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