A-level Chemistry/OCR (Salters)/The Atmosphere

The Atmosphere is the fourth unit in the Salters Advanced Chemistry course.

Chemical Storylines sections

  • A1: What's in the air?
  • A2: Screening the Sun
  • A3: Ozone: a vital sunscreen
  • A4: The CFC story
  • A5: How bad is the ozone crisis
  • A6: Trouble in the troposphere
  • A7: Keeping the window open
  • A8: Focus on carbon dioxide
  • A9: Coping with carbon
  • A10: Summary

Chemical Ideas sections

  • 6.2 What happens when radiation interacts with matter?
  • 6.3 Radiation and radicals
  • 7.1 Chemical equilibrium
  • 10.1 Factors affecting reaction rates
  • 10.2 The effect of temperature on rate
  • 10.5 What is a catalyst? (revision)
  • 10.6 How do catalysts work?
  • 13.1 Halogenoalkanes

Activities

  • A2.1 What substances can act as sunscreens?
  • A2.2 Investigating sunscreens
  • A2.3 What is the effect of the atmosphere on the Sun’s radiation?
  • A3.1 More about ozone
  • A3.2 The photodissociation of bromine (Optional teacher demonstration)
  • A3.3 Investigating the reaction between bromine and cyclohexane
  • A4.1 How do halogenoalkanes differ in reactivity?
  • A4.2 Making a halogenoalkane
  • A4.3 Designing refrigerants
  • A5 Chemistry in the stratosphere
  • A6 Which are the greenhouse gases?
  • A8.1 The effect of concentration changes on chemical equilibria
  • A8.2 Measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in air samples
  • A9 Controlling carbon dioxide
  • A10 Check you notes on The Atmosphere
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