The WJEC examination board provides qualifications for schools and colleges in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and several independent regions. Comparatively, it’s a small board in the UK but we want all our teacher and student subscribers to feel supported in their A-level Chemistry studies. Thankfully, WJEC falls under Eduqas, and all six of the UK’s main examination boards have a lot of similarities and overlap. Scroll through our handy table of resources below to direct you to all the information you need to excel in your tuition, revision and examinations.
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THE LANGUAGE OF CHEMISTRY, STRUCTURE OF MATTER |
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1.1 |
Formulae and equations |
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1.2 |
Basic idea about atoms |
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Radioactivity, atomic emission spectrum of the hydrogen atom, order of increasing energy of infrared, visible and ultraviolet light, Lyman series |
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1.3 |
Chemical calculations |
Edexcel: 16. Redox equilibria (Calculating the uncertainties in measurements) |
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1.4 |
Bonding |
intermediate character of many bonds between purely ionic and purely covalent |
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1.5 |
Solid structures |
Cell | |
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The periodic table |
CIE: 09. The periodic table: chemical periodicity . |
Cell |
| 1.7 |
Simple equilibria and acid-base reactions |
AQA: 06. Chemical Equilibria, Le Chatelier’s principle and Kc |
Cell |
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ENERGY, RATE AND CHEMISTRY OF CARBON COMPOUNDS |
Cell | Cell |
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2.1 |
Thermochemistry |
Cell | |
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Rates of reaction |
Cell | |
| 2.3 |
The wider impact of chemistry |
N/A |
Cell |
| 2.4 |
Organic compounds |
Cell | |
| 2.5 |
Hydrocarbons |
AQA: 19. Introduction to organic chemistry |
Cell |
| 2.6 |
Halogenoalkanes |
CIE: 38. Chromatography and qualitative analysis (test for halogenoalkanes) |
Cell |
| 2.7 |
Alcohols and carboxylic acids |
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reaction of carboxylic acids with hydrogen carbonates |
| 2.8 |
Instrumental analysis |
OCR: 21. Analytical techniques |
Cell |
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PHYSICAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY |
Cell | Cell |
| 3.1
3.2 |
Redox and standard electrode potential Redox reactions |
Cell | |
| 3.3 |
Chemistry of the p-block |
CIE: 09. The periodic table: chemical periodicity |
Group 3 elements, properties of CO2 and PbO, Bonding in group 4 chlorides and their reaction with water |
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Chemistry of the d-block transition metals |
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Cell |
| 3.5 |
Chemical kinetics |
Cell | |
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3.6 |
Enthalpy changes for solids and solutions |
Cell | |
| 3.7 |
Entropy and feasibility of reactions |
Cell | |
| 3.8 |
Equilibrium constants |
Cell | |
| 3.9 |
Acid-base equilibria |
Cell | |
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ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND ANALYSIS |
Cell | Cell |
| 4.1 |
Stereoisomerism |
AQA: 19. Introduction to organic chemistry (E-Z isomerism) |
Cell |
| 4.2 |
Aromaticity |
CIE: 15. Hydrocarbons (Electrophilic substitution of benzene) |
Cell |
| 4.3 |
Alcohols and phenols |
AQA: 21. Halogenoalkanes (forming primary and secondary alcohols from halogenoalkanes) AQA: 26. Aldehydes and ketones (forming primary and secondary alcohols from carbonyl compounds) |
FeCl3(aq) test for phenols |
| 4.4 |
Aldehydes and ketones |
addition of HCN to propanone |
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| 4.5 |
Carboxylic acids and their derivatives |
CIE: 19. Carboxylic acids and derivatives Edexcel: 28. Carboxylic acids (Reduction of carboxylic acids) CIE: 15. Hydrocarbons (Oxidation of side chains in arenes) OCR: 36. Carbon-carbon bond formation |
decarboxylation of carboxylic acids,conversion of carboxylic acids to nitriles |
| 4.6 |
Amines |
reaction of primary amines (aliphatic) with cold nitric(III) acid,origin of colour in terms of the wavelengths of visible light absorbed |
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| 4.7 |
Amino acids, peptides and proteins |
Cell | |
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4.8 |
Organic synthesis and analysis |
AQA: 33. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy |
Cell |