Chemical Basics and Atomic Structure

Overview

Framework:
Access to HE 2024
Level:
Level 3
Unit No:
Not available
Credits:
3
Guided learning hours:
Not available

Qualification Grading Type

Graded

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Unit Learning Outcomes

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1. — Understand different types of substance.

Assessment Criteria

  • 1.1.

    Apply the terms 'element' and 'compound' correctly in context.

2. — Understand the particulate nature of matter.

Assessment Criteria

  • 2.1.

    Explain the relationship between atoms, ions and molecules with examples.

3. — Be able to demonstrate the process of chemical change.

Assessment Criteria

  • 3.1.

    Use chemical equations to explain the type of chemical changes that have occurred in a chemical reaction.

  • 3.2.

    Construct balanced equations to illustrate chemical change.

4. — Understand the modern view of atomic structure.

Assessment Criteria

  • 4.1.

    Identify the three subatomic particles and state their symbol, relative mass, and charge.

  • 4.2.

    Use 'mass number' and 'atomic' number’ to describe the number of particles in an atom.

  • 4.3.

    Explain the term isotope and analyse some isotopic data.

  • 4.4.

    Calculate the relative atomic mass of an element given the relative abundance of its isotopic composition.

5. — Be able to deduce the electron configuration of atoms.

Assessment Criteria

  • 5.1.

    Construct the electron configurations in terms of s, p, d orbitals of atoms with atomic numbers 1 to 36.