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Course Structure
ICSE Chemistry Syllabus
1. The Language of Chemistry
(i) Symbol of an element; valency; formulae of radicals and formulae of compounds. Balancing of simple chemical
ĞƋƵĂƟŽŶƐ͘
ͻ ^LJŵďŽů ʹ ĚĞĮŶŝƟŽŶ͖ ƐLJŵďŽůƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ƵƐĞĚ ŽŌĞŶ͘
ͻ sĂůĞŶĐLJ ʹ ĚĞĮŶŝƟŽŶ͖ ŚLJĚƌŽŐĞŶ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ǀĂůĞŶĐĞ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƚĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ŶŽŶͲŵĞƚĂůƐ͖
mono, di, tri and tetra valent elements.
ͻ ZĂĚŝĐĂůƐ ʹ ĚĞĮŶŝƟŽŶ͖ ĨŽƌŵƵůĂĞ ĂŶĚ ǀĂůĞŶĐŝĞƐ
ͻ Compounds – name and formulae.
ͻ ŚĞŵŝĐĂů ĞƋƵĂƟŽŶ ʹ ĚĞĮŶŝƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞƐ ŽĨ ĐŚĞŵŝĐĂů ĞƋƵĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŽŶĞ ƌĞĂĐƚĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƚǁŽ Žƌ ƚŚƌĞĞ
ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ͕ ƚǁŽ ƌĞĂĐƚĂŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŽŶĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚ͕ ƚǁŽ ƌĞĂĐƚĂŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚǁŽ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚǁŽ ƌĞĂĐƚĂŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƌĞĞ Žƌ
ĨŽƵƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ͖ ďĂůĂŶĐŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĞƋƵĂƟŽŶƐ͘ ;ďLJ Śŝƚ ĂŶĚ ƚƌŝĂů ŵĞƚŚŽĚͿ͘
;ŝŝͿ ZĞůĂƟǀĞ ƚŽŵŝĐ DĂƐƐĞƐ ;ĂƚŽŵŝĐ ǁĞŝŐŚƚƐͿ ĂŶĚ ZĞůĂƟǀĞ DŽůĞĐƵůĂƌ DĂƐƐĞƐ ;ŵŽůĞĐƵůĂƌ ǁĞŝŐŚƚƐͿ͗ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ Ͳ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ
th
H atom or 1/12 ŽĨ ĐĂƌďŽŶ Ͳ ϭϮ ĂƚŽŵ͘
ͻ ĞĮŶŝƟŽŶƐ
ͻ ĂůĐƵůĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ZĞůĂƟǀĞ DŽůĞĐƵůĂƌ DĂƐƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚĂŐĞ ĐŽŵƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ĐŽŵƉŽƵŶĚ͘
2. Chemical Changes and Reactions
(i) Types of chemical changes.
ͻ ŝƌĞĐƚ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ
ͻ ĞĐŽŵƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ
ͻ Displacement
ͻ ŽƵďůĞ ĚĞĐŽŵƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ
;dŚĞ ĂďŽǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚĂƵŐŚƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƵŝƚĂďůĞ ĐŚĞŵŝĐĂů ĞƋƵĂƟŽŶƐ ĂƐ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞƐͿ.
;ŝŝͿ ŶĞƌŐLJ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ŝŶ Ă ĐŚĞŵŝĐĂů ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ͘ džŽƚŚĞƌŵŝĐ ĂŶĚ ĞŶĚŽƚŚĞƌŵŝĐ ƌĞĂĐƟŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞƐ ʹ ĞǀŽůƵƟŽŶͬ
ĂďƐŽƌƉƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŚĞĂƚ͕ ůŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐŝƚLJ͘
3. Water
(i) Water as a universal solvent.
ͻ ^ŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ĂƐ ͚ŵŝdžƚƵƌĞƐ͛ ŽĨ ƐŽůŝĚƐ ŝŶ ǁĂƚĞƌ͖ ƐĂƚƵƌĂƚĞĚ ƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ͘
ͻ YƵĂůŝƚĂƟǀĞ ĞīĞĐƚ ŽĨ ƚĞŵƉĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ ŽŶ ƐŽůƵďŝůŝƚLJ ;Ğ͘Ő͘ ƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ĐĂůĐŝƵŵ ƐƵůƉŚĂƚĞ͕ ƉŽƚĂƐƐŝƵŵ ŶŝƚƌĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ
ƐŽĚŝƵŵ ĐŚůŽƌŝĚĞ ŝŶ ǁĂƚĞƌͿ͘
(ii) Hydrated and anhydrous substances.
; Ϳ ,LJĚƌĂƚĞĚ ƐƵďƐƚĂŶĐĞƐ͗ tĂƚĞƌ ŽĨ ƌLJƐƚĂůůŝƐĂƟŽŶ ʹ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞƐ
; Ϳ ŶŚLJĚƌŽƵƐ ƐƵďƐƚĂŶĐĞƐ͗ DĞĂŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞƐ ŽŶůLJ
; Ϳ WƌŽƉĞƌƟĞƐ͗ ;ĂͿ ŋŽƌĞƐĐĞŶĐĞ͖ ;ďͿ ĞůŝƋƵĞƐĐĞŶĐĞ͖ ;ĐͿ ,LJŐƌŽƐĐŽƉLJ͖ ;ĚͿ ZĞŵŽǀĂů ŽĨ ŚĂƌĚŶĞƐƐ͗ ;ŝͿ LJ ďŽŝůŝŶŐ͕
;ŝŝͿ LJ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ǁĂƐŚŝŶŐ ƐŽĚĂ
; ĞĮŶŝƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞƐ ŽĨ ĞĂĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂďŽǀĞͿ͘
;ŝŝŝͿ ƌLJŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĞŚLJĚƌĂƟŶŐ ŐĞŶƚƐ͗ DĞĂŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞƐ ŽŶůLJ͘
