Oxford AQA IGCSE Chemistry Syllabus (9202)

🔹 1. Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table

• Solids, liquids and gases

• A simple model of the atom

• The periodic table

This section introduces the fundamental structure of matter, atomic models, and how the periodic table organizes elements based on their properties.

🔹 2. Structure, Bonding and the Properties of Matter

• Chemical bonds: ionic, covalent and metallic

• Relationship between bonding, structure and properties

• Structure and bonding of carbon

• Nanoparticles

Students explore how different types of bonding determine the properties of substances and how carbon can form giant structures like diamond and graphite.

🔹 3. Chemical Changes

• Metals and the reactivity series

• Metal carbonates

• Electrolysis

Learners study reactivity patterns, metal extraction, and the process of electrolysis used in industrial applications.

🔹 4. Chemical Analysis

• Purity and chromatography

• Identification of common gases

• Identification of ions

This topic covers the qualitative techniques used to analyze substances, including chromatography and chemical tests for ions and gases.

🔹 5. Acids, Bases and Salts

• Properties of acids and bases

• Preparation of salts

Students learn about pH, neutralisation reactions, and various methods to prepare salts in the laboratory.

🔹 6. Quantitative Chemistry

• Conservation of mass and balanced chemical equations

• The mole concept and amount of substance

• Molar concentrations and gas volumes

This section focuses on chemical calculations involving moles, concentration, and quantitative interpretation of chemical equations.

🔹 7. Trends within the Periodic Table

• Group properties

• Transition metals

Students explore periodic trends and understand how the position of an element affects its physical and chemical properties.

🔹 8. The Rate and Extent of Chemical Change

• Factors affecting the rate of reaction

• Reversible reactions and dynamic equilibrium

• Redox reactions

This topic examines how reaction rates can be changed and introduces the principles of chemical equilibrium and redox processes.

🔹 9. Energy Changes

• Exothermic and endothermic reactions

• Energy change calculations

• Chemical cells and fuel cells

Learners understand energy transfer during reactions and how chemical and fuel cells convert chemical energy into electrical energy.

🔹 10. Organic Chemistry

• Carbon compounds as fuels

• Crude oil and hydrocarbons

• Obtaining useful substances from crude oil

• Synthetic and naturally occurring polymers

• Structure and reactions of organic compounds

• Alcohols, carboxylic acids and esters

This final unit introduces the chemistry of carbon, including hydrocarbons, fuels, and key organic functional groups used in everyday materials.