Description
This unit covers corrosion, prevention methods, and properties of alloys, ceramics, polymers, and metals. It explores industrial processes like the Haber process, fertiliser production, reaction rates, yields, atom economy, and the trade-offs involving conditions and equilibrium.
This unit builds on pupils’ prior learning from Rate of reaction, where they explored the factors influencing how quickly reactions occur. It deepens their understanding by focusing on Industrial chemistry, examining how large-scale chemical processes are optimised for efficiency, including reaction rates and energy use. As the final unit in the big question, How can substances be made and changed?, it reinforces pupils’ understanding of how chemical reactions are applied in industry to produce useful substances, highlighting the importance of controlling and optimising these processes.
