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Explore atoms, elements, bonding, reactions and energy changes. Follow chemical relationships, use the periodic table and practise the reasoning behind a calculation.

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Acids & Bases

Acids and bases, the pH scale, strong against weak, neutralisation, and the ones in your kitchen.

  • Acids and Bases
  • Everyday Acids and Bases
  • Neutralization
  • Strong vs Weak Acids
  • pH Scale
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Applied Chemistry

Chemistry put to work — in medicine, in industry, in the environment, and the greener ways of doing it.

  • Applied Chemistry
  • Chemistry in Industry
  • Chemistry in Medicine
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Green Chemistry
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Atomic Structure

Inside the atom: subatomic particles, atomic number and mass, electron shells, isotopes, ions and the models we use.

  • Atomic Models
  • Atomic Number and Mass
  • Atoms
  • Electron Shells
  • Ions
  • Isotopes
  • Subatomic Particles
  • Valence Electrons
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Chemical Bonding

What holds atoms together — ionic, covalent and metallic bonds, molecules and compounds, polarity and Lewis structures.

  • Bond Polarity
  • Chemical Bonds
  • Covalent Bonds
  • Ionic Bonds
  • Lewis Structures
  • Metallic Bonds
  • Molecules and Compounds
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Chemical Reactions

What happens when substances react: reactants and products, types of reaction, balancing equations, energy, rates and catalysts.

  • Balancing Equations
  • Catalysts
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Energy in Reactions
  • Reactants and Products
  • Reaction Rates
  • Types of Reactions
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Chemistry Basics

Where chemistry starts — what it studies, lab safety, matter and energy, physical against chemical change, and measurement.

  • Branches of Chemistry
  • Chemistry in Daily Life
  • Lab Safety
  • Matter and Energy
  • Physical vs Chemical Changes
  • Scientific Measurement
  • What Is Chemistry
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Organic Basics

The chemistry of carbon: carbon compounds, hydrocarbons, functional groups, and why living things are built from them.

  • Carbon Compounds
  • Functional Groups
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry in Life
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Periodic Table

Reading the periodic table — its layout, groups and periods, metals and nonmetals, and the trends that run across it.

  • Groups and Periods
  • Metals, Nonmetals, Metalloids
  • Periodic Table Layout
  • Periodic Trends
  • Reactivity Trends
  • Using the Periodic Table
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Solutions Mixtures

Solutions and mixtures: solutes and solvents, concentration, and the ways a mixture can be separated.

  • Concentration
  • Mixtures
  • Separating Mixtures
  • Solutes and Solvents
  • Solutions
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States of Matter

Solids, liquids, gases and plasma — how particles move in each, and what happens at a change of state.

  • Changes of State
  • Particle Motion
  • Plasma
  • Solids, Liquids, Gases
  • States of Matter
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Stoichiometry

Counting in chemistry: the mole, molar mass, mole ratios, and working out which reactant runs out first.

  • Limiting Reactants
  • Molar Mass
  • Mole Concept
  • Mole Ratios
  • Stoichiometry
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Thermochemistry

Heat in reactions — endothermic and exothermic changes, how heat moves, and reading an energy diagram.

  • Endothermic Reactions
  • Energy Diagrams
  • Exothermic Reactions
  • Heat Transfer
  • Thermochemistry
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