IB Chemistry

Standard Level Chapters

The last cohort of students to have sat the exams for this 2009 Syllabus did so in November 2015. The new Syllabus published in May 2014 is now the only syllabus in effect. There are now only four Options A - D. the content of these has been radically changed from the previous syllabus.

(The syllabus has changed for the May 2009 exam)

• Topic 1 - Stoichiometry
• Topic 2 - Atomic Theory
• Topic 3 - Periodicity
• Topic 4 - Bonding
• Topic 5 - States of Matter
• Topic 6 - Energetics
• Topic 7 - Kinetics
• Topic 8 - Equilibrium
• Topic 9 - Acids and Bases
• Topic 10 - Oxidation and Reduction
• Topic 11 - Organic Chemistry

Higher Level Chapters

• Topic 12 - Atomic Theory
• Topic 13 - Periodicity
• Topic 14 - Bonding
• Topic 15 - Energetics
• Topic 16 - Kinetics
• Topic 17 - Equilibrium
• Topic 18 - Acids and Bases
• Topic 19 - Oxidation and Reduction
• Topic 20 - Organic Chemistry

Option Topics

For the 2009 exams, the options are as follows. Exams require the student to answer the sections of two of the options. These Options topics do not reflect the current state of the Chemistry Syllabus (2020).

• Option A - Modern Analytical Chemistry
• Option B - Human Biochemistry
• Option C - Chemistry in Industry and Technology
• Option D - Medicines and Drugs
• Option E - Environmental Chemistry
• Option F - Food Chemistry
• Option G - Further Organic Chemistry

Extended Essay

If you want to do your Extended Essay using chemistry as a subject, here's a list of potential topics: Extended Essay

Other Resources

• Definitions
• Option Definitions
• General Chemistry

Links

• http://ibchem.com/htm/syllabus2016.htm (notes updated for the 2016 syllabus)
• Great chemistry notes and exam definitions (old)
• IB Chemistry notes and samples from Intense Cogitation
• Detailed IB Chemistry website (recommended)
• Online textbook with questions and tips
• Practice Tests with Answers
• Search Engine for IB Chemistry (beta)
• http://www.ibpapers.info/index.php?dir=/Chemistry