This is a representative list of objectives / topics covered in our Grade 12 Chemistry Tutoring program. However, all tutoring programs will be customized for the individual student as required.
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Atom, Molecules and Ions
The Atomic Theory of Matter
Dalton's Atomic Theory
The Discovery of Atomic Structure
Cathode Ray Experiment
Millikan Oil Drop Experiment
Rutherford's Experiment
The Modern View of Atomic Structure
Isotopes Naming of Inorganic Compounds
Stoichiometry
Atomic Masses
The Mole
Molar Mass
Mass Percentage
Determining the Formula of a Compound
Chemical Equations
Balancing Chemical Equation
Stoichiometric Calculation: Amount of Reactants and Products
Limiting Reactants
Water, The Common Solvent
Strong and Weak Electrolytes
Composition of Solution
Precipitation Reactions
Reaction in Solution
Acid-Base Reaction
Oxidation-Reduction Reaction
Balancing Oxidation-Reduction Reaction
Gases
The gas laws of Boyle, Charles, and Avogadro
Ideal gas law
Gas Stoichiometry
Dalton's law of Partial Pressure
The Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases
Effusion and Diffusion
Real Gases : The van der Waals Equation
Thermochemistry
The Nature of Energy
Enthalpy and Calorimetry
Hess's Law and Problems
Standard Enthalpies of Formation
Atomic Structure and Periodicity
Electromagnetic Radiation
The Nature of Matter
The Atomic Spectrum of Hydrogen
The Bohr Model
The Quantum Mechanical Model of the Atom
Quantum Numbers
Orbital Shapes and Energies
Electron Spin and the Pauli Principle
Polyelectronic Atoms
The History of Periodic Table
The Aufbau Principle and the Periodic Table
Periodic Trends in Atomic Properties : Atomic Radii, Ionization Energy, Electro Negativity, Electron Affinity
The Properties of a Group
Chemical Bonding
Types of Chemical Bonding
Electronegativity
Bond Polarity and Dipole Moments
Ions: Electron Configuration and Sizes
Energy Effects in Binary Ionic Compound
Partial Ionic Character Bond: A Model View
The Covalent Chemical Bond: A Model
Covalent Bond Energies and Chemical Reaction
The Localized Electron Bonding Model
Lewis Structure
Exceptions to the Octet Rule
Resonance (Multiple Bond)
Molecular Structure: The VSEPR Model
Covalent Bonding: Orbitals
Hybridization and the Localized Electron Model
The Molecular Orbital Model
Bonding in Homonuclear Diatomic Molecules
Combining the Localized Electron and Molecular Orbital Model
Liquid and Solids
Intermolecular Forces
The Liquid State
Phase Changes
Vapor Pressure
Phase Diagrams of Water and Carbon dioxide
Structure of Solids
Types and Bonding of Solids
Network atomic solids: Structure of Carbon and Graphite
Molecular solids
Ionic solids
Metallic solid
Properties of Solution
The Solution Process
Factors Affecting Solubility
The Vapor Pressure of Solutions
Colligative Properties of Electrolyte Solutions
Boiling Point Elevation
Freezing Point Depression
Osmotic Pressure
Kinetics
Factors that Affect Reaction Rates
Reaction Rates
Concentration and Rates
The Change of Concentration with Time: First, Second order
reaction and Half Life
Temperature and Rate: Activation Energy, the Arrhenius Equation
The Integrated Rate Law
Reaction Mechanism
Rate Laws
Catalysis
Chemical Equilibrium
The Concepts of Equilibrium
The Equilibrium Constant (Keq)
Equilibrium Expressions Involving Pressures
Heterogeneous Equilibria
Calculating Equilibrium Constant
Applications of the Equilibrium Constant
Le Chatelier Principle
Acid and Bases
Theories of Acids and Bases: Arrhenius, Bronsted-Lowry
Autoionization of Water
The pH Scale
Calculating pH of Strong and Weak Acids and Bases
Polyprotic Acids
Relationship between Ka and Kb
Acid-Base Properties of Salt Solutions
The Effect of Structure on Acid-Base Properties
The Lewis Acid-Base
Aspects of Aqueous Equilibria
Common Ion Effect
Buffered Solutions
Buffering Capacity
Acid-Base Titrations and pH Curves
Acid-Base Indicators
Solubility Equilibria and the Solubility Product (Ksp)
Factor Affect Solubility
Precipitation and Qualitative Analysis
Thermodynamics
Spontaneous Processes and Entropy
Entropy and Second Law of Thermodynamics
Molecular Interpretation of Entropy
The Effect of Temperature on Spontaneity
Entropy Change in Chemical Reactions
Gibbs Free Energy
Free Energy and Chemical Reactions
The Dependence of Free Energy on Pressure
Free Energy and Equilibrium Constant
Free Energy and Work
Electrochemistry
Oxidation-Reduction Reaction
Balancing Oxidation-Reduction Reaction
Galvanic Cell
Standard Reduction Potentials
Cell Potential, Electrical Work and Free Energy
Nernst Equation
Dependence of Cell Potential on Concentration
Electrolysis
Commercial Electrolytic Processes
Nuclear Chemistry
Radioactivity: Nuclear Equation
Nuclear Stability and Types of Radioactivity Decay
Nuclear Transformations
The Kinetics of Radioactive Decay
Half Life
Detection and Uses of Radioactivity : 14C Dating
Energy Changes in Nuclear Reaction
Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fusion
Biological Effects of Radiation
Chemistry of the Nonmetals
General Concepts: Periodic Trends and Chemical Reaction
Hydrogen
Group 8A: The Noble Gases
Group 7A: The Halogens
Group 6A: O, S, Se, Te, and Po
Group 5A: N, P, As, Sb, and Bi
Group 4A: C, Si, Ge, Sn, and Pb
Metals and Metallurgy
Occurrence and Distribution of Metals
Pyrometallurgy
Hydrometallurgy
Electrometallurgy
Metallic Bonding
Alloys
Transition Metals
Chemistry of Transition Metal: Chromium, Iron, and copper