Doc Brown's Chemistry ADVANCED LEVEL REVISION

Advanced Level Chemistry Revision-Study Notes

For Physical-Theoretical Chemistry

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CALCULATIONS and QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS -  all with worked out answers or feedback for self-assessment

GCSE and AS basic Calculations sections 1 to 15 indexed examples, notes and short tests * Section 7 has a set of calculations based on the Avogadro Constant plus Answers. There are lots of accompanying quizzes to go with the exemplar notes.

Revision notes on all you need to know on ATOMIC STRUCTURE for advanced level

Notes on all you will ever need to know about RADIOACTIVITY for advanced level

Electronic Structure

Electron configurations of elements (Z = 1 to 56), ions and the Periodic Table

Spectroscopy, hydrogen spectrum, evidence of quantum levels, ionisation energy patterns

BONDING Part 1 Introduction to the basics on Ionic, Covalent and Metallic BONDING

Part 2 Ionic Bonding - compounds and properties

Part 3 Covalent Bonding - small simple molecules and properties

Part 4 Covalent Bonding - macromolecules and giant covalent structures

Part 5 Metallic Bonding - structure and properties of metals

Revision notes on shapes of simple molecules, ions, transition metal complexes

Shape, bond angles of particular oxide/oxyanion molecules/ions of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur/sulphur and chlorine

Basic notes of exothermic and endothermic reactions and calculation of enthalpy changes from 'simple' calorimetry experiments and resulting data

Part 1: Thermochemistry - Calorimetry experiments - Enthalpies of reaction, formation, combustion and bond dissociation are explained with exemplar calculations * A set of Enthalpy Questions

Part 2 ΔH Enthalpies of ion hydration, solution, atomisation, lattice energy, electron affinity and the Born-Haber cycle

CHEMICAL KINETICS

GCSE notes for the basics of rates of reactions

KINETICS - advanced rates of reactions revision notes: temperature effect and activation energy, homogeneous catalysts and heterogeneous catalysts, obtaining data, rate expressions and orders of reaction, deducing orders of reaction

See also computer simulation of Maxwell-Boltzman distribution of kinetic energies

KINETICS - advanced rates of reactions revision notes: Selected case studies of kinetics and rate expressions and calculations, deriving the activation energy E_a from kinetics-rates data and Kinetic versus thermodynamic stability

Revision notes on Inorganic and organic REDOX reactions, oxidation state explained etc.  (sub-indexes of sections)

States of Matter Part 2 More advanced topics on the Ideal Gas Laws, p-V-T and PV=nRT calculations, kinetic particle model-theory and ideal and non-ideal real gas behaviour (compressibility factors and Van der Waals equation), critical point - critical pressure/temperature

Also Computer simulations of kinetic particle theory - Maxwell Boltzman Distribution of particle speeds/KE'

EQUILIBRIA - Theory and Examples of CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM

Starter GCSE Notes-reversible reactions-equilibrium

Starter GCSE Notes on Electrochemistry

Simple Introduction to Acid-Base Theory and Weak and Strong Acids

Part 1. Equilibria Part 1. Dynamic molecular equilibrium and Le Chatelier's principle

Part 2. K_c and K_p equilibrium expressions and calculations

Part 3. Equilibrium and industrial processes

Part 4.1 Partition equilibrium between two phases, partition coefficient, immiscible liquids and solvent extraction

Part 4.2 Solubility product K_sp & common ion effect

Part 4.3 Ion-exchange systems

Part 5.1 Equilibria:  Lewis and Bronsted-Lowry acid-base theories

Part 5.2 Self-ionisation of water and pH scale

Part 5.3 Strong acids - examples and pH calculations

Part 5.4 Weak acids - examples & pH, K_a and pK_a calculations

Part 5.5 Strong bases - examples and pH calculations

Part 5.6 weak bases - examples and pH, K_b and pK_b calculations

Part 5.7 Basic notes and equations on acids, bases, salts, uses of acid-base titrations - upgrade from GCSE!

Part 6.1 Equilibria - Salt hydrolysis

Part 6.2 Acid-base indicator theory, pH curves and titrations

Part 6.3 Buffers - definition, formulation and action

Part 6.4 Buffer calculations

Part 6.5 Case studies of buffer function

Part 7.1 Redox equilibria, half-cell reactions and electrode potentials

Part 7.2 Simple cells notation and construction

Part 7.3 The hydrogen electrode and standard conditions

Part 7.4 Half-cell potentials, Electrochemical Series and using E^θ_cell for reaction feasibility

Part 7.5 Electrochemical cells ('batteries') and fuel cell systems

Part 7.6 Electrolysis and the electrochemical series

Part 7.7 Exemplar Questions, Appendix 1. The Nernst Equation, Appendix 2 Free Energy, Cell Emf and K_c

Part 8.1 Vapour pressure origin and examples

Part  8.2.1 Introduction to Intermolecular Forces

Part 8.2.2 Detailed comparative discussion of boiling points of 8 organic molecules

Part 8.3 Boiling point plots for six organic homologous series

Part 8.4 Other case studies of boiling points related to intermolecular forces

Part 8.5 Steam distillation - theory, practice and uses

Part 8.6 Evidence and theory for hydrogen bonding in simple covalent hydrides

Part 8.7 Solubility of covalent compounds and miscible & immiscible liquids

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NANOCHEMISTRY - nanoscience

SMART MATERIALS which obviously overlaps with nanomaterials

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