Publisher's Synopsis
This title delivers essential content for the General and Credit exam in a colourful, engaging format. Whilst a new topic is presented on each double page spread to make revision manageable, colour illustrations help improve recall.
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Contents
Chemical reactions
· Elements, compounds and mixtures
· Identifying chemical reactions
· Rates of reaction
Atoms and covalent bonding
· Classifying elements
· Some families in the periodic table
· Group 0: the noble gases
· Atomic structure
· Electron arrangement
· Covalent bonding
Formulae and equations
· Chemical formulae
· Chemical formulae using valency
· Chemical equations
· More formulae and equations
Ionic bonding and ionic formulae
· Ionic bonding
· Structures of ionic and covalent compounds
· More about ionic compounds
· Ionic compounds: colours and formulae
Hydrocarbons and fuels
· Fuels
· Fossil fuels
· Crude oil
· Combustion of hydrocarbons
· Alkanes
· Alkenes
· More about cracking
· Addition reactions
· Cycloalkanes and isomers
Acids, alkalis and salts
· Acids and alkalis
· Reactions of acids
· Neutralisation
· Preparation of salts
Making electricity: electrochemical cells
· Electricity from chemicals
· Using the electrochemical series
· Oxidation, reduction and displacement
Metals and corrosion
· Metals
· More about metals
· Reactivity of metals
· Other reactions of metals
· Corrosion in more detail
· Extraction of metals
Plastics and synthetic fibres
· Introducing plastics and synthetic fibres
· Making plastics
Making fertilisers
· Fertilisers
· Ammonia and the Haber process
· Nitric acid and the Ostwald process
Carbohydrates to alcohol
· Carbohydrates
· Photosynthesis and respiration
· Breaking down carbohydrates
· Fermentation
Calculations
Types of reactions