Chemistry

Assessment at a glance

Course aims & skills

Oxford AQA IGCSE Chemistry builds the skills examiners reward. By the end of the course you should be able to:

• balance chemical equations and calculate reacting masses
• apply the mole concept to reacting quantities and gas volumes
• explain trends in the periodic table using atomic structure
• describe and explain ionic, covalent and metallic bonding
• plan and evaluate practical investigations safely
• interpret graphs, tables and experimental data
• apply knowledge to unfamiliar contexts and novel problems
• identify unknown substances using qualitative chemical tests
• explain rates of reaction and energy changes using particle theory

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