Mr Phillips GCSE Chemistry

This is tricky and takes practise!  Some people pick this up very quickly and others will take a little longer and more practise to get it r...

The Group 0 (sometimes called Group 18) elements are also known as the Nobel Gases.  The property that they all share are that they are extr...

A question I am often asked is how can you decide if a compound's name should end in  -ide  or  -ate .   People will usually answer, ...

Working out the chemical formula of an ionic compound can be tricky, especially if you're still unsure of what an ion is or what ionic b...

Ethanol is a very widely used alcohol.  It can be produced by the process of fermentation and the by the hydration of ethene. Remember! Hy...

Biofuels are fuels that are produced from plants, examples include ethanol and biodiesel.  The main advantage of biofuels compared to fuels ...

You will need to be able to explain the environmental problems of polymers (plastics) and compare their use to bioplastics. The video belo...