Cambridge IGCSE™ Chemistry Practical Skills Workbook: Hodder Education Group

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Experimental skills and abilities
	Skills for scientific enquiry
	Safety
	Using and organising techniques, apparatus and materials
	Observing, measuring and recording
	Handling experimental observations and data
	Evaluating investigations
	Planning investigations
1 States of matter
	1.1 Rate of diffusion of ammonia and hydrogen chloride (Teacher demonstration)
	1.2 Reaction of potassium iodide with silver nitrate
	1.3 Determination of the freezing point of stearic acid
2 Atoms, elements and compounds
	2.1 Elements, mixtures and compounds
3 Bonding and structure
	3.1 Properties of ionic and covalent substances
	3.2 Using electrical conductivity to identify ionic and covalent substances
4 Stoichiometry – chemical calculations
	4.1 Determination of the empirical formula of magnesium oxide
	4.2 Determination of the volume occupied by one mole of a gas
	4.3 Determination of the percentage yield of a chemical reaction
5 Electrochemistry
	5.1 Electrolysis of acidified water (Teacher demonstration)
	5.2 Electrolysis of brine (Teacher demonstration)
6 Chemical energetics
	6.1 Calculating the enthalpy change for the combustion of methanol and ethanol
	6.2 Determination of the enthalpy change of a displacement reaction
7 Chemical reactions
	7.1 How does changing surface area affect the rate of a reaction?
	7.2 How does changing concentration affect the rate of a reaction?
	7.3 How does temperature affect the rate of a reaction?
8 Acids, bases and salts
	8.1 Determination of the concentration of a solution of hydrochloric acid
	8.2 Determination of the concentration of a solution of sodium hydroxide
	8.3 Preparation of hydrated magnesium sulfate
	8.4 Properties of dilute sulfuric acid
9 The Periodic Table
	9.1 Reactions of the Group 1 metals (Teacher demonstration)
	9.2 Halogen displacement reactions
	9.3 Using transition metal ions as catalysts
10 Metals
	10.1 Metal reactivity
	10.2 Metal displacement reactions
	10.3 What causes rusting?
11 Chemistry of the environment
	11.1 Making a fertiliser
12 Organic chemistry 1
	12.1 Is the gas burned in Bunsen burners a hydrocarbon? (Teacher demonstration)
13 Organic chemistry 2
	13.1 Reactions of ethanoic acid
14 Experimental techniques and chemical analysis
	14.1 Extracting sodium chloride from rock salt
	14.2 Chromatography
	14.3 Missing labels from reagent bottles: what a problem!
	14.4 Using flame colours to identify unknown metal ions
	14.5 Investigating the solubility of sodium chloride in water
Past paper questions
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