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ZIMSEC A-Level Chemistry

6.1Physical Chemistry

Physical Chemistry in ZIMSEC A-Level Chemistry: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
Syllabus section840 practice questions38 lessons

Overview

Paper 3 Section A is based mainly on this area.

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Lessons

  • Dynamic equilibrium and Le Chatelier's principle

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  • Enthalpy changes and calorimetry

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  • The gaseous state: kinetic theory and the ideal gas equation

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  • Electronegativity, ionic bonding and metallic bonding

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  • Reaction rates, collision theory and the Boltzmann distribution

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  • Redox: oxidation numbers, oxidising and reducing agents

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  • Relative masses, the mole and the Avogadro constant

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  • The nuclear atom, sub-atomic particles and isotopes

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  • Covalent and coordinate bonding, bond energy and bond length

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  • Orbital overlap: sigma and pi bonds and hybridisation

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  • Standard electrode potentials and cell potentials

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  • Shells, sub-shells, orbitals and electron configurations

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  • Equilibrium constants Kc and Kp

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  • Hess's law and bond energy calculations

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  • Lattice energy and Born-Haber cycles

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  • Liquids, solids and lattice structures

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  • Interpreting mass spectra

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  • Rate equations, orders and half-life

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  • Brønsted-Lowry acids and bases

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  • Enthalpies of solution and hydration

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Sample question

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Physical Chemistry: sample question

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In the reaction HCOX3X−(aq)+HX2O(l)⇌HX2COX3(aq)+OHX−(aq)\ce{HCO3-(aq) + H2O(l) <=> H2CO3(aq) + OH-(aq)}, which species acts as a Brønsted-Lowry base in the forward direction?

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