Product Description

Revised and updated to meet the needs of AS students following the new Edexcel specification, this textbook is divided into three units. The first seven chapters describe and explain the material of Unit 1: The core principles of chemistry. The next nine chapters cover the material for Unit 2: Application of core principles of chemistry. The final chapter (Unit 3) focuses on practical work. This will help students prepare for their internal assessment of practical skills.
An accompanying online resource offers guidance on exam technique and sample exam-style questions, together with graded answers and detailed commentaries. It also includes end-of-chapter review questions, devised to assist and test learning, and practice unit tests, which are ideal for exam preparation.
Edexcel AS Chemistry includes the following special features:
n Examiner’s notes — invaluable content guidance and exam advice
n Worked examples — detailed explanations of calculations to facilitate understanding
n Elementary knowledge — one-page insights into the chemistry of selected elements

This comprehensive, highly accessible, exam-focused text is essential reading for all Edexcel AS Chemistry students.

Answers to all review questions and practice unit tests are provided in an accompanying Teacher Guide, which is available for purchase by teachers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #41885 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-28
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

About the Author
George Facer is Chair of Examiners and was previously Head of Science and Chemistry at Sherborne School. He has written numerous books including three Student Unit Guides for Edexcel A2 Chemistry, also published by Philip Allan Updates.

Customer Reviews

The PERFECT book for Edexcel Chemistry students!
For anybody taking Edexcel Chemistry at AS-level, this book is a must-have. The standard issue NAS books (those skimpy green things) are awful: they are full of incoherent detail and poor explanations. This book, by George Facer, is clear and concise and sticks exactly to the Edexcel AS syllabus. I appreciated how the book was organised in sections which complemented the syllabus, making revision effective and easy. George Facer uses model-answer definitions and provides down-to-earth and easy-to-understand explanations of all the key concepts. The sample questions and mock exams are perfect and accurate of the actual difficulty found within the exam papers. The full colour and user-friendly layout make this the best Chemistry book produced. Boost your AS grade and get this book!

Very good
The official NAS books for Edexcel AS Chemistry being somewhat mediocre, I bought this book expecting it to be tailored to the syllabus. In that respect it was very good - it has everything you need to know, in user-friendly and colourful pages. Perhaps not the best as a revision guide, however, as some of the explanations are very wordy and there are often details that you do not need to know.

The complete guide to EdExcel AS Chemistry
Very useful for EdExcel AS level. Everything you need to get an A, but best combined with a revision guide, as it is quite heavygoing in places. Worth every penny.