Syllabus content and objectives
Official JAMB Chemistry outline · Detailed Syllabus
Content
Elements, compounds and mixtures; chemical and physical changes; pure and impure substances; boiling, density, freezing and melting points; separation processes including evaporation, simple and fractional distillation, sublimation, recrystallization, paper and column chromatography, simple and fractional crystallization, magnetization, decantation, filtration and centrifugation.
Objective
Distinguish between elements, compounds and mixtures; differentiate between chemical and physical changes; distinguish between pure and impure substances; use boiling and melting points as criteria for purity; identify the properties of mixture components; specify the principles involved in separation methods; apply separation principles in everyday life.
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