A Guide To Hsc Chemistry

The Cambridge HSC Chemistry Study Guide is a thorough topic-by-topic review of the revised HSC Chemistry course. It provides a comprehensive summary of the three core topics: 'The Identification and Production of Materials', The Acidic Environment' and Chemical Monitoring and Management' and three of the most popular option topics: 'Industrial Chemistry', 'Shipwrecks, Corrosion and Conservation' and 'Forensic Chemistry'. Written by experienced HSC teachers in a style accessible to students of all abilities, other features of the guide include: • Each topic broken down into easy to manage chapters • Exam style questions at the end of each chapter • Further exam style questions at the end of each topic • Solutions for all questions • A comprehensive glossary to help students remember and check essential terms • Explanation of exam verbs with specific reference to Chemistry • A periodic table and data sheet.

ISBN: 9781741252996 AUTHOR: Jim Stamell RRP: $39.95 PAGES: 428 pp. SPECIFICATION: Softcover, perfect bound, 280 mm x 210 mm STATUS: New edition PUBLICATION DATE: April 2008 The EXCEL HSC Chemistry guide is directly linked to the syllabus with every sin gle dot point of the HSC Chemistry syllabus appearing in the margin of t he book. You can write in the guide, so your study is focused and your n otes are structured. This guide comes in a brand new format that makes even better use of your study time! up-to-date covera ge of the core topics plus 3 Option topics: Industrial Chemistry, Shipwr ecks, Corrosion and Conservation and Forensic Chemistry. this g uide is organised just like the HSC syllabus, so the students learn to s ection (the theoretical part) is under routine headings and the students section (the practical part) is under headings like First-hand/Second-h and Investigations and Problem Solving - %this way you will be ab le to see at a glance what the theoretical and practical work is! all main headings in each chapter (1. 1, 2. 1, etc. ) are directly fr om the syllabus, word for word %this way you can easily match the E xcel guide to the syllabus! an alphabetical list of all th e key definitions and concepts you should know from each chapter %an ef ficient way of learning all the definitions in one go! chapter syllabus checklist with every single dot point listed in checklist form for each chapter %a fantastic way of testing that you know all the work ! hundreds of key concept questions with answers %questions th at test you recall of knowledge in each chapter. HSC-type quest ions for every section in each chapter with clock icons to tell you how much time you will have to answer the questions in the HSC %this way yo u can test yourself on HSC-type questions under HSC-type time pressure! an examiner maximiser feature, ticks to show the mark distribut ion and answers to all HSC-type questions - %all you need to answ er HSC-type questions! two sample HSC papers with an examiner m aximiser feature plus answers %not one but two up-to-date sample papers ! the Excel syllabus summary notes: a detachable secti on at the end of the guide, where every single dot point of each chapter is summarised for you% - a comprehensive and compact summary of the wh ole course in 32 pages!

This guide offers a clear and useable presentation for students seeking to prepare for the HSC. It gives a clear explanation of all essential theory covered in the core syllabus together with step-by-step instructions for working numerical problems. Key terms are listed at the end of each chapter and there is a complete coverage of required experiments including reference information. Each chapter contains checkpoint questions to test understanding of basic concepts and summary questions at the end. There are sample exam questions for each topic, a chapter devoted to study hints and exam techniques and a complete sample exam and worked solutions.