Topic 10: Using resources – GCSE AQA Higher Chemistry revision notes

What this topic covers

Topic 10: Using resources has 4 subtopics:

• Using the Earth's resources and obtaining potable water
• Life cycle assessment and recycling
• Using materials (chemistry only)
• The Haber process and the use of NPK fertilisers (chemistry only)

Topic 10: Using resources lessons by subtopic

27 lessons, grouped by subtopic.

Using the Earth's resources and obtaining potable water

• What is Potable Water and How Do We Make It?
• Water Treatment for Different Sources
• Why We Need New Methods to Extract Metals
• Processing and Evaluating Alternative Metal Extraction Methods
• Physical Treatment of Waste Water
• Biological Treatment of Waste Water
• Earth's Resources and Human Needs
• Data Analysis and Sustainable Development

Life cycle assessment and recycling

• The Four Stages of Life Cycle Assessment
• Challenges and Limitations of Life Cycle Assessment
• Comparing Shopping Bags: A Practical LCA
• The Three Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
• Recycling in Practice: Glass and Metals
• Evaluating Resource Reduction Strategies

Using materials (chemistry only)

• Types of Polymers and Their Production
• Glass and Clay Ceramics
• Material Properties and Composites
• Common Alloys and Their Properties
• Analysing Alloy Compositions and Applications
• Understanding Corrosion and Rusting Experiments
• Preventing Corrosion Through Barrier Methods
• Sacrificial Protection and Galvanising

The Haber process and the use of NPK fertilisers (chemistry only)

• NPK fertilisers and their importance
• Processing phosphate rock to make fertilisers
• Industrial vs laboratory production of fertilisers
• Introduction to the Haber Process
• Equilibrium and Rate in the Haber Process

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