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Students react after GCSE Chemistry Paper 1 on 22 May 2023

chemistry experiment

So that’s why scientists are always mad?

GCSE Chemistry is off to an explosive start, but which elements of Paper 1 caused the biggest bang?

The electrolysis six-marker broke everyone's energy, while there were a suspicious amount of maths questions on the paper – but who’s counting? 

Here are the key takeaways from the exam - and follow the links below to dig deeper into each paper on The Student Room.

Exam discussion on The Student Room 

And this is where you can find the link to the directory of all of the individual GCSE exam threads.

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The electrolysis question caused a chemical reaction

And the numbers just aren't adding up

At least some are feeling relaxed...

...but not everyone's as calm

What people are saying about GCSE Chemistry Paper 1 on The Student Room

it was pretty good but there was a really nasty 6 mark calculation question at the end

mihaela.gk

Got so stuck on the last question and Atom economy 🥺

LiliaCasburn

I thought that most of the paper was pretty good except for like around 7 of the questions which tripped me up

MrSodie

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Article by Ryan Lunn on Monday 22 May 2023
Last edited by Nik Taylor on Tuesday 20 February 2024