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Edexcel A-Level Chemistry Paper 3: General and practical principles in chemistry (9CH0 03) - Friday 20th June 2025 [Exam Chat]
Welcome to the exam discussion thread for this exam.
Introduce yourself! Let others know what you're aiming for in your exams, what you are struggling with in your revision or anything else.
Wishing you all the best of luck. :yy:

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Date/Time: Friday 20th June 2025 AM
Length: 2h 30m
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Reply 1

lavish-drumstick

9

Does anyone have a list of modifications of laboratory procedures that they commonly ask about? Like stuff like you wash crystals to remove impurities etc

Reply 2

kmat1893

12

Well this is it guys, lets finish on a strong. What is everyones thoughts on the grade boundaries ?

Reply 3

DK0

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by kmat1893

Well this is it guys, lets finish on a strong. What is everyones thoughts on the grade boundaries ?

lowkey thinking they'll stay roughly the same. confident an A* will be around 84-88% whilst an A will be somewhere between 72-76% if paper 3 is average difficulty looking at past increases in boundaries. i don't think we'll see such a large jump in grade boundaries as we saw from 2023 to 2024, that jump was only due to Ofqual officially reverting to complete pre-pandemic standards.

Reply 4

finnnfwfwf

4

Original post

by DK0

lowkey thinking they'll stay roughly the same. confident an A* will be around 84-88% whilst an A will be somewhere between 72-76% if paper 3 is average difficulty looking at past increases in boundaries. i don't think we'll see such a large jump in grade boundaries as we saw from 2023 to 2024, that jump was only due to Ofqual officially reverting to complete pre-pandemic standards.

the paper 2 was much harder than any other year tho, especially last years. surely itll go down to around 205 for an A

Reply 5

finnnfwfwf

4

Original post

by DK0

lowkey thinking they'll stay roughly the same. confident an A* will be around 84-88% whilst an A will be somewhere between 72-76% if paper 3 is average difficulty looking at past increases in boundaries. i don't think we'll see such a large jump in grade boundaries as we saw from 2023 to 2024, that jump was only due to Ofqual officially reverting to complete pre-pandemic standards.

also an A has never been near to 76% i really doubt theyd go that far or even go up at all this year

Reply 6

JJJ32

1

Anyone got a list of topics that came up last 2 papers and which ones they think gonna come up on friday. What came up from what I remember:
Ionisation energy
atomic structure + definitions
Intermolecular forces
Bond fission
stereoisomerism
Mass spec
Enthalpy change + indirect hess
Kinetics - Ea and mechanisms
Kp, Entropy - delta G, a little bit on Electrochemistry
Reactions of transition metals + colours + catalysts
Tests for carbonyls + COOH
Evidence for Benzene, Phenyle amine

Reply 7

almed7

9

Grignard synthesis might come up, also recrystallisation maybe

Reply 8

haffyhaf

4

does the paper 3 usually cover anything that didnt come up for paper 1 and 2?

Reply 9

fumes inhaler

2

Original post

by haffyhaf

does the paper 3 usually cover anything that didnt come up for paper 1 and 2?

no

Reply 10

mariam2089

1

guys im acc so worried i feel like i did so bad in paper 2 does anyone have any tips for paper 3 im so scared i just need a C i cant get any lower

(edited 10 months ago)

Reply 11

Dorateo

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by DK0

lowkey thinking they'll stay roughly the same. confident an A* will be around 84-88% whilst an A will be somewhere between 72-76% if paper 3 is average difficulty looking at past increases in boundaries. i don't think we'll see such a large jump in grade boundaries as we saw from 2023 to 2024, that jump was only due to Ofqual officially reverting to complete pre-pandemic standards.

The papers were harder this year in my opinion especially the paper two I did the 2024 papers and the grade boundaries were higher bc the papers were relatively easy so I guess it depends how everyone found it ?

Reply 12

MiaDegerholm

1

Can anyone remember if there was much transition metals in paper 1?

Reply 13

kmat1893

12

Original post

by MiaDegerholm

Can anyone remember if there was much transition metals in paper 1?

Yh there was like amphoteric behvaiour, splitting of d-orbital and shape drawing

Reply 14

nataliaabcd

11

What practicals do we need to know?

Reply 15

HafsahRiaz

8

Original post

by almed7

Grignard synthesis might come up, also recrystallisation maybe

recrystallisation already came up

Reply 16

HafsahRiaz

8

Original post

by HafsahRiaz

recrystallisation already came up

sorry thought this was the aqa group chat

Reply 17

thestudents321

3

All of them mate 😁 look at the mark schemes of all the paper 3's and for all the repeating 6 marker questions on practicals and memorise them, it'll do you a whole lot of good.

Reply 18

thestudents321

3

By the way, does paper 3 repeat questions from previous years' Paper 3's a lot?

Reply 19

nataliaabcd

11

Original post

by thestudents321

All of them mate 😁 look at the mark schemes of all the paper 3's and for all the repeating 6 marker questions on practicals and memorise them, it'll do you a whole lot of good.

alright thanks.

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