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S3 Classification of matter

Topic S3 covers the Classification of matter. It starts by looking at how elements are organised in the Periodic Table and how elements and their compounds show a repeating pattern of properties across periods (periodicity) and similar chemical reactivity within groups. This leads on to the concept of oxidation numbers and then covers how organic compounds are classified and named based on IUPAC rules and the...

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