Week Syllabus

Context and Exemplification Assessable Learning Outcomes

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3 1.1.2 School Chemistry OCR AS Module 1 Overview Candidates
The mole – Teacher should 2
be able to:
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Moles and (a) explain the terms:
Equations (i) amount of substance,
(ii) mole (symbol ‘mol’), as the unit for amount of substance,
(iii) the Avogadro constant, N,A as the number of particles per
mole (6.02 × 1023 mol–1);
(b) define and use the term molar mass (units g mol–1) as the mass per
mole of a substance;
Writing chemical formulae from ions and chemical equations Candidates should be able to:

Empirical and molecular formulae Calculation of reacting (c) explain the terms:
masses (i) empirical formula as the simplest whole number ratio of atoms
of each element present in a compound,
(ii) molecular formula as the actual number of atoms of each
element in a molecule;
(d) calculate empirical and molecular formulae, using composition by mass
and percentage compositions;
(e) construct balanced chemical equations for reactions studied and for
unfamiliar reactions given reactants and products;
5 1.1.3 Acids, bases and salts Candidates should be able to:

Acids (a) explain that an acid releases H+ ions in aqueous solution;

(b) state the formulae of the common acids: hydrochloric, sulfuric and nitric
acids;
(c) state that common bases are metal oxides, metal hydroxides and
ammonia;
(d) state that an alkali is a soluble base that releases OH– ions in aqueous
solution;
(e) state the formulae of the common alkalis: sodium hydroxide, potassium
hydroxide and aqueous ammonia;
(f) explain that a salt is produced when the H+ ion of an acid is replaced by
a metal ion or NH4+;
(g) describe the reactions of an acid with carbonates, bases and alkalis, to
form a salt;
(h) explain that a base readily accepts H+ ions from an acid: eg OH–
forming H2O; NH3 forming NH4+;
(i) explain the terms anhydrous, hydrated and water of crystallisation;
(j) calculate the formula of a hydrated salt from given percentage
composition, mass composition or experimental data;
(k) perform acid–base titrations, and carry out structured titrations.
6 1.1.2 Calculation of reacting masses, mole concentrations and Candidates should be able to:
volumes of gases
Moles and (f) carry out calculations, using amount of substance in mol, involving:
Equations Candidates will be expected to calculate the above for reactants and (i) mass,
products from chemical equations. (ii) gas volume,
(iii) solution volume and concentration;
(g) deduce stoichiometric relationships from calculations;
(h) use the terms concentrated and dilute as qualitative descriptions for the
concentration of a solution.
7 1.1.4 Redox Oxidation number Candidates should be able to:

• Candidates will not be expected to use oxidation numbers in

peroxides or metal hydrides. (a) apply rules for assigning oxidation number to atoms in elements,
• Ionic equations will only be required in Group 7 chemistry. compounds and ions;
(b) describe the terms oxidation and reduction in terms of: