Chemistry

Course summary

Year 12 course outline Physical Chemistry 1: Atomic structure, Amount of Substances, Bonding, Energetics, Kinetics, Equilibria, Redox Reaction. Inorganic Chemistry 1: Periodicity, Group 2: The Alkaline Earth Metals, Group 7: The Halogens. Organic Chemistry 1: Introduction to organic Chemistry, Alkanes, Halogenoalkanes, Alkenes, Alcohols, Organic Analysis. Year 13 course outline Physical Chemistry 2: Thermodynamics, Rate equation, Electrode potentials and electrochemical cells, equilibria. Inorganic Chemistry 2: Acids and bases, Periodicity, Transition metals, Reactions of ions in aqueous solution. Organic Chemistry 2: Aromatic chemistry, Amines, polymers, Amino acids proteins and DNA, Organic synthesis and analysis, Nuclear magnetic resonance, Chromatography.