Unit 1: Chemical fundamentals: structure, properties and reactions Chemistry
Chemists design and produce a vast range of materials for many purposes, including for fuels, cosmetics, building materials and pharmaceuticals. As the science of chemistry has developed over time, there has been an increasing realisation that the properties …
Unit 1 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH020
The properties of atoms, including their ability to form chemical bonds, are explained by the arrangement of electrons in the atom and in particular by the stability of the valence electron shell
ACSCH020 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH027
The type of bonding within substances explains their physical properties, including melting and boiling point, conductivity of both electricity and heat, strength and hardness
ACSCH027 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH031
The properties of ionic compounds (for example, high melting point, brittleness, ability to conduct electricity when liquid or in solution) are explained by modelling ionic bonding as ions arranged in a crystalline lattice structure with forces of attraction …
ACSCH031 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH032
The characteristic properties of metals (for example, malleability, thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity) are explained by modelling metallic bonding as a regular arrangement of positive ions (cations) made stable by electrostatic forces of attraction …
ACSCH032 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH037
Endothermic and exothermic reactions can be explained in terms of the Law of Conservation of Energy and the breaking and reforming of bonds; heat energy released or absorbed can be represented in thermochemical equations
ACSCH037 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum