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Topics 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 Skills Analytical Applying key concepts Mathematical Memory Understanding abstract concepts Understanding practical chemistry Levels Standard Level Higher Level Easy Medium Hard