National 5 Chemistry
Chemistry made clearer
Chemistry made clearer
Studying National 5 Chemistry?
Here you'll find clear explanations, revision resources, practice questions and exam tips to help you build your understanding and prepare for your exams.
Whether you're revising a topic you find difficult, looking for some extra practice or working towards your next assessment, I'm adding resources to help you along the way.
Build your understanding of the fundamental ideas behind chemistry.
Key Area 1: Rates of Reaction
Key Area 2: Atomic Structure & Bonding
(Periodic Table & Atoms; Covalent Bonding; Ionic Compounds)
Key Area 3: Formulae and Reaction Quantities
(Chemical Formulae; Calculations Involving the Mole and Balanced Equations; Percentage Composition)
Key Area 4: Acids & Bases
(pH; Neutralisation Reactions; Neutralisation to form Soluble Salts)
Explore the Chemistry of carbon compounds and substances we use in everyday life
Key Area 1: Homologous Series
(Systematic Carbon Chemistry; Alkanes; Cycloalkanes; Alkenes)
Key Area 2: Everyday Consumer Products
(Alcohols; Carboxylic Acids)
Key Area 3: Energy from Fuels
Discover how Chemistry is used to produce and analyse substances that are important in our everyday lives.
Key Area 1: Metals
(Metallic Bonding; Reactions of Metals; Redox; Extraction of Metals; Electrochemical Cells)
Key Area 2: Plastics
(Addition Polymerisation; Representation of the Structure of Monomers and Polymers)
Key Area 3: Fertilisers
(Commercial Production of Fertilisers; Haber & Ostwald Processes)
Key Area 4: Nuclear Chemistry
(Radiation; Nuclear Equations; Half-Life; Uses of Radioactive Isotopes)
Key Area 5: Chemical Analysis
(Common Chemical Apparatus; General Practical Techniques; Analytical Methods; Reporting Experimental Work)