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HSC Preliminary Chemistry

Course overview

This course is an accelerated course aimed at year 10 students to help prepare them for HSC. This course follows the NSW Stage 6 Syllabus topics and dot points. This course will cover modules 1-4; Properties of Matter, Introduction to Quantitative Chemistry, Reactive Chemistry and Drivers of Reaction. This course will teach students all the skills and content needed for HSC preliminary exams.

Term 1: Module 1 Properties of Matter

  • The atomic model and developments
  • Periodicity and the periodic table
  • Hund’s rule, Aufbau principle, Pauli’s exclusion principle
  • IUPAC naming and polyatomic ions
  • Intermolecular forces and structures
  • Lewis dot structure and VSEPR
  • Separation techniques and percentage composition
  • Strong nuclear force and radioactive decay

Term 2: Module 2 Introduction to Quantitative Chemistry

  • Chemical reactions in relation to solids, liquids and gases
  • Stoichiometry and the law of conservation of mass
  • Mole theory; how to calculate moles and Avogadro’s constant
  • Concentrations, dilutions and molarity
  • Gas laws; Gay-Lussac’s Law, Boyle’s Law, Charles’ Law, Avogadro’s Law

Term 3: Module 3 Reactive Chemistry  

  • Indicators of chemical change
  • Predicting synthesis, decomposition, combustion and precipitation, acid/base, acid/carbonate reactions
  • Investigate ATSI detoxification methods of poisons
  • Constructing balanced chemical equations
  • Predicting reactivity of metals to water, dilute acid, oxygen and aqueous metal ions
  • Analyse patterns in metal reactivity to ionisation energy, atomic radius and electronegativity
  • Oxidation and reduction – redox reactions
  • Constructing half-equations and predicting spontaneity of redox reactions
  • Factors affecting chemical reactions
  • Collision theory; Activation energy, collision and molecular orientation

Term 4: Module 4 Drivers of Reactions

  • Temperature changes in combustion and dissociation
  • Enthalpy changes in calorimetry
  • Energy profile diagrams for enthalpy and activation energy
  • Catalysts in reactions
  • The law of conservation of energy
  • Hess’s Law in quantifying enthalpy change and bond energy data
  • Hess’s law in relation to heat of combustion, photosynthesis, and respiration
  • Modelling entropy changes
  • Explaining spontaneity using Gibbs free energy, enthalpy and entropy
  • Predicting spontaneity using Gibbs free energy formula and temperature

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