A-level Chemistry/OCR (Salters)/The Steel Story



The Steel Story is the ninth unit in the Salters Advanced Chemistry course.

Chemical Storylines sections

 * SS1 What is steel?
 * SS2 How is steel made?
 * SS3 Rusting
 * SS4 Recycling steel
 * SS5 A closer look at the elements in steel
 * SS6 Summary

Chemical Ideas sections

 * 2.4 Electronic structure: sub-shells and orbitals (revision)
 * 6.1 Light and electrons (revision)
 * 6.7 Where does colour come from?
 * 9.1 Oxidation and reduction (revision)
 * 9.2 Redox reactions and electrode potentials
 * 9.3 Predicting the direction of redox reactions
 * 11.5 The d block: characteristics of transition elements
 * 10.5 How do catalysts work? (revision)
 * 11.6 The d block: complex formation

Activities

 * SS1.1 How much manganese is there in a paper clip?
 * SS1.2 A redox titration
 * SS2.1 Why is blast furnace iron so impure?
 * SS2.2 What changes occur during steelmaking?
 * SS2.3 Getting the ‘heat balance’ right (Optional extension)
 * SS2.4 How much aluminium do we need to add? (Optional extension)
 * SS2.5 Which is the right steel for the job? (Optional extension)
 * SS3.1 A simple redox reaction
 * SS3.2 Simple electrochemical cells
 * SS3.3 More electrochemical cells
 * SS3.4 How does steel rust?
 * SS3.5 Understanding redox reactions
 * SS5.1 Investigating the oxidation states of vanadium
 * SS5.2 How do transition metal ions act as catalysts?
 * SS5.3 Looking at some transition metal complexes
 * SS6 Check your notes on The Steel Story