Classification of elements and periodicity in properties: modern periodic law and present form of the periodic table; electronic configuration of elements; periodic trends in atomic and ionic radii, ionisation enthalpy, electron gain enthalpy, valence, oxidation states, electronegativity and chemical reactivity
Hydrogen: position in the periodic table; occurrence, isotopes, preparation, properties and uses; hydrides (ionic, covalent and interstitial); properties of water and heavy water; hydrogen peroxide (preparation, reactions, structure and use); hydrogen as a fuel
Isolation/preparation and properties of the non-metals boron, nitrogen, phosphorus, silicon, oxygen, sulphur and halogens; properties of allotropes of carbon (diamond and graphite), phosphorus and sulphur
Preparation and properties of compounds of sodium, magnesium, potassium and calcium (oxides, hydroxides, peroxides, carbonates, bicarbonates, chlorides and sulphates); boron (diborane, boric acid, borax); aluminium (alumina, aluminium chloride, alums); carbon (oxides and carbonic acid); silicon (silicones, silicates, silicon carbide); nitrogen (oxides, oxyacids, ammonia); phosphorus (oxides, oxyacids, phosphine); oxygen (ozone and hydrogen peroxide); sulphur (hydrogen sulphide, oxides, sulphurous and sulphuric acids, sodium thiosulphate); halogens (hydrohalic acids, oxyacids of chlorine, bleaching powder); xenon fluorides
Transition elements (3d series): general characteristics; oxidation states and their stabilities; colour; calculation of spin-only magnetic moment; coordination compounds — nomenclature of mononuclear complexes, cis-trans and ionisation isomerism, geometries and hybridisation (linear, tetrahedral, square planar and octahedral); preparation and properties of potassium permanganate, potassium dichromate, silver oxide, silver nitrate and silver thiosulphate
Ores and minerals of iron, copper, aluminium, zinc, tin, lead, magnesium and silver
Extractive metallurgy: chemical principles and reactions only — carbon reduction (iron and tin), self reduction (copper and lead), electrolytic reduction (magnesium and aluminium), cyanide process (silver and gold)
Principles of qualitative analysis: cations Ag⁺, Hg²⁺, Cu²⁺, Pb²⁺, Bi³⁺, Fe³⁺, Cr³⁺, Al³⁺, Ca²⁺, Ba²⁺, Zn²⁺, Mn²⁺ and Mg²⁺; anions nitrate, halides (excluding fluoride), sulphate and sulphide