SS1 Chemistry – Applied Chemistry

CONTENT Raw materials used in chemical industries and their sources. Division of chemical industries: heavy chemical, fine chemicals, fertilizers, plastics, metallurgy, pharmaceutical, glass, ceramics, paints, cements, soap and detergent.  

SS1 Chemistry – Cracking and Reforming

CONTENTS (iii) Cracking of petroleum (thermal and catalytic) (iv) Antiknock and Octane rating   CRACKING: Cracking is the process use in breaking down large hydrocarbon molecules into two or more

SS1 Chemistry – Introduction to Hydrocarbons

CONTENTS   Sources of hydrocarbon Classification (of aliphatic hydrocarbon) Petroleum and natural gas (i) Refining of Petroleum by fractional distillation (ii) Uses of different fractions   PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY HYDROCARBON AND

SS1 Chemistry – Trioxocarbonate (IV) Acids

TRIOXOCARBONATE (iv) ACID H2CO3 is formed when CO2(g) is dissolved in water. H2CO3 is a weak dibasic acid. It forms two series of salts: Normal trioxocarbonate (iv) Acidic hydrogen trioxocarbonate

SS1 Chemistry – Coal and Fuel  Gases

CONTENT Coal. Fuel gases/Gasification of coke.   COAL Coal is an impure form of carbon. Coal is a complex mixture of compounds composed mainly of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen with

SS1 Chemistry – Oxides of Carbon

CONTENT Carbon (iv) oxide Carbon (ii) oxide   CARBON (iv) OXIDE The percentage composition of carbon (iv) oxide in the atmospheric air is about 0.03% by volume while in dissolved

SS1 Chemistry – Carbon and Its Properties

CONTENT   Occurrence and Allotropes Properties   OCCURRENCE It occurs naturally as diamond and graphite. It occurs in an impure form as coal. It occurs in the combined state as

SS1 Chemistry – Hydrolysis of Salt

HYDROLYSIS OF SALT Some salts undergo hydrolysis in water to give an acidic or alkaline medium (solution) e.g. Na2CO3, NaHCO3, AlCl3, Na2S, NH4Cl, CH3COONa, e.t.c. Na2CO3 + H2O    

SS1 Chemistry – Acids, Bases, and Salts

CONTENT Definition. Properties. Preparation and uses. pH. Bases Salts Efflorescence, deliquescence and hygroscopic   ACIDS Definition: An acid is a substance that in aqueous solution produces hydroxonium ion (H3O+) or

SS1 Chemistry – Gas Laws 2 – Gay Lussac, Avogadro, Dalton Law of Partial Pressure

CONTENTS: Gay- Lussac’s Law and Avogadro’s Law. Graham’s law of diffusion. Molar volume of gases- Avogadro number and the mole concept. Dalton’s law of partial pressure.   PERIOD 1: GAY-