About the Book

This handbook is written for any student between the ages of 15 and 19 studying Chemistry. Its content meets the core chemistry requirements of IGCSE, IBDP, A-Level and AP courses. The material will also help an undergraduate whose course requires a basic foundation in Chemistry. It offers an alternative, succinct perspective to enable students to understand key concepts and can be used as a concise reference resource or a review guide. Each topic contains comprehensive explanations supported by diagrams and worked examples. The final sections of the book hold useful reference material for experimental work and offer guidance on how to write laboratory reports. There is also a series of practice calculation questions with solutions.

About the Author

Angus Carmichael studied Chemistry at Oxford University earning MChem and DPhil qualifications. He spent three years teaching GCSE, A-Level and Scottish Higher Level Chemistry in Edinburgh (Merchiston Castle School) and fulfilled the requirements of his UK teaching license. Following this he moved to an international school in Tanzania (International School of Tanganyika) for four years to teach the International Baccalaureate program; MYP Science, Theory of Knowledge, SL and HL Chemistry. During this time Angus was an assistant moderator of Internal Assessment practical work.