Sub-atomic particles, isotopes and mass spectrometry, electron configurations, and ionisation energy trends.
Ionic, covalent and metallic bonding, electronegativity, molecular shapes, and intermolecular forces.
The mole and Avogadro's constant, molar mass, reacting masses, gas volumes and solution concentrations.
Exothermic and endothermic changes, enthalpy changes, calorimetry, Hess's law and bond enthalpies.
Oxidation numbers, redox reactions, half-equations, and the trends of Groups 2 and 7.
Collision theory, activation energy, catalysts and the Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution, plus dynamic equilibrium and Le Chatelier's principle.
Nomenclature and isomerism, alkanes and combustion, free-radical substitution, and alkenes with addition reactions.
Alcohols, halogenoalkanes and their reactions, plus an introduction to analytical tests.