Complete Chemistry for Cambridge IGCSE with CD-ROM

Chapter 8 ; 9. ENERGY CHANGES, AND REVERSIBLE REACTIONS ; 9.1 Energy changes in reactions ; 9.2 Explaining energy changes ; 9.3 Energy from fuels ; 9.4 Giving out energy as electricity ; The batteries in your life ; 9.5 Reversible reactions ; 9.6 Shifting the equilibrium ; Checkup on Chapter 9 ; 10. THE SPEED OF A REACTION ; 10.1 Rates of reaction ; 10.2 Measuring the rate of a reaction ; 10.3 Changing the rate of a reaction (part I) ; 10.4 Changing the rate of a reaction (part II) ; 10.5 Explaining rates ; 10.6 Catalysts ; More about enzymes ; 10.7 Photochemical reactions ; Checkup on Chapter 10 ; 11. ACIDS AND BASES ; 11.1 Acids and alkalis ; 11.2 A closer look at acids and alkalis ; 11.3 The reactions of acids and bases ; 11.4 A closer look at neutralisation ; 11.5 Oxides ; 11.6 Making salts ; 11.7 Making insoluble salts by precipitation ; 11.8 Finding concentrations by titration ; Checkup on Chapter 11 ; 12. THE PERIODIC TABLE ; 12.1 An overview of the Periodic Table ; 12.2 Group I: the alkali metals ; 12.3 Group VII: the halogens ; 12.4 Group 0: the noble gases ; 12.5 The transition elements ; 12.6 Across the Periodic Table ; How the Periodic Table developed ; Checkup on Chapter 12 ; 13. THE BEHAVIOUR OF METALS ; 13.1 Metals: a review ; 13.2 Comparing metals for reactivity ; 13.3 Metals in competition ; 13.4 The reactivity series ; 13.5 Making use of the reactivity series ; Checkup on Chapter 13 ; 14. MAKING USE OF METALS ; 14.1 Metals in the Earth's crust ; 14.2 Extracting metals from their ores ; 14.3 Extracting iron ; 14.4 Extracting aluminium ; 14.5 Making use of metals and their alloys ; 14.6 Steels and steel-making ; Metals, civilisation, and you ; Checkup on Chapter 14 ; 15. AIR AND WATER ; 15.1 What is air? ; 15.2 Making use of air ; 15.3 Pollution alert! ; 15.4 The rusting problem ; 15.5 Water supply ; Living in space ; Checkup on Chapter 15 ; 16. SOME NON-METALS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS ; 16.1 Hydrogen, nitrogen, and ammonia ; 16.2 Making ammonia in industry ; 16.3 Fertilisers ; 16.4 Sulfur and sulfur dioxide ; 16.5 Sulfuric acid ; 16.6 Carbon and the carbon cycle ; 16.7 Some carbon compounds ; 16.8 Greenhouse gases, and climate change ; 16.9 Limestone ; Checkup on Chapter 16 ; 17. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY ; 17.1 Petroleum: a fossil fuel ; 17.3 Separating petroleum into fractions ; 17.3 Cracking hydrocarbons ; 17.4 Families of organic compounds ; 17.5 The alkanes ; 17.6 The alkenes ; 17.7 The alcohols ; 17.8 The carboxylic acids ; Checkup on Chapter 17 ; 18. POLYMERS ; 18.1 Introducing polymers ; 18.2 Addition polymerisation ; 18.3 Condensation polymerisation ; 18.4 Making use of synthetic polymers ; 18.5 Plastics: here to stay? ; 18.6 The macromolecules in food (part I) ; 18.7 The macromolecules in food (part II) ; 18.8 Breaking down the macromolecules ; Checkup on Chapter 18 ; 19. IN THE LAB ; 19.1 Chemistry: a practical subject ; 19.2 An example of an experiment ; 19.3 Working with gases in the lab ; 19.4 Testing for ions in the lab ; Checkup on Chapter 19 ; ANSWERS TO THE NUMERICAL QUESTIONS IN THIS BOOK ; YOUR CAMBRIDGE IGCSE CHEMISTRY EXAM ; About the Cambridge IGCSE chemistry exam ; Exam questions from Paper 2 ; Exam questions from Paper 3 ; Exam questions from Paper 6 ; REFERENCE ; Glossary ; The Periodic Table and atomic masses ; Index