Chemistry Resources (page 7)

All things avogadro, moles and amount are a crucial element (pardon the pun) to A-Level, and even GCSE, chemistry. However, students often come up to A-Level Chemistry unsure of exact...

Most beginner chemical thermodynamists find unit conversions difficult. The most used conversion is where the mass, mi, of a substance, i, weighed in say a laboratory is converted int...

Horizontal rows in a periodic table are called periods. Vertical columns in a periodic table are called groups. Period number tells you about how many shells an element has, while gro...

A good question! And no unfortunately not in this case our furry little friend. A mole is a unit of measurement for the amount of a substance. A mole is a Chemist`s handy tool to make...

Balancing symbol equations is actually easier than remembering word equations and usually worth more marks. Many students are put off because symbols look complicated but once you und...

1. Balance the following equation Mg + HCl ________> MgCl2 + H2 NBs: When writing these out, the number 2 at the end of Cl and H is a small 2. Mg is magnesium metal, found in gr...

What is an acid?This is an ionic substance which has free Hydrogen ions.For example when you dissolve HCl in water you get free H+ ions and free Cl- ions. Water also dissociates into...

Acids are those compounds or chemicals which contain H+ Ions in them. Acids when dissolved in aqueous i.e water dissociates as H+ ions and Cl- ions. These H+ ions are very unstable ...

Home Study Tips for Year 11 to 13 Chemistry Students, April 2020We are all trying to get used to a new way of living over these next few weeks/months, which is likely to be a difficu...

Ability to communicate ideas effectively including orally, in written and diagrammatic forms by using graphs and charts.To Interpret and evaluate &scientific data and observations, u...