| Requirements
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Activities
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Students should..
- - have an insight into the size of atomic systems.
- - understand the relationship between moles and mass
- - be able to calculate reacting masses in equations by ratio
and by the use of moles.
- - be able to calculate the formula of a simple binary substance
through experiment
- - understand the experimental concepts of reliability, precision
and accuracy
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Atoms
and molecules revision |
| Formulae and valency
revision |
| Law of conservation of
mass and constant composition |
| Chemical equations. |
| Construction and balancing
equations |
| Introduction to moles
and reacting masses |
| Moles calculations, relative
molecular mass |
| Cwk,
Hwk calculations on moles, RMM, and reacting masses |
Expt 1: Determining
the formula of magnesium oxide  |
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Expt 2: Reduction
of copper(II) oxide  |
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Expt 3: Action of heat on copper(II) carbonate
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Expt 4: Preparation of copper(II) sulphate
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Expt
7: Analysis of an unknown metal carbonate |
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Unit test: Formulae,
equations, moles and mass |