CIE Chemistry AS (9701) Topic Questions 1 Atomic structure 1.1 Particles in the atom and atomic radius 1.2 Isotopes 1.3 Electrons, energy levels and atomic orbitals 1.4 Ionisation energy 2 Atoms, molecules and stoichiometry 2.1 Relative masses of atoms and molecules 2.2 The mole and the Avogadro constant 2.3 Formulae 2.4 Reacting masses and volumes (of solutions and gases) 3 Chemical bonding 3.1 Electronegativity and bonding 3.2 Ionic bonding 3.3 Metallic bonding 3.4 Covalent bonding and coordinate (dative covalent) bonding 3.5 Shapes of molecules 3.6 Intermolecular forces, electronegativity and bond properties 3.7 Dot-and-cross diagrams 4 States of matter 4.1 The gaseous state: ideal and real gases and pV = nRT 4.2 Bonding and structure 5 Chemical energetics 5.1 Enthalpy change, ΔH 5.2 Hess’s Law 6 Electrochemistry 6.1 Redox processes: electron transfer and changes in oxidation number 7 Equilibria 7.1 Chemical equilibria: reversible reactions, dynamic equilibrium 7.2 Brønsted–Lowry theory of acids and bases 8 Reaction kinetics 8.1 Rate of reaction 8.2 Effect of temperature on reaction rates and the concept of activation energy 8.3 Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts 9 The Periodic Table: chemical periodicity 9 The Periodic Table: chemical periodicity 9.2 Periodicity of chemical properties of the elements in Period 3 9.3 Chemical periodicity of other elements 10 Group 2 10.1 Similarities and trends in the properties of the Group 2 metals, magnesium to barium, and their compounds 11 Group 17 11.1 Physical properties of the Group 17 elements 11.2 The chemical properties of the halogen elements and the hydrogen halides 11.3 Some reactions of the halide ions 11.4 The reactions of chlorine 12 Nitrogen and sulfur 12.1 Nitrogen and sulfur 13 An introduction to AS Level organic chemistry 13.1 Formulae, functional groups and the naming of organic compounds 13.2 Characteristic organic reactions 13.3 Shapes of organic molecules; σ and π bonds 13.4 Isomerism: structural and stereoisomerism 14 Hydrocarbons 14.1 Alkanes 14.2 Alkenes 15 Halogen compounds 15.1 Halogenoalkanes 16 Hydroxy compounds 16.1 Alcohols 17 Carbonyl compounds 17.1 Aldehydes and ketones 18 Carboxylic acids and derivatives 18.1 Carboxylic acids 18.2 Esters 19 Nitrogen compounds 19.1 Primary amines 19.2 Nitriles and hydroxynitriles 20 Polymerisation 20.1 Addition polymerisation 21 Organic synthesis 21.1 Organic synthesis 22 Analytical techniques 22.1 Infrared spectroscopy 22.2 Mass spectrometry
