High School Chemistry

These study pages are intended for students of GCSE and A-Level Chemistry.

The International Year of Chemistry - 2011

Definitions of Chemistry

• What is Chemistry ?
• What is Physical Chemistry ?
• What is Organic Chemistry ?
• What is Inorganic Chemistry ?

General Chemistry

• The Periodic Table
• Chemical Elements: Names and Symbols

• Common Chemicals in the Home
• More molecular formulae of common chemicals
• Common and Trade Names of Chemicals

Introductory Chemistry

• Elements, Mixtures and Compounds
• Elements Mixtures & Compounds - Atoms & Molecules
• What is an element ?
• What is a mixture ?
• What is a compound ?
• What is a substance ?
• What is an alloy ?

Structure of Atoms

• What is an atom ?
• What does "Atomic" mean ?
• Atomic Number (of an element)
• Mass Number (of an atom)
• What is an isotope ?
• Relative Atomic Mass
• What is a molecule ?
  

• What is a proton ?
• What is a neutron ?
• What is a nucleon ?
• What is an electron ?

About Chemical Reactions

• What is a catalyst ?

Organic Chemistry: General

• What is a Homologous Series ?
• Functional Groups in Organic Chemical Compounds

Types of Organic Compounds

• Hydrocarbons
• Alkanes
  Boiling Points of Alkanes
• Alkenes
• Alkynes
• Haloalkanes
• Cycloalkanes
• Alcohols
• Aldehydes
• Ketones
• Carboxylic Acids
• Acid Chlorides
• Acid Anhydrides
• Esters
• Ethers
• Amines
• Amides
• Nitriles

Drawing / Representing
Organic Compounds

• Drawing Organic Molecules
• Molecular Formula of Organic Molecules
• Structural Formula of Organic Molecules
• Skeletal Formula of Organic Molecules
• Drawing Organic Molecules in 3D

Chemical Elements

• Hydrogen
• Helium
• Fluorine
• Chlorine
• Bromine
• Iodine
• Astatine


• Fluorine Gas
• Chlorine Gas
• Iodine Uses

Maths useful for Chemistry

• Scientific Numbers
  (Scientific Notation)