Topic 6 syllabus statements
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The document outlines statements from the Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry syllabus regarding chemical energetics. It describes exothermic and endothermic reactions, including bond breaking being endothermic and bond forming being exothermic. Students are expected to draw and interpret energy level diagrams for reactions, and calculate reaction energy using bond energies. The document also states that students should understand the release of heat from burning fuels, hydrogen as a fuel, and radioactive isotopes as an energy source.
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Topic 6 syllabus statements
- 1. 08/04/2016 6. Chemical Energetics Syllabus statements Statements from Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry syllabus 0620 (for exams in 2016 – 2018)
- 2. 6.1 Energetics of a Reaction • Describe the meaning of exothermic and endothermic reactions • Interpret energy level diagrams showing exothermic and endothermic reactions • Describe bond breaking as an endothermic process and bond forming as an exothermic process
- 3. 6.1 Energetics of a Reaction • Draw and label energy level diagrams for exothermic and endothermic reactions using data provided • Calculate the energy of a reaction using bond energies
- 4. 6.2 Energy Transfer • Describe the release of heat energy by burning fuels • State the use of hydrogen as a fuel • Describe the use of hydrogen as a fuel reacting with oxygen to generate electricity in a fuel cell (Details of the construction and operation of a fuel cell are not required.) • Describe radioactive isotopes, such as 235U, as a source of energy