Syllabus content and objectives
Official JAMB Chemistry outline · Detailed Syllabus
Content
Factors affecting reaction rates: temperature, illustrated by reactions between HCl and Na2S2O3 or Mg and HCl; concentration and pressure, illustrated by HCl and Na2S2O3, HCl and marble, and the iodine clock reaction; pressure as a concentration term for gases; surface area, illustrated by powdered and lump marble reacting with HCl; catalysts, illustrated by decomposition of H2O2 or KClO3 in the presence or absence of MnO2.
Objective
Identify factors affecting reaction rates; determine the effects of temperature; examine the effects of concentration and pressure; describe the effects of surface area; determine suitable catalysts and their effects; identify ways of moderating these effects.
Content
Reaction-rate curves; activation energy; qualitative treatment of Arrhenius' law and collision theory; effect of light on reactions such as halogenation of alkanes.
Objective
Interpret reaction-rate curves; solve simple problems on reaction rates; relate reaction rates to the kinetic theory of matter; explain the significance of activation energy; deduce activation energy (Ea) from reaction-rate curves.
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