IGCSE Chemistry
The Chemistry 10 course is an introductory chemistry course. Student who takes this course are being prepared to take IB HL1 course the following year which will lead to an IB diploma. Many of the topics listed here will be studied in IB HL1 and IB HL2 but at a deeper level. This course is descriptive or conceptual so that once the concepts are learned they can be reinforced quantitatively and more deeply in IB HL1 and IB HL2 courses. The knowledge learned here can be applied to biology and physics and other science courses.
Chem 10 Topics:
Topic: States of Matter
There are 4 states of matter-gas, liquid, solid, and plasma.
We describe the properties of these states of matter.
Topic: Separating Substances
Mixtures and solutions
Pure substance
Methods of separating substances
Topic: The Periodic Table
An overview of the periodic table
Various groups of the periodic table
The transition elements
How the periodic table developed
Topic: Atoms and Elements
Atoms and Elements
Isotopes
Models of the atom
Electron arrangement in atoms
Metals and nonmetals
Topic: Atoms combining
Compounds, mixtures, and chemical change
Why atoms form bounds
Ionic bonds
Covalent bonds
Comparing ionic and covalent compounds and bonds
Metallic bonding
Topic: Reacting Masses and chemical equations
The names and formulae of compounds
Writing equations for chemical reactions
Masses of atoms, molecules and ions
Calculations about masses
Topic: Using moles
Concept of the mole
Using relative atomic masses
Average Atomic Masses
Calculations from equations using the mole
The concentration of solutions
Empirical and molecular formulae
% yield calculations
Topic: Redox reactions
Oxidation and reduction
Redox and electron transfer
Oxidation and reducing agents
Electricity and chemical change
Conductors and insulators
Principles of electrolysis
Reaction at the electrodes
Topic: The speed of a reaction
Rates of reaction
Measuring the rate of reaction
Changing the rate of reaction
Catalysts and enzymes as catalyst
Photochemical reactions
Topic: Acids and bases
Theories of acids and bases
Acid-base reactions
Neutralization
Titrations
Topic: Organic chemistry
The alkanes
The alkenes
The alkynes
The carboxylic acids