AQA A-Level Required Practicals
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Required Practicals

All 12 AQA Required Practicals with method, safety, results, and exam tips.

AS Required Practicals (Year 1)

RP1

Making up a volumetric solution and carrying out a simple acid-base titration.

RP2

Measurement of an enthalpy change.

RP3

Investigation of how the rate of a reaction changes with temperature.

RP4

Carry out simple test-tube reactions to identify cations and anions.

RP5

Distillation of a product from a reaction.

RP6

Tests for alcohol, aldehyde, alkene and carboxylic acid.

A2 Required Practicals (Year 2)

RP7

Measuring the rate of reaction by a continuous monitoring method.

RP8

Measuring the EMF of an electrochemical cell.

RP9

pH changes when weak/strong acid reacts with strong base.

RP10

Simple test-tube reactions to identify transition metal ions in aqueous solution.

RP11

Preparation of a pure organic liquid.

RP12

Preparation of a pure organic solid.

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