PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION

his textbook and CD have been produced independently of IBO as a resource to support the teaching of the Chemistry course of the International Baccalaureate. he examples and questions do not necessarily relect the views of the oicial senior examining team appointed by the International Baccalaureate Organisation. he statements from the IB syllabus are reproduced with the permission of the IBO. In writing this book the authors hope to share material that they have found useful over the years with other Chemistry teachers in the context of the revised International Baccalaureate Chemistry syllabus. hose familiar with this course will ind a close correlation between the order in which the book deals with topics and the order in which they appear in the syllabus. he text is accompanied by a series of exercises, most of which have accompanying answers on the CD, making this a useful resource for self-study to reinforce normal classroom teaching. he arrangement of material according to the IBO syllabus guide is clearly indicated in the Table of Contents, the topic lists on the chapter title pages and also with side tabs for Core, AHL, Options and Extended. HL material for Topics 12-20 has been included in Chapters 2-10 respectively. he category to which the contents of a particular page belongs can be ascertained by looking at the side tabs in the outer margin of the book and/or the syllabus statement (in the coloured boxes) which have been copied directly from the guide for Chemistry (IBO 2007) and are used with permission. Coming from diferent continents the authors have tried to bring some uniformity to the writing style and nomenclature - for example the name of the element sulphur should now appear as sulfur. Nevertheless there will almost certainly be some inconsistencies and we hope that these will be taken as a positive relection of the international nature of publication. We hope that you, the reader, will ind some of the same satisfaction in using this book that we have experienced in its production. he authors

Editors note
his project has involved teachers, authors, proof readers, artists and many other people on several continents. It has been done within an extremely tight timeframe and involved thousands of emails across the world and many diferent sotware applications. We are pleased, and trust that you will also be pleased with the inal product which went to Press with no known errors. However we know from experience that some typographic and other errors have escaped our prooing process and will emerge as students and teachers start using the books and CDs. We are very keen to idetnify and correct these errors. If you wish, you can help us and yourself in the following ways Send us an email at rory@ibid.com.au with details of any errors that you notice Please visit www.ibid.com.au for errata sheets which will be produced promptly and be freely available as necessary Check our website and other publicity regarding our Student Guides to Internal Assessment and Volumes of Investigations for the Core, HL and Options in Biology, Chemistry and Physics. hese materials are currently in preparation and are due for publication later this year.

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THE AUTHORS
Sadru Damji

Dr Sadru Damji has been IB Deputy Chief Examiner, Principal Moderator for Internal Assessment in Chemistry, Science Curriculum Development Committee, and Chemistry Subject Committee member responsible for writing the earlier IB Subject Guide. Sadru has been a Team Leader for setting, marking and moderating IB examinations for many years and continues to enjoy the opportunity to do so. He was part of the team that produced Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Teacher Support Material on the Online Curriculum Centre (OCC) as well as being the OCC subject faculty member for several years advising and guiding teachers. As an experienced, dedicated and passionate teacher for both the SL and HL programs, Sadru has presented workshops and trained IB teachers around the world for over 25 years, has learnt a great deal from colleagues, and brings a wealth of experience from these interactions in writing this book.
John Green

Dr John Green has been involved with the IB since joining Kristin School, New Zealand, in 1987, ater extensive teaching experience in the UK at Repton and Manchester Grammar School. here, as IB coordinator, he was responsible for the introduction of the IB into the school, the irst in New Zealand to ofer the programme. John is involved in IB Chemistry as an assistant examiner at HL and previously at SL, as a setter of examination questions and, under the previous programme, he was overall moderator for the SL practical programme. In this role he was involved in a small way with the major syllabus revision in the mid 1990s. At various times John has been present at both Chemistry and Final Grade Award meetings and has run many IB Chemistry workshops in the Asia-Paciic region. John also teaches heory of Knowledge and has been an assessor for the course. In 1996 John moved to Hong Kong where he is currently Director of Studies at the Li Po Chun United World College.

Acknowledgements
he Publisher wishes to gratefully acknowledge the advice and assistance of the following people in the development and production of these materials to support the teaching of IB Chemistry.
Authors

Sadru Damji and John Green

Proof readers

Chris Talbot and Neville Lawrence

Artwork and graphics

IBID Press and authors

Layout

Chris Houlahan and Colin Flashman

Project management and editing

Science Teaching And Resources (S.T.A.R.) In particular the authors would like to express their deep gratitude to Chris Talbot, currently teaching IB Chemistry at the Anglo-Chinese School in Singapore for all of his assistance with the publication of this and previous editions of this book. He has worked tirelessly to suggest ways in which the material produced by the authors could be improved and extended and, without his eagle eye many more inconsistencies and typographical errors would have slipped through. Chris has also kindly contributed some exercises, answers and glossary terms. his book is dedicated to the many supportive family members and colleagues of those people involved in its production during the last 12 months or so.

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