The document outlines the chemistry curriculum for the Diploma Programme (DP), dividing it into core topics and additional higher level (AHL) topics. The core covers 95 hours and includes 11 topics such as stoichiometry, atomic structure, bonding, energetics, kinetics, equilibrium, acids and bases, redox processes, and organic chemistry. The AHL covers 60 more hours and includes 6 additional topics like transition metals and reaction mechanisms. Fifteen hours are also dedicated to an optional topic area of materials, biochemistry, energy or medicinal chemistry.
The document outlines the chemistry curriculum for the Diploma Programme (DP), dividing it into core topics and additional higher level (AHL) topics. The core covers 95 hours and includes 11 topics such as stoichiometry, atomic structure, bonding, energetics, kinetics, equilibrium, acids and bases, redox processes, and organic chemistry. The AHL covers 60 more hours and includes 6 additional topics like transition metals and reaction mechanisms. Fifteen hours are also dedicated to an optional topic area of materials, biochemistry, energy or medicinal chemistry.
The document outlines the chemistry curriculum for the Diploma Programme (DP), dividing it into core topics and additional higher level (AHL) topics. The core covers 95 hours and includes 11 topics such as stoichiometry, atomic structure, bonding, energetics, kinetics, equilibrium, acids and bases, redox processes, and organic chemistry. The AHL covers 60 more hours and includes 6 additional topics like transition metals and reaction mechanisms. Fifteen hours are also dedicated to an optional topic area of materials, biochemistry, energy or medicinal chemistry.
The document outlines the chemistry curriculum for the Diploma Programme (DP), dividing it into core topics and additional higher level (AHL) topics. The core covers 95 hours and includes 11 topics such as stoichiometry, atomic structure, bonding, energetics, kinetics, equilibrium, acids and bases, redox processes, and organic chemistry. The AHL covers 60 more hours and includes 6 additional topics like transition metals and reaction mechanisms. Fifteen hours are also dedicated to an optional topic area of materials, biochemistry, energy or medicinal chemistry.
Topic 1: Stoichiometric Relationships— 13.5 hours for SL and HL Introduction to the particulate nature of matter and chemical change notes Mole concept notes Reacting masses and volumes notes
Topic 2: Atomic Structure—6 hours for SL and HL
Nuclear atom Electron configuration
Topic 3: Periodicity—6 hours for SL and HL
Periodic table Periodic trends
Topic 4: Chemical bonding and structure—13.5 hours for SL and HL
Ionic bonding and structure Covalent bonding Covalent structures Intermolecular forces Topic 5: Energetics/Thermochemistry—9 hours for SL and HL Measuring energy changes Hess's Law Bond enthalpies
Topic 6: Chemical Kinetics—7 hours for SL and HL
Notes on Kinetics Collision theory and rates of reaction
Topic 7: Equilibrium—4.5 hours for SL and HL
Equilibrium
Topic 8: Acids and Bases—6.5 hours for SL and HL
Theory of acids and bases Properties of acids and bases The pH scale Strong and weak acids and bases Acid deposition
Topic 9: Redox Processes—8 hours for SL and HL
Oxidation and reduction Electrochemical cells
Topic 10: Organic Chemistry—11 hours for SL and HL
Fundamentals of organic chemistry Functional group chemistry
Topic 11: Measurement and Data Processing—10 hours for SL and HL
Spectroscopic Identification of Organic Compounds Study Guide Uncertainties and errors in measurements and results Graphical techniques Spectroscopic identification of organic compounds
Additional Higher Level (AHL) — 60 hours for HL
Topic 12: Atomic Structure—2 hours Electrons in atoms Topic 13: The Periodic Table: Transition Metals—4 hours First row d-block elements Coloured complexes
Topic 14: Chemical Bonding and Structure—7 hours
Covalent bonding and electron domain and molecular geometrics Hybridization
Topic 15: Energetics/Thermochemistry—7 hours
Energy cycles Entropy and spontaneity
Topic 16: Chemical Kinetics—6 hours
Rate expression and reaction mechanism Activation energy Topic 18: Acids and Bases—10 hours
Lewis acids and bases
Calculations involving acids and bases pH curves
Topic 19: Redox Processes—6 hours
Electrochemical cells notes
Topic 20: Organic Chemistry—12 hours
Types of organic reactions
Synthetic routes Stereoisomerism
Topic 21: Measurement and Analysis—2 hours
Spectroscopic identification of organic compounds