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Edexcel AS Chemistry 2nd Edition + CD
George Facer

Paperback
RRP: £18.99
ISBN: 9780340957608

Published: 28/03/2008
Extent: 352 pages

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Summary:
Revised and updated to meet the needs of AS students following the new 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. The accompanying CD-ROM 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: n Examiner’s notes — invaluable content guidance and exam advice n Worked examples — detailed explanations of calculations to facilitate understanding n Elementary knowledge — one-page insights into the chemistry of selected elements This comprehensive, highly accessible, exam-focused text is essential reading for all Edexcel AS Chemistry students. Answers to all review questions and practice unit tests are provided in an accompanying Teacher Guide, which is available for purchase by teachers.

  • Comprehensive subject coverage of both units
    Includes a chapter on laboratory chemistry with advice on the practical assessment
    Engaging chapter frontispieces
    Packed with questions and worked examples
    Integrated material on ‘how science works’ throughout the text
    Includes ‘mock’ exam papers
    Student CD with exam style-questions and answers
    Invaluable examiner advice
    A2 text to follow in 2009
    Written by George Facer Edexcel Chair of Examiners
    Supporting Teacher Answer Guide provides answers to all the questions with detailed explanations (comprises resource pack plus CD — £49.99)

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.

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