SALTERS ADVANCED CHEMISTRY
"CHECK YOUR NOTES" : ASPECTS OF AGRICULTURE
Print the list below and tick the box supplied when you have covered the topic in your notes. Most of the points are covered in the Chemical Ideas, with supporting information in the Storyline or Activities. However, if the main source of information is the Storyline or an Activity, this is indicated.
 
1 The ways in which chemists can help food production, including providing extra nutrients, controlling soil pH and controlling pests (the Storyline in general).
2 The effect of temperature on the rate constant of the reaction.
3 The redox reactions involved in the interconversion of the following species in the nitrogen cycle: nitrogen gas, nitrate(V) ion, nitrate(III) ion, ammonium ion, dinitrogen oxide (N2O), nitrogen monoxide (NO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) (Storyline AA3; Activity AA3.2).
4 An outline of the manufacture of ammonia by the Haber Process, including essential conditions (Storyline AA3).
5 Why the conditions in the Haber Process are chosen, including the effect the conditions have on the position of equilibrium and on the rate of reaction (Storyline AA3).
6 The expression for the equilibrium constant, Kp, for reactions involving gases (in terms of partial pressures).
7 How values of Kp, together with given data on partial pressures, are used to carry out calculations concerning the composition of equilibrium mixtures.
8 The trends in reactions of the elements, and the properties of their compounds, across a period in terms of structure and bonding, including: the reactions of the elements with oxygen, chlorine and water; the acid-base character of oxides; the behaviour of chlorides towards water.
9 The relationship between the structure and bonding of a substance and its properties.
10 The partition equilibrium that occurs when a solute is distributed between two immiscible solvents.
11 The design of pesticides that combine maximum efficacy with minimum environmental damage (Storyline AA4).