Edexcel A2 Chemistry Textbook Second Edition

Summary:
Revised and updated to meet the needs of A2 students following the new Edexcel specification, this textbook is divided into two units. The first nine chapters describe and explain the material of Unit 4: Rates, equilibria and further organic chemistry. The next five chapters cover the material for Unit 5: Transition metals, arenes and organic nitrogen chemistry.
Chapter 1 will also help students with kinetic experiments likely to be encountered in Unit 6 -- the internal assessment of practical skills, Chapter 10 with practical assessments on redox titrations, Chapter 11 with assessed practicals on transition metal compounds and Chapter 14 with organic analysis assessments.
Guidance on exam technique and sample exam-style questions, together with graded answers and detailed commentaries, are provided online. This resource also includes end-of-chapter review questions, devised to assist and test learning, and practice unit tests, which are ideal for exam preparation.
Edexcel A2 Chemistry includes the following special features:
nExaminer's notes -- invaluable content guidance and exam advice
nWorked examples -- detailed explanations of calculations to facilitate understanding

This comprehensive, highly accessible, exam-focused text is essential reading for all Edexcel A2 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
  
  
• Packed with questions and worked examples
  
  
• Integrated material on 'how science works' throughout the text
  
  
• Includes 'mock' exam papers
  
  
• Free CD or online resources with exam style-questions and answers and practice unit tests
  
  
• Invaluable examiner advice
  
  

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Unit 4: Rates, equilibria and further organic chemistry
Chapter 1: Rates: how fast?
Chapter 2: Entropy: how far?
Chapter 3: Equilibrium
Chapter 4: Application of rates and equilibrium
Chapter 5: Acid[n]base equilibria
Chapter 6: Isomerism
Chapter 7: Carbonyl compounds
Chapter 8: Carboxylic acids and their derivatives
Chapter 9: Spectroscopy and chromatography
Practice Unit Test 4
Unit 5: Transition metals, arenes and organic nitrogen chemistry
Chapter 10: Electrochemistry and redox equilibria
Chapter 11: Transition metal chemistry
Chapter 12: Arenes and derivatives
Chapter 13: Organic nitrogen compounds
Chapter 14: Organic synthesis
Practice Unit Test 5

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 two Student Unit Guides for Edexcel A2 Chemistry, also published by Philip Allan Updates.