Chemistry Grade 12 is one of the titles in the Save Buk series specially written for PNG Upper Secondary courses at Grades 11 & 12.

This book gives students concise coverage of the information needed to successfully complete the Grade 12 Chemistry course. The order of Units in the book follows the order of Units in the Chemistry Grade 12 syllabus exactly:

Unit 12.1 Masses, Moles and Concentrations

Unit 12.2 Acids, Bases and Salts

Unit 12.3 Electrochemistry

Unit 12.4 Carbon Compounds

Unit 12.5 Natural Resources and Chemical Industries in Papua New Guinea

Preliminary Unit                                                                   

Practical investigations in Chemistry                  

Unit 12.1 Masses, Moles and Concentrations                                                                                          

Topic 1: Qualitative analysis                                                                                                                  

Topic 2: Quantitative chemistry                                                                                     

Topic 3: Concentration and standard solutions

Topic 4: Atomic structure

Topic 5: Molecules

Unit 12.2 Acids, Bases and Salts                                                               

Topic 1: Acids and bases                                             

Topic 2: Acid-base tritations                                                                 

Topic 3: More about acids and bases                                                    

Topic 4: Reactions of acids and bases                                                              

Unit 12.3 Electrochemistry                                                 

Topic 1: Oxidation-reduction reactions                                                                                       

Topic 2: Oxidation-reduction reactions and electrochemistry                                                                               

Topic 3: Electrolysis                                                                 

Unit 12.4 Carbon Compounds                                           

Topic 1: Properties and uses of carbon                                                             

Topic 2: Properties and reactions of carbon compounds                                                                                    

Topic 3: Organic chemistry, alkanes and haloalkanes

Topic 4: Alkenes, polymers and alkynes

Topic 5: Alcohols

Topic 6: Carboxylic acids, esters and soaps

Topic 7: Methanol, ethanol and ethanoic acid

Topic 8: Aldehydes

Topic 9: Organic reactions summary                                                                  

Unit 12.5 Natural Resources and Chemical Industries in Papua New Guinea                                     

Topic 1: Extraction of oil and gas                                                                                 

Topic 2: Rubber, polymers and polymerisation                                                  

Topic 3: Metallic ores and mining in PNG                                                                                   

Topic 4: Production of alcohol (ethanol) in PNG                                                             

Topic 5: Production and uses of vegetable oils                                     

Topic 6: Traditional chemical practices in PNG

Topic 7: Environmental effects of mining and chemical industries in PNG           

Appendix: Periodic table of the elements

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