Virtual tutor A digital guide to the process of problem solving which highlights strengths and weaknesses, explains mistakes, reminds you about definitions and helps to clarify concepts. This section is in the initial stages of construction — any feedback welcome!
1: Stoichiometric relationships 1.1: Intro to particulate nature of matter 1.2: The mole concept 1.3: Reacting masses and volumes 2: Atomic structure 2.1: The nuclear atom 2.2: Electron configuration 3: Periodicity 3.1 Periodic table 3.2 Periodic trends 4: Chemical bonding and structure 4.1: Ionic bonding and structure 4.2 Covalent bonding 4.3: Covalent structure 4.4 Intermolecular forces 4.5 Metallic bonding 5: Energetics / thermochemistry 5.1 Measuring energy changes 5.2 Hess's Law 5.3 Bond enthalpies 6: Chemical kinetics 6.1: Collision theory and rates of reaction 7: Equilibrium 7.1 Equilibrium 8: Acids and bases 8.1 Theories of acids and bases 8.2 Properties of acids and bases 8.3 The pH scale 8.4 Strong and weak acids and bases 8.5 Acid deposition 9: Redox processes 9.1 Oxidation and reduction 9.2 Electrochemical cells 10: Organic chemistry 10.1: Fundamentals of organic chemistry 10.2 Functional group chemistry 11: Measurement and data processing 11.1: Uncertainties and errors in measurement 11.2: Graphical techniques 11.3: Spectroscopic identification 12: Atomic structure 12.1: Electrons in atoms 13: The periodic table - the transition metal 13.1 First-row d-block elements 13.2 Coloured complexes 14: Chemical bonding and structure 14.1: Further aspects of covalent bonding 14.2: Hybridization 15: Energetics / thermochemistry 15.1 Energy cycles 15.2 Entropy and spontaneity 16: Chemical kinetics 16.1 Rate expression and reaction mechanism 16.2 Activation energy 17: Equilibrium 17.1 The equilibrium law 18: Acids and Bases 18.1 Lewis acids and bases 18.2 Calculations involving acids and bases 18.3 pH curves 19: Redox processes 19.1 Electrochemical cells II 20: Organic chemistry 20.1 Types of organic reactions 20.2 Synthetic routes 20.3 Stereoisomerism 21: Measurement and analysis 21.1 Spectroscopic identification II Analytical Applying key concepts Mathematical Memory Understanding abstract concepts Understanding practical chemistry Standard Level Higher Level Easy Medium Hard
Twitter 
Facebook 
LinkedIn