Chemistry Preparation Program

Contents

To the student:

The list that follows is intended to show the contents of the course, with the number of pages (as distinct from the file sizes) to indicate the length of the topic or unit, and how much paper will be required to print it out. Each section contains material that runs from school-level exercises up to the standard required for the Australian Chemistry Olympiad Final Qualifying Examination. It is not likely that this material will be much help for the Higher School Certificate Chemistry Course.

The material is intended for independent or semi-independent study under the guidance of a supervisor. An appropriate textbook, one you like or one recommended by your supervisor, is likely to be helpful.

Because of the increasing difficulty of the material within a unit it may be that you find that the material gets too difficult before you reach the end. It could be more productive to put aside the unit than to battle on. This would be a good thing to discuss with your supervisor, who could tell you the level at which you have stalled. Starting a new unit and picking up the abandoned unit again once you have a bit more experience might be a good thing to do.

The year level associated with each topic is intended to convey two things: an order in which the units might be attempted and the stage at which you might start each unit.

The following topics are available in pdf format (please see note on left for information on how to save pdf files)

• A Concrete Introduction to Chemical Thermodynamics
• Quantum Mechanics
• QM – Supplementary Material