Chemistry study guides
WJEC-A-LEVEL · A-Level (WJEC) · aligned to WJEC.
- WJEC A-Level Chemistry Unit 1 The Language of Chemistry, Structure and Physical Chemistry: a deep dive on formulae, atoms, the mole, bonding and simpler equilibria
A deep-dive WJEC A-Level Chemistry guide to Unit 1. Covers formulae and equations, atomic structure and mass spectrometry, the mole and chemical calculations, ionic, covalent and metallic bonding, the four solid structures, periodic trends, and an introduction to equilibria and acid-base reactions.
📖 18 min readWJEC - WJEC A-Level Chemistry Unit 2 Energy, Rate and Chemistry of Carbon Compounds: a deep dive on thermochemistry, rates, green chemistry and introductory organic chemistry
A deep-dive WJEC A-Level Chemistry guide to Unit 2. Covers thermochemistry and Hess's law, rates of reaction and the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution, the wider impact of chemistry, and the introductory organic chemistry of hydrocarbons, halogenoalkanes, alcohols and carboxylic acids.
📖 18 min readWJEC - WJEC A-Level Chemistry Unit 3 Physical and Inorganic Chemistry: a deep dive on redox and electrode potentials, the p-block and d-block, kinetics, free energy and equilibria
A deep-dive WJEC A-Level Chemistry guide to Unit 3. Covers redox and standard electrode potentials, redox titrations, the chemistry of the p-block and d-block, chemical kinetics and rate equations, enthalpy, entropy and free energy, and the equilibrium constants Kc, Kp, Ka and pH.
📖 19 min readWJEC - WJEC A-Level Chemistry Unit 4 Organic Chemistry and Analysis: a deep dive on stereoisomerism, aromaticity, the functional groups, synthesis and spectroscopy
A deep-dive WJEC A-Level Chemistry guide to Unit 4. Covers stereoisomerism, aromaticity and benzene, alcohols and phenols, aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, amines and amino acids, organic synthesis and analysis, and spectroscopy and chromatography.
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