WAEC Chemistry syllabus

The WAEC Chemistry syllabus has 47 examinable topics, listed alphabetically in full below. This is the same breakdown Handbook uses to track which topics you have mastered and which are still costing you marks.

All 47 topics on the WAEC Chemistry syllabus

1. 01Acids, Bases and Salts
2. 02Alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, benzene, alkanols, alkanoic acids, alkanoates
3. 03Amount of substance
4. 04Atomic number, isotopes, relative atomic/molecular mass
5. 05Basic Biochemistry and Synthetic Polymers
6. 06Chemical Bonds
7. 07Chemical industry, pollution, biotechnology
8. 08Chemical Kinetics and Equilibrium System
9. 09Chemistry of Carbon Compounds
10. 10Chemistry, Industry and the Environment
11. 11Classification, functional groups, purification, petroleum, homologous series, isomerism
12. 12Covalent and coordinate bonds
13. 13Criteria for purity
14. 14Definitions, properties, electrolytes, pH, salts
15. 15Electron configuration
16. 16Energy and Energy Changes
17. 17Energy, enthalpy, exothermic/endothermic
18. 18Equilibrium
19. 19First transition series (Sc-Zn)
20. 20Gases
21. 21General principles and applications
22. 22Gross features of the atom
23. 23Halogens (Group VII)
24. 24Interatomic bonding - Ionic
25. 25Intermolecular forces
26. 26Introduction to Chemistry
27. 27Kinetic theory, changes of state, diffusion
28. 28Liquids, vapours, solids
29. 29Measurement of physical quantities and scientific measurements
30. 30Metallic bonding
31. 31Mole ratios, solutions, concentration
32. 32Non-Metals and Their Compounds
33. 33Oxidation/reduction, agents, equations, electrochemical cells
34. 34Particulate nature of matter
35. 35Periodic Chemistry
36. 36Periodic law and trends
37. 37Proteins, amino acids, fats/oils, carbohydrates, synthetic polymers
38. 38Rate of reactions
39. 39Reactions of metals/oxides/carbonates
40. 40Redox Reactions
41. 41Scientific Methods
42. 42Separation techniques
43. 43Solubility of Substances
44. 44States of Matter
45. 45Stoichiometry and Chemical Reactions
46. 46Structure of the Atom
47. 47Symbols, formulae, equations, laws of chemical combination