WJEC Chemistry for Wales: new (2008->) specification.
This new specification is for students who started their A-level course in 2008, or since then. Students who started in 2007, or before, should refer to the old specification: OCR Advanced Chemistry: pre-2008 specification.
Use the links in this index to find the content on this web site that can help you to study the topics in the course. You can find the full specification at the WJEC web site.
AS CHEMISTRY
AS Unit CH1: CONTROLLING AND USING CHEMICAL CHANGES
1.1 Basic ideas about atoms
Atomic structure
1.2 Chemical calculations
Chemical quantities
2.1 Chemical equilibrium and acid-base reactions
Acid-base equilibria
2.2 Energetics
Energy changes
Energy chenges and bonding
2.3 Kinetics
Rates of reaction
3. Application of principles in Unit 1 to problems in the production of chemicals and energy
AS Unit CH2: BONDING
4.1 Chemical bonding
Covalent structures and bonding
Ionic structures and bonding
4.2 Forces between molecules
Intermolecular forces
4.3 Shapes of molecules
Covalent structures and bonding
4.4 Solubility of compounds in water
Intermolecular forces
5.0 Solid structures
Covalent structures and bonding
Ionic structures and bonding
Metallic structures and bonding
6.1 The Periodic Table
Periodicity
6.2 Trends in properties of the s-block and Group 7(17)
Group 2: Alkaline earth metals
Groups 7: Halogens
7.1 Organic compounds and their reactions
Isomerism
Alkenes
Halogenoalkanes
Alcohols
Organic reactions
7.2 Hydrocarbons
Alkanes
Alkenes
7.3 Halogenoalkanes
Halogenoalkanes
7.4 Alcohols
Alcohols
8.0 Analytical techniques
Spectroscopy
Unit CH3: Practical chemistry
A2 CHEMISTRY
Unit CH4: SPECTROSCOPY AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
9 Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy
10 Isomerism and Aromaticity
Isomerism
Benzene and phenol
11 Organic compounds containing oxygen
11.1 Alcohols and phenol
Alcohols
Benzene and phenol
11.2 Aldehydes and ketones
Aldehydes and ketones
11.3 Carboxylic acids and derivatives
Carboxylic acids and related compounds
12 Organic compounds containing nitrogen
Amines, amino acids and proteins
13 Organic synthesis and analysis
Organic synthesis
14 How science works
Unit CH5: FURTHER PHYSICAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
15.1 Redox and standard electrode potential
Redox equilibria
15.2 Redox reactions
Redox equilibria
15.3 Applications
16 Chemistry of the p-block
16.1 General
Period 3 chemistry
16.2 Group 3 (13)
16.3 Group 4 (14)
16.4 Group 7 (17)
Groups 7: Halogens
17 d-Block transition metals
Transition elements
18 Chemical kinetics
Rates of reaction - kinetics
19 Energy changes
Energy changes
19.1 Enthalpy changes for solids and solutions
Energy changes and bonding
19.2 Entropy and feasibility of reactions
Entropy (and free energy)
20 Equilibria
20.1 General equilibria
The equilibrium law
20.2 Acid-base equilibria
Acid-base equilibria
Unit CH6: PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY
updated: 01 October 2009
