Cambridge International AS and A Level Chemistry Revision Guide

Summary:
These International A/AS-level Science Revision Guides provide exam-focused texts to guide students through the content and skills of the course to prepare them for their AS and A-level exams. Each guide in the series provides:
- Introduction: containing an overview of the course and how it is assessed, advice on revision and taking the examination papers.
- Content Guidance: provides a summary of the facts and concepts that you need to know for the examination.
- Skills: explains the data-handling skills you will need to answer some of the questions in the written papers. It also explains the practical skills that you will need in order to well in the practical examination.
- Questions and Answers: contains a specimen examination paper for you to try, followed by a set of student's answers for each question, with comments from an examiner to help you identify exactly what is required in the exam.

• Written by an experienced examiner
• Specimen exam paper for practice before the exam
• Sample student answers with examiner's comments to develop a clearer understanding of what is required in the exam
• Fully endorsed by University of Cambridge International Examinations

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Content Guidance
Atoms, molecules and stoichiometry
Atomic structure
Chemical bonding
States of matter
Chemical energetics
Electrochemistry
Equilibria
Reaction kinetics
Chemical periodicity
Group chemistry
The transition elements
Nitrogen and sulfur
Introduction to organic chemistry
Hydrocarbons
Halogen and hydroxy compounds
Carbonyl compounds
Carboxylic acids and their derivatives
Nitrogen compounds
Polymerisation
Applications of chemistry
Experimental Skills and Investigations
Questions and Answers
AS Exemplar paper
A2 Exemplar paper

About the Author(s):
David Bevan is a senior examiner for A-level chemistry.
Series editor Mary Jones is a senior examiner for A-level biology with many years experience in publishing textbooks.