A-level Chemistry
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Inorganic chemistry, second year
Paper 1 and Paper 3.
15 Lessons
Level 1
Period 3 elements and oxides
Period 3 oxides: from basic to acidic
Core
Period 3 oxides: equations with acids and bases
Exam-ready
Level 2
Complex ions and their shapes
Complex ions: ligands, bonds and shapes
Core
Isomerism in complexes
Exam-ready
Level 3
Ligand exchange and chelation
Ligand substitution and colour changes
Core
The chelate effect: an entropy argument
Exam-ready
Level 4
Colour and colorimetry
Why transition-metal complexes are coloured
Core
Colorimetry: calibration and calculation
Exam-ready
Level 5
Transition-metal redox and titrations
Vanadium, potentials and variable oxidation states
Core
Redox titrations: every electron counted
Exam-ready
Level 6
Transition-metal catalysts
Transition metals as catalysts
Core
Autocatalysis and catalyst evidence
Exam-ready
Level 7
Aqueous metal-ion tests: RP11
Metal aqua ions: hydroxide, ammonia and carbonate
Core
Aqua ions: acidity, equations and unknowns
Exam-ready
Required practical 11: identifying metal ions in solution
Exam-ready