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Understanding the acid-base behaviour of aqueous transition metal ions

Posted on July 30, 2024September 9, 2024 Sarah Parkes

In aqueous solutions of transition metal ion salts, the metal ion is invariably part of a complex known as an

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Isomerism in transition metal complexes

Posted on July 4, 2024August 15, 2025 Sarah Parkes

Structural isomers These are compounds with the same number and type of atoms but the atoms are bonded in different

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Practical techniques are not just for the lab!

Posted on July 3, 2024July 3, 2024 Sarah Parkes

One of the best aspects of Chemistry A level is that you get to do lots of practical work 😎.

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When is an answer NOT actually an answer?

Posted on June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 Sarah Parkes

when your answer is in fact just your working out … This is without doubt the most frustrating thing examiners

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Coordination chemistry

Posted on May 17, 2024June 17, 2024 Sarah Parkes

The coordination number of a complex is the number of atoms making coordinate or dative covalent bonds to the central

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What is a complex ion?

Posted on May 17, 2024September 10, 2024 Sarah Parkes

d-block metal cations readily form complexes with ligands – neutral molecules such as water or anions such as the chloride

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Writing the electron configuration for a transition metal

Posted on May 13, 2024June 17, 2024 Sarah Parkes

The transition metals are d-block elements (Groups 3-12 of the Periodic Table) whose atoms have a partially filled d-orbital or

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It’s not just WHAT you know, it’s HOW you write it!

Posted on April 5, 2024June 4, 2024 Sarah Parkes

I know, you’re studying Chemistry not English Lit but the one thing that sets A* grade students apart from the

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Nitrogen, nitrogen oxides and the nitrogen cycle

Posted on March 22, 2024July 16, 2025 Sarah Parkes

Nitrogen is a diatomic molecule in its elemental form, N2, and it makes up 78% of the atmosphere on Earth.

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