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1. AQA Revision Guides

New A-level 2015

The revision guides are split into physical, inorganic and organic chemistry. There are no modules. The AS only topics are labelled AS.

Physical Chemistry

1.1 revision guide Atomic Structure AQA (AS) (updated February 2021 )

1.2 revision guide Calculations AQA(AS)(updated January 2022 )

1.3 revision guide Bonding AQA(AS) (updated January 2022 )

1.4 revision guide Energetics AQA(AS) (updated April 2020)

1.5 revision guide Reaction Kinetics (AS) (updated November 2018)

1.6 revision guide Equilibria AQA(AS) (updated January 2022 )

1.7 revision guide Redox(AS) (updated November 2018)

1.8 revision guide Thermodynamics AQA (updated January 2022 )

1.9 revision guide Rate Equations AQA (updated January 2022 )

1.10 revision guide Equilibrium Constant Kp AQA(updated January 2022 )

1.11 revision guide Electrode Potentials AQA (updated January 2022 )

1.12 revision guide acid base equilibria AQA (updated January 2022 )

Inorganic Chemistry Follow

2.1 revision guide periodicity (AS)(updated December 2019)

2.2 revision guide Group 2 AQA(AS) (updated January 2022 )

2.3 revision guide Halogens AQA (AS) (updated January 2022 )

2.4 revision guide Period 3 (updated December 2019)

2.5 revision guide Transition metals AQA(updated January 2022 )

2.6 revision guide Reactions of Aqueous Ions AQA (updated February 2021 )

Organic Chemistry
3.1 revision guide introduction organic AQA(AS) (updated February 2021 )

3.2 revision guide Alkanes AQA (AS) (updated April 2020)

3.3 revision guide Halogenoalkanes AQA(AS)  (updated February 2021)

3.4 revision guide Alkenes (AS)  (updated November 2018)

3.5 revision guide Alcohols AQA(AS)(updated February 2021)

3.6 revision guide Organic Analysis (AS) (updated December 2019)

3.7 revision guide naming and isomerism (updated February 2021)

3.8 revision guide Aldehydes and Ketones AQA(updated January 2022 )

3.9 revision guide Carboxylic acids and derivatives AQA (updated January 2022 )

3.10 revision guide Arene Chemistry AQA (updated January 2022 )

3.11 revision guide Amines AQA(updated January 2022 )

3.12 revision guide polymers AQA (updated April 2020)

3.13 revision guide amino acids proteins and DNA (updated December 2019)

3.14 revision guide Organic Synthesis AQA (updated December 2019)

3.15 revision guide NMR (updated February 2021 )

3.16 revision guide chromatography(updated December 2019)

AQA mechanisms summary AS (AS)  (updated February 2021 )

AQA mechanisms A level summary  (updated February 2021 )

Practical Guide AQA (updated January 2022 )

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466 thoughts on “1. AQA Revision Guides”

Amelie
April 18, 2022 at 11:02 am

these revision sheets most likely the reason I got an A*. thanks.

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 Mike Chandisaita
November 14, 2021 at 6:18 am

Great notes! Really save on an exam!!

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Cathie Lavinia
December 22, 2020 at 6:24 pm

thank you for these notes,they have been very helpful to me and they are still helping me thank u so much

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Josh
September 14, 2019 at 5:18 pm

Hi, thank you for these notes! They are amazing! I would just like to raise your attention to the Halogens Revision Guide – For the reactions within
this section, shouldn’t the acid always be (aq) and not (s); and the same for NaHSO4? My Chemistry teacher also has seen this and agrees with me.

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chemrevise Post author

December 1, 2019 at 10:51 am

It’s a good question. It does look a little odd- I have sulfuric acid as an (l). I have checked with some academic sources and the l and s are
correct. Concentrated sulfuric acid is a liquid rather than an aqueous solution. The NaHSO4 is therefore produced as a solid. I can’t say I
have seen a mark scheme where this has been tested but will keep my eyes open. It would be 몭ne to write them both as (aq) though.

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harry potter
February 10, 2021 at 9:31 am

these are the best notes i have ever seen in my life!!!!!!!!!!!!! soooooooooooooo helpful :)))

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mosesdavis
June 18, 2019 at 12:05 pm

Mr Neil, you have helped me with chemistry an extraordinary amount. The provision of FREE resources which would have taken you hours to
complete in admirable, to say the least. The exam board speci몭c, succinct notes have helped me beyond imagination. You, Sir Goalby are an angelic
creature.

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 Mo H Davis
December 20, 2019 at 11:04 pm

I went from a D in the mock, 2 months prior to the exam, to an A in the 몭nal exam – all thanks to this resource. Especially the visual aid of
the mechanisms; if you can learn that image o몭 by heart you can do any mechanism question.

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emmacampbell2000
April 3, 2019 at 1:30 pm

Hi, thank you so much for these notes they’re life savers. I was just wondering where you have notes on the Arrhenius equation because they
weren’t in the rate equations section and I wasn’t sure where else they’d be. They’re especially important for me because my copy of the textbook
(like quite a few others) is missing the pages on the Arrhenius equation. Thank you!

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emmacampbell2000
April 3, 2019 at 1:31 pm

Oops sorry, just found it! It just wasn’t as obvious as I thought it would be.

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Kermit
September 4, 2018 at 1:56 pm

Hi, I’m retaking aqa chemistry a-level due to missing my grade for uni and was wondering how to go about my revision?

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OH99
August 30, 2018 at 1:36 pm

Mr Goalby I would like to thank you so much for taking the time to write these guides. They, along with past papers and practice questions, were
literally the only resources I used over the two years of my A-level. I’m delighted to say that I got my results two weeks ago and got an A*

So once again, thank you so much for these guides

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Mark
June 12, 2018 at 6:53 pm

How do you maximise the yield of aldehyde produced from the partial oxidation of primary alcohols?
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Asks8aam
June 12, 2018 at 11:44 pm

Lol this came up in paper 2

But I think you can collect it in a cooled beaker which has been placed in an ice bath as that minimises loss due to evaporation
Also you have to ensure the temperature on the thermometer is at the boiling point of the aldehyde or just below it.

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111
January 2, 2021 at 12:50 pm

you must keep distilling the aldehyde out of the reaction environment, most of the time with chemical reactions maximum yield is not
reached because products are not being constantly removed at the correct time, if this is done the reaction proceeds faster hence yield
increases(also if this is not done then the aldehyde will soon form a carboxylic acid by further oxidation, so it is imperative to be removed)
…

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Jake
June 10, 2018 at 6:44 am

Hi Sir,
on the 3.6 analysis guide it says about m+4 for chlorine that the molecular mass is 102 but with 35 isotope and 37 isotope i think t sums to 100
instead. Am i mistaken?

Many thanks

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Akash Digumber
June 3, 2018 at 1:53 pm

Hi, are notes about Nitrogen and Sulfur are missing i think. Realized that after working out a past paper

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chemrevise Post author

June 3, 2018 at 4:32 pm

Aqa does not have a topic on sulfur and nitrogen. Any questions that appear on them are from topics like group 7 , redox or equilibria. The
only syllabus that has a speci몭c topic on these is CIE international A-level

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Mark
 June 1, 2018 at 3:05 pm

Hi,

On the right hand side of page 2 of ‘2.4 Periodicity of Period 3’ it states that ‘MgO is better than using NaOH to treat acid in rivers and the stomach
as it is only sparing soluble and weakly alkaline..’, should it be ‘Mg(OH)2’ instead of ‘MgO’?

Thanks

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chemrevise Post author

June 3, 2018 at 9:05 am

Same thing applies to both

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Harresh Yasokan
May 30, 2018 at 9:06 am

where is infrared spectroscopy

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chemrevise Post author

June 3, 2018 at 9:06 am

In 3.6 analysis

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barbosaboy7
May 22, 2018 at 4:22 pm

Hi, I took most of your notes down in December time last year in preparation for my exams this June and I have since noticed that some of the
pages have been updated and I was just wondering if I will have missed out on any of this years spec if I don’t go back through it all again?
Thanks

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chemrevise Post author

May 23, 2018 at 8:38 am

The syllabus has not changed but I have made some improvements to the notes this year.

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 ssj20
May 30, 2018 at 6:54 pm

Great Notes
Thank you

Demirci
May 20, 2018 at 12:43 pm

sir, i do not like taking notes and the only thing i do is read.

Do you think these notes contain everything i need to get an A*.

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chemrevise Post author

May 21, 2018 at 10:44 am

In terms of factual content yes it is all here. Just reading these notes won’t get you an A* though. You need to do lots of questions and push
your understanding

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David Lesmana
May 20, 2018 at 4:44 am

Is there note about solubility and solubility product constant (Ksp) ?

Thank you.

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chemrevise Post author

May 21, 2018 at 10:42 am

The only place I have Ksp notes is in 7-cie-equilibria in CIE international A-level or text book 4-35-acid-base-equilibria chapter.

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Jake
May 15, 2018 at 9:20 pm

Hi Sir,
Thanks a lot for all these notes, they are fantastic, especially when dealing with some of the tougher questions which are appearing on this new
speci몭cation. I wondered if you had anything that would help with questions like in AQA Paper 2 2017 (10.6), when drawing cyclic compounds from
straight chain compounds. It is possible i have missed something already in your notes, however i did not come across it.
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chemrevise Post author

May 16, 2018 at 11:03 am

I put some explanation of this in the chapter on condensation polymers.

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Fahim Laturiya
May 15, 2018 at 12:59 pm

you are a life saver

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April 22, 2018 at 1:30 pm

Sir thank you so much for these amazing notes specially the summary for mechanisms

I will be grateful if you could do summary for test and colour with equations for year2 aqa inorganic please (transition metals and their reactions in
aqueous solutions). I’m privet candidate, 100% relying on your notes. But I completely lost with year2 inorganic and transition metals, specially the
new spec, I don’t even know the compounds that I need to know about? Please Sir I really hope you will read my comment and do the summary
before May.

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Kas
April 16, 2018 at 9:50 am

Hi, I really appreciate the time and e몭ort that must’ve been put into making these revision guides. It would be really helpful if you could possibly list
what is not required to be learnt for the new spec or something as I’m a private candidate and 몭nding it quite tricky, thanks

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chemrevise Post author

April 16, 2018 at 4:40 pm

If you want an A* then I think you should know everything on the guides. I would suggest going through the guides with a copy of the
syllabus to hand so you can be sure why you the things are there.

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Mary
April 25, 2018 at 2:48 pm
 Hi, I would like to know what are the practicals we need to know for the AS exams? I know there is a practicals revision guide but I’m
assuming some of the practicals are just for the year 13 A- LEVEL exam?

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chemrevise Post author

May 5, 2018 at 8:19 am

The 몭rst six practicals are AS

jesus the 2nd

April 10, 2018 at 10:05 pm

perfect notes I hope it helps others

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hafsa
April 10, 2018 at 12:20 am

hey do we have to know about chromium for aqueous ions because it comes up in past papers but its not on your notes. thanks

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chemrevise Post author

April 10, 2018 at 5:54 pm

No the syllabus changed

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chemrevise Post author

March 25, 2018 at 6:48 pm

There are test summaries in the practical guide

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chemster
May 2, 2018 at 4:43 pm

cool chem stu몭

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 Joseph
March 23, 2018 at 3:01 pm

Hello you have made a mistake on example 5 of the energetics questions on the aqa as level document you have talked about enthalpy change of
formation when the question is about enthalpy change of combustion

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chemrevise Post author

March 25, 2018 at 6:47 pm

It is not a mistake. They often combine heats of combustion and formation in the same question to confuse people and see if they really
understand what they are doing. I suggest you look again and try to undo your confusion.

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Kermit
March 5, 2018 at 11:34 pm

I think you made a mistake in the transition metals guide in the 몭rst point where you wrote there are transition metal characteristics between
scandium to copper. Isn’t scandium not considered as a transition metal? Thanks….

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chemrevise Post author

March 10, 2018 at 1:40 pm

The AQA de몭nition for transition metals which is IUPAC as far as I interpret it does include Sc as in its atom form it does have a 3d electron.
De몭nitions for other exam boards are slightly di몭erent and de몭nitely exclude Scandium.

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chemrevise Post author

February 17, 2018 at 4:09 pm

yes

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chemrevise Post author

February 17, 2018 at 4:08 pm

they have not changed from 2015

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 student
February 3, 2018 at 7:32 am

your notes are extremely helpful and i absolutely love them! i was hoping if you have any a level physics notes just like these which you could post
because ive searching for them as well

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Tasneem
March 2, 2018 at 8:51 pm

Hi i was just wondering will these ve updated any more or Any new pdf added.I want to print them out and start making notes on them.

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chemrevise Post author

March 10, 2018 at 1:37 pm

It is unlikely there will be any changes now until end of year

Prakhar Gupta
December 26, 2017 at 10:37 pm

Hi Mr Goalby, for your revision guide on the speci몭cation 1.1 (atoms), you talk about fragmentation in regards to T.O.F mass spectrometer. This
isn’t in the syllabus nor is it in the textbook, and I’m struggling to understand it. Do i even need to know it?
Thank you for everything!

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chemrevise Post author

February 17, 2018 at 4:11 pm

fragmentation is not on AQA but is on OCR and Edexcel

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Qaim
December 6, 2017 at 4:53 pm

Hi,

I’m a bit confused on the question on page 5 of the equilibria pack. I was able to follow untill you wrote 0.458. I’ve no clue how you got it since it
should just be a simple rearrangement?
Your packs are really useful and are what I’m using to revise for my Oxford interview next week,

Thanks
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Maria
June 3, 2017 at 1:20 pm

Thank you very much for this incredibly useful set of notes

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bakeo몭obsessed
March 30, 2017 at 7:59 pm

Hi, I wanted to ask on the equilibria section in physical chemistry, when calculating the moles at equilibrium mixture using algebra (page 5), how
come on the numerator it is 2x? is this because there are 2 moles of HBr formed? ‘ (2x/V)2 (0.2-x)/V . (0.2-x)/V ‘ So if in another question, only 1 mole
of product was formed, would it just be x?

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chemrevise Post author

April 21, 2017 at 1:53 pm

It is because in the balanced equation 1 mole of H2 produces 2 mole of HCl

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Steve
March 28, 2017 at 7:15 pm

Where can i 몭nd all the pratical notes , in preparation for as exams.

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zeee1337
March 2, 2017 at 9:58 pm

Brilliant website! Does anyone happen to know of a similar format for Physics and Biology?

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samantha
March 1, 2017 at 2:08 pm

hie thank you 4 the notes

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 Zachary Howdle
February 27, 2017 at 1:41 pm

Hi,
I think this is a brilliant resource and thank-you so much for taking the time to create it. I was wondering if there are similar compact revision notes
for Physics or Biology?
Thanks again!

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chemrevise Post author

January 28, 2017 at 12:14 pm

thanks- well spotted

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ko.ldn
January 11, 2017 at 8:55 pm

thanks so much for these notes! they are a life saver

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Nimco
November 10, 2016 at 11:05 am

These are amazing revision notes, they make things i do not understand in class clear

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Noor
September 28, 2016 at 9:57 am

Hi, I’m wondering if there is any website, or anything you might advise me to use, has exam questions with answers per topic for aqa chemistry.

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ali
June 23, 2020 at 5:04 pm

physics and maths tutor website

 https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/chemistry-revision/a-level-aqa/physical-i

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