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CI - Rates of reaction
What does the reaction rate tell you,
What is reaction rate,
What do the units of rate of reac...
19  cards
CI - Initial rates experiments
What can be investigated using th...,
What does the initial rates metho...,
What is the initial rate of a rea...
17  cards
CI - Orders and rate equations
What does the rate equation link,
What do rate equations tell you,
For a general reaction a b c d wh...
25  cards
CI - Half-lives and rate equations
What is a half life,
From what graph is it easy to cal...,
What does t 1 2 mean
13  cards
CI - The rate constant and the Arrhenius equation
How does temperature affect the r...,
Why does increasing temperature i...,
What has to happen for a reaction...
16  cards
CI - Rates and reaction mechanisms
What is the rate determining step...,
What is the slowest step in a mul...,
How many steps can reaction mecha...
17  cards
CI - Rates, equilibria and the chemical industry
In what 4 ways are there costs in...,
How can raw materials be a cost i...,
How can fuel energy be a cost inv...
42  cards
CI - Equilibrium constants
What do the units of kc depend on,
How do you calculate the units of kc,
What can kc be used to work out
12  cards
CI - Nitrogen chemistry
How does nitrogen occur naturally,
What is the electron confirgurati...,
Where is nitrgoen found in the pe...
15  cards
PL - Amino acids and proteins
What are amino acids made up of,
What is the amino group of an ami...,
Are carboxyl groups acidic or alk...
48  cards
PL - DNA and RNA
What is dna a polymer of,
What does dna stand for,
What does dna contain
51  cards
PL - Protein synthesis
What does dna contain,
What does rna do with the genetic...,
In terms of protein synthesis and...
59  cards
PL - Enzymes
What are enzymes,
What do enzymes do,
What type of molecule are enzymes
36  cards
PL - Medicines
What do medicines contain,
Certain chemicals fit into certai...,
What has to be right about the ch...
21  cards
PL - Optical isomers
What are optical isomers enantiomers,
What is a chiral or asymmetric ca...,
What are optical isomers also kno...
15  cards
PL - Organic functional groups
What are functional groups,
What is the prefix suffix used fo...,
What is the prefix suffix used fo...
34  cards
PL - Amines and amides
What are amines,
How is a primary amine formed,
How do small amines smell
28  cards
PL - Carboxylic acids, esters and acyl chlorides
What do carboxylic acids contain,
How do you name a carboxylic acid,
Where is the carboxyl group in a ...
66  cards
PL - Polymers
What are the two ways of making p...,
What are addition polymers formed...,
How do alkenes form addition poly...
42  cards
PL - Nylons
What are nylons,
What do all nylons contain,
How many types of nylon are there
12  cards
PL - Mass spectrometry
What is mass spectroscopy used for,
How is mass spectroscopy used to ...,
What happens when an organic comp...
45  cards
PL - NMR spectroscopy
What does nmr give you informatio...,
That doe nmr stand for,
What is nmr
69  cards
PL - Combined techniques
How can different spectras techni...,
Apart from spectra what can also ...,
How can elemental analysis also h...
11  cards
O - Solubility
Solutes dissolve best in solvents...,
What happens when something disso...,
Generally speaking when wont subs...
18  cards
O - Enthalpies and dissolving
What is lattice enthalpy a measur...,
What can ionic compounds form,
What are the positive and negativ...
30  cards
O - Entropy
What does entropy tell you,
What is the symbol for entropy,
What is entropy a measure of
24  cards
O - Solubility product
What is solubility,
What is the maximum amount of sol...,
When will a solution become satur...
18  cards
O - Acids and bases
Do acids accept or release protons,
Do bases accept or release protons,
What is the difference between an...
23  cards
O - pH calculations
What is a neutral solution,
If h is greater than oh the solut...,
If oh is greater than h the solut...
28  cards
O - Buffers
What is a buffer,
What are acidic buffers made from,
What is the ph of acidic buffers
10  cards
O - The greenhouse effect
What does the greenhouse effect do,
Explain the greenhouse effect,
How can greenhouse gases transfer...
14  cards
DM - More on redox reactions
Its a redox reaction if what happens,
A loss of electrons is called what,
A gain of electrons is called what
19  cards
DM - Redox titrations
What are acid base titrations use...,
What do titrations allow us to do,
How do you carry out an acid base...
14  cards
DM - Electrochemical cells
What do you get when electrons move,
What do electrochemical cells make,
What can electrochemical cells be...
41  cards
DM - Electrode potentials
What are electrode potentials mea...,
What is the standard electrode po...,
What are standard conditions
25  cards
DM - Rusting
What is rusting all down to,
What happens if iron is exposed t...,
Explain how iron is turned into rust
13  cards
DM - Transition metals
Where are transition metals found...,
Most of the elements in the d blo...,
Which d block elements do we main...
22  cards
DM - Complex ions
What are complex ions,
What is a complex complex ion,
What is a coordinate bond
24  cards
DM - Metal complexes and colour
What do ligands split,
What happens to the energy of the...,
Which energy state do electrons u...
31  cards
DM - Transition metal catalysts
Why do transition metals and thei...,
What are catalysts good for,
Why can using transition metal ca...
25  cards
DM - Colorimetry and visible spectroscopy
What are the colours you see from,
What happens when white light hit...,
What are complementary colours
42  cards
CbD - Benzene
What are aromatic compounds deriv...,
What do arenes or aromatic compou...,
What are the 2 structures of benzene
23  cards
CbD - Reactions of aromatic compounds
What reactions do arenes undergo,
What electrophilic substitution r...,
Bromination
50  cards
CbD - Dyes
What are aromatic amines used to ...,
What are used to make azo dyes,
What are azo dyes
60  cards
CbD - Colour
What is an electron configuration,
What is electron configuration de...,
What happens when electrons move ...
38  cards
CbD - Carbonyl compounds
How can aldehydes and ketones be ...,
Examples of carbonyl compounds,
How do you make an aldehyde
45  cards
CbD - Polyfunctional molecules
What is a polyfunctional molecule,
What do you use the functional gr...,
Which functional group in a polyf...
12  cards
CbD - Organic reactions
What 7 types can organic chemistr...,
Addition,
Elimination
22  cards
CbD - Organic synthesis
What do chemists use synthesis ro...,
Why is it vital that chemists hav...,
What do you need to include if yo...
36  cards
CbD - Fats and oils
What type of molecule are fatty a...,
What does saturated mean,
What does unsaturated mean
19  cards
CbD - Gas-liquid chromatography
What is gas liquid chromatography...,
What is chromatography used for,
What can you do once stuff has be...
42  cards

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