Below you will find our collection of revision notes and video tutorials. For the best revision experience, use both the notes and the videos at the same time to help you follow along. All resources are updated for the latest AQA 9-1 Chemistry specification.
Revision Resources
- 1. Atomic Structure and the periodic table
- 2. Bonding and Structure
- 3. Quantitative chemistry
- 4. Chemical changes
- 5. Energy changes
- 6. Rate and extent of chemical change
- 7. Organic chemistry
- 8. Analysis
- 9. Atmosphere
- 10. Using resources
- General practical skills
- Flashcards by Collins
Revision Notes
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Paper 1 Video Tutorials
Atomic Structure
- Elements, compounds and mixtures
- Interpreting a chemical formula
- Filtration and crystallisation
- Simple distillation
- Fractional distillation
- Alpha-scattering experiment
- The nuclear model
- Atomic number and mass number
- Relative atomic mass
- Electron energy levels
- Development of the periodic table
- Group 0
- Metals
- Group 1 Part 1
- Group 1 Part 2
- Group 7 Part 1
- Group 7 Part 2
- Group 7 Part 3
- Transition elements
Chemical reactions
- Reaction of metals with oxygen
- The reactivity series
- Extraction of metals
- Oxidation and reduction in terms of electrons
- Acids and alkalis
- Acids reacting with metals
- Acids reacting with metals 2
- Three reactions of acids
- Required practical 1: Making soluble salts
- Strong and weak acids
- Required practical 2: Carrying out a titration
- Titration calculations 1
- Titration calculations 2
- Introducing electrolysis
- Electrolysis of aluminium oxide
- Electrolysis of aqueous solutions 1
- Electrolysis of aqueous solutions 2
- Required practical 3: Electrolysis
Energetics
- Exothermic and endothermic reactions
- Bond energy calculations
- Bond energy calculations 2
- Required practical 4: Temperature changes
- Cells and batteries
- Fuel cells
Quantitative chemistry
- Conservation of mass
- Charges on ions
- Formula of ionic compounds
- Balancing chemical equations
- Relative formula mass
- Calculating moles of an element
- Calculating moles of a compound
- Calculating mass of a number of moles
- Using moles to balance equations
- Avogadro's constant 1
- Avogadro's constant 2
- Reacting masses 1
- Reacting masses 2
- Limiting reactant
- Concentration of solutions
- Calculating percentage yield 1
- Calculating percentage yield 2
- Atom economy
- Using concentration of solutions 1
- Using concentration of solutions 2
- Using gas volumes
- Using gas volumes 2
Structure and bonding
- The three states of matter
- Ionic bonding 1
- Ionic bonding 2
- Properities of iconic compounds
- Covalent bonding 1
- Covalent bonding 2
- Covalent bonding 3
- Properties of small covalent molecules
- Diamond and silicon dioxide
- Graphite
- Graphene and fullerenes
- Bonding in polymers
- Metals and alloys
- Nanoparticles
- Limitations of bonding diagrams
Required practicals
Paper 2 Video Tutorials
Chemical Analysis
- Purity and formulations
- Chromatography
- Required Practical 6: Chromatography
- Testing for gases
- Flame tests
- Metal hydroxide precipitates
- Identifying non-metal ions
- Required practical 7: Identifying ions
Organic Chemistry
- Crude oil and hydrocarbons
- Properties of hydrocarbons
- Combustion of hydrocarbons
- Fractional distillation of crude oil
- Cracking
- Alkenes
- Reactions of alkenes 1
- Reactions of alkenes 2
- Alcohols
- Reactions of alcohols
- Carboxylic acids
- Addition polymers
- Condensation polymers
- Amino acids
- DNA
Rates of Reaction
- Mean rate of reaction
- Using tangents to determine rate
- Effect of concentration on rate
- Required Practical 5: Rates of reaction
- Effect of surface area on rate
- Effect of temperature on rate
- Catalysts
- Reversible reactions
- Concentration and reversible reactions
- Temperature and reversible reactions
- Pressure and reversible reactions
Resources
- Using the earth's resources
- Potable water
- Required Practical 8: Water
- Waste water treatment
- Alternative methods of extracting
- Life-cycle assessment
- Recycling
- Corrosion
- Alloys
- Ceramics and composites
- Thermosoftening and thermosetting
- The haber process
- NPK fertilisers
The Atmosphere
- The atmosphere
- Fossil fuels
- The greenhouse effect
- Climate change
- Carbon footprint
- Pollutants from fuels