AQA CHEM2 ~ May 23rd 2012 ~ AS Chemistry

Nha I thought I lost around 5 marks min, but turned out I lost 0 marks, 70/70.

I find this unit so much more difficult than CHEM1
Just scared myself by looking at a past paper and hardly understanding any of it. I think revision is in order.

Ohh you've done all the boring bits, Redox -Easy marks and MEGA important!

You'll like the next few chapters . They're not hard, just really...understanding. The sections you've done currently, learn them religiously, it'll be worth it in June!

I came across a few questions with just formulas being said and not shown e.g nitric acid rather than HNO3 will we be expected to know these?

I came across a few questions with just formulas being said and not shown e.g nitric acid rather than HNO3 will we be expected to know these?

I sat this exam in January and got a C, I'm taking it again in the hopes of getting an A *fingers crossed*

My Chemistry teacher expects me to know all of the formulae within reason, so I would expect so. If they don't give it to you, then you're expected to know it.

I'm not enjoying Halogens...
I guess with practice it will be easier to answer the questions but so far i'm struggling

But the other stuff is easy peasy so far

Which bit of Halogens are you struggling to come to terms with?

do you have a list ? it'd be super helpful, I just came across an exam qu in the redox chapter where it expected you to know the formula for soduim thiosulphate, honestly have no clue

Just the different sets of reactions like halide ions and sulphuric acid or test for halide ions and the different equations/ppts/colour changes.

It will just take some revision but as of now its just not sticking.

really? how old whas that exam paper/question? because i dnt think u need to know the formula for sodium thiosulphate.... they should give it to you.
i think u only need to know these:
H2SO4- sulfuric acid
HCL- hydrochloric acid
HNO3- Nitric acid
HF- hydrofloric acid
NH3-Ammonia
NH4+ -Ammonium
SO42- - Sulphate ion
NO3- - Nitrate ion
CO3- Carbonate
obviously i could go on for donkeys years, basicaly you can find out all of these just by thinking in terms of oxidation states

really? how old whas that exam paper/question? because i dnt think u need to know the formula for sodium thiosulphate.... they should give it to you.
i think u only need to know these:
H2SO4- sulfuric acid
HCL- hydrochloric acid
HNO3- Nitric acid
HF- hydrofloric acid
NH3-Ammonia
NH4+ -Ammonium
SO42- - Sulphate ion
NO3- - Nitrate ion
CO3- Carbonate
obviously i could go on for donkeys years, basicaly you can find out all of these just by thinking in terms of oxidation states

how did you find the exam? and sorry to hear ya didnt nail it in 1 :/

The annoying thing is, I found the exam really easy, I must have just made to many silly mistakes, I'm going to put it down to over confidence, meaning I skimmed the questions instead of reading them through properly.
I think the May exam is going to be harder

I hope this gets easier when I revise, seems so hard compared to unit 1. does anyone find energetics hard? my teacher went over it very briefly and moved on like in 1-2 lessons when we did it last week