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GCSE Chemistry spec points new for 2019 exam

GCSE Chemistry spec points new for 2019 examstuart2019-10-27T16:29:42+00:00
stuart2023-09-18T10:58:41+00:00

1:04 know what is meant by the terms: solvent, solute, solution, saturated solution

stuart2023-09-18T10:59:20+00:00

1:05 (Triple only) know what is meant by the term solubility in the units g per 100g of solvent

stuart2023-09-18T10:59:46+00:00

1:06 (Triple only) understand how to plot and interpret solubility curves

stuart2023-09-18T11:00:10+00:00

1:07 (Triple only) practical: investigate the solubility of a solid in water at a specific temperature

stuart2023-05-11T16:37:43+00:00

1:09 understand that a pure substance has a fixed melting and boiling point, but that a mixture may melt or boil over a range of temperatures

stuart2019-06-21T14:04:08+00:00

2:08 (Triple only) explain the trend in reactivity in Group 7 in terms of electronic configurations

stuart2019-05-13T15:38:43+00:00

2:22 (Triple only) know that most metals are extracted from ores found in the Earth’s crust and that unreactive metals are often found as the uncombined element

stuart2019-06-21T14:45:47+00:00

2:26 (Triple only) know that an alloy is a mixture of a metal and one or more elements, usually other metals or carbon

stuart2019-06-21T14:46:10+00:00

2:27 (Triple only) explain why alloys are harder than pure metals

stuart2023-01-10T11:41:24+00:00

2:35 understand acids and bases in terms of proton transfer

stuart2023-01-10T11:41:38+00:00

2:36 understand that an acid is a proton donor and a base is a proton acceptor

stuart2019-05-13T15:35:43+00:00

4:29 (Triple only) know that alcohols contain the functional group −OH

stuart2019-05-13T15:35:34+00:00

4:30 (Triple only) understand how to draw structural and displayed formulae for methanol, ethanol, propanol (propan-1-ol only) and butanol (butan-1-ol only), and name each compound, the names propanol and butanol are acceptable

stuart2019-05-13T15:35:17+00:00

4:31 (Triple only) know that ethanol can be oxidised by: burning in air or oxygen (complete combustion), reaction with oxygen in the air to form ethanoic acid (microbial oxidation), heating with potassium dichromate(VI) in dilute sulfuric acid to form ethanoic acid

stuart2022-09-06T09:30:24+00:00

4:33 (Triple only) understand the reasons for fermentation, in the absence of air, and at an optimum temperature

stuart2019-05-13T15:34:47+00:00

4:34 (Triple only) know that carboxylic acids contain the functional group -COOH

stuart2019-05-13T15:34:36+00:00

4:35 (Triple only) understand how to draw structural and displayed formulae for unbranched- chain carboxylic acids with up to four carbon atoms in the molecule, and name each compound

stuart2019-05-13T15:34:27+00:00

4:36 (Triple only) describe the reactions of aqueous solutions of carboxylic acids with metals and metal carbonates

stuart2019-05-13T15:34:18+00:00

4:37 (Triple only) know that vinegar is an aqueous solution containing ethanoic acid

stuart2019-05-13T15:34:08+00:00

4:38 (Triple only) know that esters contain the functional group -COO-

stuart2019-05-13T15:33:57+00:00

4:39 (Triple only) know that ethyl ethanoate is the ester produced when ethanol and ethanoic acid react in the presence of an acid catalyst

stuart2019-05-13T15:33:42+00:00

4:40 (Triple only) understand how to write the structural and displayed formulae of ethyl ethanoate

stuart2019-05-13T15:33:30+00:00

4:41 (Triple only) understand how to write the structural and displayed formulae of an ester, given the name or formula of the alcohol and carboxylic acid from which it is formed and vice versa

stuart2019-05-13T15:33:20+00:00

4:42 (Triple only) know that esters are volatile compounds with distinctive smells and are used as food flavourings and in perfumes

stuart2019-05-13T15:33:07+00:00

4:43 (Triple only) practical: prepare a sample of an ester such as ethyl ethanoate

stuart2019-05-13T15:32:55+00:00

4:48 (Triple only) know that condensation polymerisation, in which a dicarboxylic acid reacts with a diol, produces a polyester and water

stuart2019-05-13T15:32:42+00:00

4:49 (Triple only) Understand how to write the structural and displayed formula of a polyester, showing the repeat unit, given the formulae of the monomers from which it is formed, including the reaction of ethanedioic acid and ethanediol:

stuart2019-05-13T15:32:29+00:00

4:50 (Triple only) know that some polyesters, known as biopolyesters, are biodegradable

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Section 1: Principles of chemistry

      a) States of matter

      b) Atoms

      c) Atomic structure

     d) Relative formula masses and molar volumes of gases

     e) Chemical formulae and chemical equations

     f) Ionic compounds

     g) Covalent substances

     h) Metallic crystals

     i) Electrolysis

 Section 2: Chemistry of the elements

     a) The Periodic Table

     b) Group 1 elements: lithium, sodium and potassium

     c) Group 7 elements: chlorine, bromine and iodine

     d) Oxygen and oxides

     e) Hydrogen and water

     f) Reactivity series

     g) Tests for ions and gases

Section 3: Organic chemistry

     a) Introduction

     b) Alkanes

     c) Alkenes

     d) Ethanol

Section 4: Physical chemistry

     a) Acids, alkalis and salts

     b) Energetics

     c) Rates of reaction

     d) Equilibria

Section 5: Chemistry in industry

     a) Extraction and uses of metals

     b) Crude oil

     c) Synthetic polymers

     d) The industrial manufacture of chemicals

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