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Salters Advanced Chemistry (OCR): pre-2008 specification

Salt at Salters HallFor students who started their course in 2007, or before. Students who started a new AS course in September 2008 should follow the link to: OCR Advanced Chemistry B (Salters) - new (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 OCR web site. See also the Salters Chemistry web site.
 
The picture shows the lump of salt in the entrance to Salters Hall, London.
 
MODULE 2850: CHEMISTRY FOR LIFE (AS)
 
The Elements of Life

  • Atomic structure

  • Chemical quantities

  • Periodicity

  • Group 2: Alkaline earth metals

  • Covalent structures and bonding

  • Ionic structures and bonding

  • Metallic structures and bonding

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    Developing Fuels
  • Chemical quantities

  • Energy changes

  • Alkanes

  • Alcohols

  • Entropy

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    MODULE 2851: MINERALS TO MEDICINES (AS)
     
    From Minerals to Elements
  • Chemical quantities

  • Atomic structure

  • Group 7: Halogens

  • Oxidation states and redox reactions

  • Ionic structures and bonding

  • Inorganic reactions

  • Covalent structures and bonding

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    The Atmosphere
  • Rates of change

  • Halogenoalkanes

  • Organic reactions

  • Reversible reactions

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    The Polymer Revolution
  • Polymers

  • Alkenes

  • Organic reactions

  • Intermolecular forces

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    What's in a Medicine?
  • Alcohols

  • Benzene and phenol

  • Spectroscopy

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    MODULE 2853: POLYMERS, PROTEINS AND STEEL(A2)
     
    Designer Polymers
  • Polymers

  • Amino acids and proteins

  • Spectroscopy

  • The equilibrium law

  • Rates of reaction

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    The Steel Story
  • Redox equilibria

  • Transition elements

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    MODULE 2854: CHEMISTRY BY DESIGN(A2)
     
    Aspects of Agriculture
  • The equilibrium law

  • Period 3 chemistry

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    Colour by Design
  • Spectroscopy

  • Benzene and phenol

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    The Oceans
  • Energy changes and bonding

  • Entropy

  • The equilibrium law

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    Medicines by Design
  • Aldehydes and ketones

  • Organic reactions

  • Organic synthesis

  • Spectroscopy

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    MODULE 2855: INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION(A2)
  • Practical investigations

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    updated: 11 November 2008

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