Programme
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Introduction to Chemistry
- The periodic table
- Nomenclature (how we name chemicals)
- Chemical bonding and polarity
Categories of chemical
- Atoms, molecules, ions
- Organic substances (including functional groups) and inorganic substances and metals.
- Polymers and UVCB
Physicochemical properties
- Vapour pressure and volatility
- Water solubility
- Octanol water partition coefficient
- pH (acids, bases and buffers) and Pka
- Henry's Law Constant
Chemical reactions
- Hydrolysis
- Oxidation and reduction reactions
- Electrophilic reactions
- Neutralisation reactions
- Explosives
