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The Three States of Matter - Solid, Liquid and Gas
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Substances Can Change from One State to Another
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Diffusion is the Movement of Particles Through a Liquid or Gas
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Potassium Manganate(VII) and Water
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Ammonia and Hydrogen Chloride
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Bromine Gas and Air
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The Nucleus
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The Electrons
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Number of Electrons Equals Number of Protons
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Atomic Number and Mass Number Describe an Atom
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Molecules are Groups of Atoms
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Elements Consist of One Type of Atom Only
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Compounds are Chemically Bonded
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Mixtures are Easily Separated - Not Like Compounds
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Filtration is Used to Separate an Insoluble Solid from a Liquid
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Crystallisation is Used to Separate a Soluble Solid from a Solution
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You Can Use Filtration and Crystallisation to Separate Rock Salt
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You Need to Know How to Do Paper Chromatography
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How Chromatography Separates Mixtures...
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Chromatography Can Help You to Identify Dyes
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Simple Distillation is Used to Separate Out Solutions
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Fractional Distillation is Used to Separate a Mixture of Liquids
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The Periodic Table is a Table of All Known Elements
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Elements in a Group Have the Same Number of Outer Electrons
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Electron Shell Rules:
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Follow the Rules to Work Out Electronic Configurations
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Ionic Bonding - Transfer of Electrons
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A Shell with Just One Electron is Well Keen to Get Rid...
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A Nearly Full Shell is Well Keen to Get That Extra Electron...
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Groups 1, 2, 6 and 7 are Most Likely to Form Ions
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Ionic Compounds All Form in a Similar Way
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Giant Ionic Structures Have High Melting and Boiling Points
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A Covalent Bond is a Shared Pair of Electrons
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Hydrogen, H2
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Chlorine, Cl2
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Hydrogen Chloride, HCI
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Ammonia, NH3
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Nitrogen, N2
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Water, H20
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Oxygen, O2
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Carbon Dioxide, CO2
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Methane, CH4
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Ethane, C2H6
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Ethene, C2H4
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Simple Molecular Substances
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Giant Covalent Structures
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Diamond
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Graphite
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Equations Show the Reactants and Products of a Reaction
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Symbol Equations Need to Be Balanced
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Method: Balance just ONE type of atom at a time
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Isotopes are the Same Except for an Extra Neutron or Two
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Relative Atomic Mass Takes All Stable Isotopes into Account
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Relative Formula Mass, Mr
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Finding the Empirical Formula (from Masses of Percentages)
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The Empirical Formula isn’t Always the Same as the Molecular Formula
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The Three Important Steps - Not to be Missed...
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Percentage Yield Compares Actual and Theoretical Yield
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‘The Mole’ is Simply the Name Given to a Certain Number
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Nice Easy Formula for Finding the Number of Moles in a Given Mass:
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Salts Can be Anhydrous or Hydrated
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You Can Calculate How Much Water of Crystallisation a Salt Contains
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Avogadro’s Law - One Mole of Any Gas Occupies 24 dm3
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You Can Calculate Volumes in Reactions If You Know the Masses
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Concentration is the ‘Amount of Stuff’ per Unit Volume
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Concentration = No. of Moles / Volume
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Converting Moles per dm3 to Grams per dm3
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Electric Current is a Flow of Electrons or Ions
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Ionic Compounds Only Conduct Electricity when Molten or in Solution
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Covalent Compounds Don't Conduct Electricity
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Metals are Held Together by Metallic Bonding
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Metals are Good Conductors of Electricity and Heat
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Most Metals are Malleable
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Electrolysis is Used to Make New Substances
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Electrolytes are Liquids that Conduct Electricity
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In Molten Ionic Compounds There’s Only One Source of Ions
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Electrolysis of Aqueous Solutions is a Bit More Complicated
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Sulfuric Acid:
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Sodium Chloride:
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Copper(III) Sulfate:
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No. Of Electrons Transferred Increases with Time and Current
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Coulombs and Faradays are Amounts of Electricity
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One Mole of Product Needs ‘n’ Moles of Electrons
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Use These Steps in Calculations
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Periods
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Groups
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The Elements can be Classified as Metals or Non-Metals
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Group 0 Elements are All Inert, Colourless Gases
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Group 1 Elements All React in a Similar Way with Water
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Group 1 Elements Become More Reactive Down the Group
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Atoms Lose Electrons More Easily Down the Group
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Halogen - Seven Letters - Group 7
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Hydrogen Chloride Gas Dissociates in Water...
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...but Not in Methylbenzene
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More Reactive Halogens will Displace Less Reactive Ones
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Halogen Displacement Reactions Involve Transfer of Electrons
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Acid + Metal -> Salt + Hydrogen
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The Name of the Salt Depends on the Metal and Acid Used
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Metals Also React with Water
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The Reactivity Series - How Well a Metal Reacts
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A More Reactive Metal Displaces a Less Reactive Metal
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Iron and Steel Corrode to Make Rust
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There are Two Main Ways to Prevent Rusting
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The Atmosphere is Mostly Nitrogen and Oxygen
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You can Investigate the Proportion of Oxygen in the Atmosphere Using Copper
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You can Investigate the Proportion of Oxygen in the Atmosphere Using Iron or Phosphorus
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You Can Make O2 in the Lab
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When you Burn Something it Reacts with Oxygen in Air
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Magnesium
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Carbon
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Sulfur
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You Can Collect Gases in a Test Tube
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Dilute Acid reacts with Calcium Carbonate to Produce Carbon Dioxide
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The Thermal Decomposition of Metal Carbonates Also Produces CO2
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CO2 is used in Fizzy Drinks and Fire Extinguishers
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Carbon Dioxide is a Greenhouse Gas
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Increasing Carbon Dioxide is Linked to Climate Change
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Flame Tests Identify Metals Ions
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Some Metals Form a Coloured Precipitate with NaOH
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‘Ammonium Compound + NaOH’ Gives off (Stinky) Ammonia
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Hydrochloric Acid Can Help Detect Carbonates
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Test for Sulfates with HCI and Barium Chloride
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Test for Halides (Cl-, Brx, l-) with Nitric Acid and Silver Nitrate
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There are Tests for 5 Common Gases
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Wet Copper(II) Sulfate is Blue - Dry Copper(II) Sulfate is White
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Alkanes are Hydrocarbons
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MethAne Formula: CH4
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EthAne Formula: C2H6
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PropAne Formula: C3H8
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ButAne Formula: C4H10
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PentAne Formula: C5H12
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Alkanes are a Homologous Series
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Complete Combustion Happens When There’s Plenty of Oxygen
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Incomplete Combustion of Alkanes is NOT Safe
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Halogens React with Alkanes to make Haloalkanes
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Alkenes Have a C=C Double Bond
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EthEne Formula: C2H4
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PropEne Formula: C3H6
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ButEne Formula: C4H8
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Halogens React with Alkanes, Forming Haloalkanes
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Ethanol Can Be Produced from Ethene and Steam
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Ethanol Can Also be Produced by Fermentation
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Both Methods have Advantages and Disadvantages...
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Ethanol can be Dehydrated to Form Ethene
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The pH Scale Goes from 0 to 14
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An Indicator is Just a Dye That Changes Colour
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Acids can be Neutralised by Bases (or Alkalis)
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Acids react with Metal Oxides to make Salt + Water...
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... and with Metal Carbonates to give Salt + Water + Carbon Dioxide
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Salts can be Soluble or Insoluble
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Making Soluble Salts Using Acids and Insoluble Bases
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Making Soluble Salts Using an Alkali
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Making Insoluble Salts - Precipitation Reactions
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Titrations are Used to Find about Concentrations
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The Calculation - Work Out the Number of Moles
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Reactions Can Go at All Sorts of Different Rates
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The Rate of a Reaction Depends on Four Things:
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Typical Graphs for Rate of Reaction
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Three Ways to Measure the Speed of a Reaction
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Precipitation
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Change in Mass (Usually Gas Given Off)
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The Volume of Gas Given Off
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Reaction of Hydrochloric Acid and Marble Chips
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This graph shows the effect of using finer particles of solid
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Reaction of Magnesium Metal with Dilute HCl
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This graph shows the effect of using more concentrated acid solutions
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Sodium Thiosulfate and HCl Produce a Cloudy Precipitate
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The Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide
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More Collisions Increases the Rate of Reaction
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Higher Temperatures
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Higher Concentration (or PRESSURE)
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Larger Surface Area
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Catalysts
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Faster Collisions Increase the Rate of Reaction
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Energy Must Always be Supplied to Break Bonds
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In an Exothermic Reaction, Energy is Given Out
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In an Endothermic Reaction, Energy is Taken In
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The Change in Energy is Called the Enthalpy Change
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Energy Level Diagrams Show if it’s Exo- or Endo- thermic
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The Activation Energy is Lowered by Catalysts
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Bond Energy - The Amount of Energy in a Bond
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Example: The Formation of HCl
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You can find out Enthalpy Changes using Calorimetry
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Calorimetry - Dissolving, Displacement and Neutralisation Reactions
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Calorimetry - Combustion
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Calculate the Heat Energy Transferred
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Calculate the Molar Enthalpy Change
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Reversible Reaction
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Reversible Reactions Will Reach Dynamic Equilibrium
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Changing Temperature and Pressure Can Get You More Product
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Most Metals are Found in Ores
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Metals Often have to be Separated from their Oxides
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Methods of Extraction and Linked to the Order of Reactivity
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Electrolysis Removes Aluminium from Its Ore
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Cryolite is Used to Lower the Temperature (and Costs)
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Electrolysis - Turning IONS into the Atoms You Want
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Electrolysis is Expensive - It’s All That Electricity...
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The Raw Materials are Iron Ore, Coke and Limestone
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Reducing the Iron Ore to Iron:
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Removing the Impurities:
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Iron and Aluminium have some Properties in Common
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The Uses of Iron Depend on Its Properties
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And so do the Uses of Aluminium
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Crude Oil is Separated into Different Hydrocarbon Fractions
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Burning Fuels Can Produce Pollutants
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Carbon Monoxide is Produced by Incomplete Combustion
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Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxides Come from Burning Fuel
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Acid Rain is Caused by Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxides
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Cracking - Splitting Up Long-Chain Hydrocarbons
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Conditions for Cracking: Heat, Plus a Catalyst
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Addition Polymers are Made Under High Pressure
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Polymers can be Shown Using Repeating Units
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Polymers can be Made by Condensation Polymerisation
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Polymers Have Lots of Uses
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Most Polymers are Hard to Get Rid Of
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Nitrogen and Hydrogen are Needed to Make Ammonia
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The Reaction is Reversible, So There’s a Compromise to be Made:
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Ammonia is Used to Make Nitric Acid and Ammonium Nitrate Fertiliser
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The Contact Process is Used to Make Sulfuric Acid
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A Catalyst is Important When Making SO3
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Modern Industry Uses Loads of Sulfuric Acid
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Electrolysis of Salt gives Hydrogen, Chlorine and NaOH
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The Half-Equations - Make Sure the Electrons Balance
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Chlorine
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Sodium Hydroxide
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Hydrogen
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