Edexcel Chemistry: Paper One Content
A GCSE Edexcel Chemistry Paper One revision hub summarising key topics including states of matter & separation, acids & neutralisation, chemical change practicals, electrolysis, and metals & equilibria with links to detailed topic pages.
GCSE SUMMARY VIDEOS:
The three videos you see below are summary videos for the entire Paper One area of the GCSE - the content that can only appears on paper 1. This does not include the Separate Chemistry topic - that is on the way. Have a watch and see how you get on!
STATES OF MATTER AND SEPARATION TECHNIQUES
GCSE revision on states of matter and separation techniques: particle arrangement in solids/liquids/gases, state changes and heating graphs, pure substances vs mixtures, filtration and crystallisation, paper chromatography and Rf, simple and fractional distillation, and the inks core practical.
ACIDS, BASES AND NEUTRALISATION
A GCSE Chemistry revision page on acids, bases and indicators explaining key ideas such as pH, acid and alkali ions, indicator colour changes, dilute vs concentrated definitions, reactions with metals/carbonates, tests for gases, and neutralisation ionic equations.
CHEMICAL CHANGE PRACTICALS
A GCSE chemistry revision page showing core chemical change practicals, including making salts from insoluble or soluble reactants and investigating pH changes with practical steps, key observations, and variables for experiments.
ELECTROLYSIS
This page is an Edexcel GCSE revision page explaining electrolysis, including definitions of electrolytes and electrolysis, ion movement at electrodes, making pure copper, the electrolysis core practical with variables and risks, predicting products, and writing half-equations.
METALS AND EQUILIBRIA
A GCSE revision page explaining metals and equilibria including reactivity of metals, extraction, displacement reactions, and dynamic equilibrium concepts with practical examples and explanations of how systems respond to changes.
PAPER ONE: SEPARATE CHEMISTRY
A GCSE revision page covering all of the separate chemistry content for Paper 1 topics transition metals, corrosion vs rusting, electroplating, concentration & titration calculations, yields & atom economy, dynamic equilibrium, fertilisers, chemical cells and fuel cells with practical examples.