Edexcel AS Chemistry Textbook 2nd Edition

Summary:
Revised and updated to meet the needs of AS students following the Edexcel specification, this textbook is divided into three units. The first seven chapters describe and explain the material of Unit 1: The core principles of chemistry. The next nine chapters cover the material for Unit 2: Application of core principles of chemistry. The final chapter (Unit 3) focuses on practical work. This will help students prepare for their internal assessment of practical skills.

An accompanying online resource offers guidance on exam technique and sample exam-style questions, together with graded answers and detailed commentaries. It also includes end-of-chapter review questions, devised to assist and test learning, and practice unit tests, which are ideal for exam preparation.

Edexcel AS Chemistry includes the following special features:

• Examiner's notes -- invaluable content guidance and exam advice
• Worked examples -- detailed explanations of calculations to facilitate understanding
• Elementary knowledge -- one-page insights into the chemistry of selected elements

• Comprehensive subject coverage of Units 1 and 2
  
• Includes a chapter on laboratory chemistry with advice on the practical assessment
• Packed with questions and worked examples
• Integrated material on 'how science works' throughout the text
• Includes 'mock' exam papers
• Free online resource with exam style-questions and answers
• Invaluable examiner advice
• Supporting Teacher Answer Guide provides answers to all the questions with detailed explanations
  

Table of Contents:
Unit 1
Chapter 1 Fundamental concepts
Chapter 2 Atomic structure and the Periodic Table
Chapter 3 Formulae, equations and moles
Chapter 4 Calculations from chemical equations
Chapter 5 Energetics
Chapter 6 Bonding
Chapter 7 Introduction to organic chemistry
Practice Unit Test 1
Unit 2
Chapter 8 Shapes of molecules, bond polarity and intermolecular forces
Chapter 9 Oxidation and reduction -redox
Chapter 10 The Periodic Table – Group 2
Chapter 11 The Periodic Table – Group 7
Chapter 12 Introduction to Kinetics
Chapter 13 Introduction to Chemical Equilibrium
Chapter 14 Further organic chemistry
Chapter 15 Mass spectra, infrared spectra and the greenhouse effect
Chapter 16 Green chemistry
Practice Unit Test 2
Unit 3
Chapter 17 Laboratory chemistry

About the Author(s):
George Facer is Chair of Examiners and was previously Head of Science and Chemistry at Sherborne School. He has written numerous books including three Student Unit Guides for Edexcel A2 Chemistry, also published by Philip Allan Updates.