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.

About the Author

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.

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