie Gibb

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Contents

Chemical reactions

Elements, compounds and mixtures

Identifying chemical reactions

Rates of reaction

Atoms and covalent bonding

Classifying elements

Some families in the periodic table

Group 0: the noble gases

Atomic structure

Electron arrangement

Covalent bonding

Formulae and equations

Chemical formulae

Chemical formulae using valency

Chemical equations

More formulae and equations

Ionic bonding and ionic formulae

Ionic bonding

Structures of ionic and covalent compounds

More about ionic compounds

Ionic compounds: colours and formulae

Hydrocarbons and fuels

Fuels

Fossil fuels

Crude oil

Combustion of hydrocarbons

Alkanes

Alkenes

More about cracking

Addition reactions

Cycloalkanes and isomers

Acids, alkalis and salts

Acids and alkalis

Reactions of acids

Neutralisation

Preparation of salts

Making electricity: electrochemical cells

Electricity from chemicals

Using the electrochemical series

Oxidation, reduction and displacement

Metals and corrosion

Metals

More about metals

Reactivity of metals

Other reactions of metals

Corrosion in more detail

Extraction of metals

Plastics and synthetic fibres

Introducing plastics and synthetic fibres

Making plastics

Making fertilisers

Fertilisers

Ammonia and the Haber process

Nitric acid and the Ostwald process

Carbohydrates to alcohol

Carbohydrates

Photosynthesis and respiration

Breaking down carbohydrates

Fermentation

Calculations

Types of reactions