AS Chemistry

A revision book for Edexcel AS chemistry.
Topics:
Foundation (to review basic concepts and introduce some formulas to memorise);
Atomic structure;
Calculations;
Salts and their preparation;
Mass spectra and infrared spectroscopy;
Enthalpy changes;
Electrons (building-up principle, ionisation energies, atomic radii, electronegativities, electron affinities);
Bonding (ionic, covalent, dative covalent, Van der Waals, hydrogen, metallic);
Structure (shape of molecules, allotropes of carbon, dipoles;
S-block;
Halogens;
Periodicity;
Organic (alkanes, alkenes, halogenoalkanes, alcohols, isomerism, functional group identification, analysis);
Summaries (single-page diagrams for each functional group);
Chemical equilibria;
Kinetics;
Redox;
Green chemistry (greenhouse effect and breakdown of the ozone layer);
Experiment tips.