Chemistry Cheat Sheets

Free, printable one-page cheat sheets: the complete rules, formulas, and reference data for each general-chemistry topic. Download, print, or practice each one free.

1

Significant Figures & Measurement

Counting sig figs, rounding, scientific notation, SI units and prefixes, and dimensional analysis.

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2

Classification of Matter

Pure substances, mixtures, states of matter, and physical vs chemical properties.

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3

Atomic Structure & Isotopes

Subatomic particles, atomic and mass number, isotopes, average atomic mass, shells, and Lewis dots.

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4

Chemical Nomenclature

Naming ionic and molecular compounds, acids, and hydrates, plus the common polyatomic ions.

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5

Predicting & Balancing Reactions

Balancing, the five reaction families, product prediction, the activity series, and when there is no reaction.

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6

Chemical Reactions in Solution

Solubility rules, electrolytes, dissociation, ionic equations, and the aqueous reaction types.

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7

Redox Reactions & Balancing

Oxidation numbers, identifying redox and agents, disproportionation, and the half-reaction and oxidation-number methods.

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8

The Mole & Chemical Formulas

Moles, molar mass, Avogadro's number, percent composition, and empirical/molecular formulas.

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9

Solutions & Concentration

Percent, molarity, molality, dilution, mixing, and the concepts behind dissolving.

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10

Stoichiometry

Mole ratios, mass-to-mass, limiting reactant, excess, and percent yield.

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Solution Stoichiometry & Titrations

n = MV stoichiometry, acid-base and redox titrations, standards, purity, and gravimetric analysis.

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12

Electron Structure & Light

Quantum numbers, orbital filling, electron configurations, and the light/energy relationships.

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13

Periodic Properties & Trends

Effective nuclear charge and the radius, ionization energy, electron affinity, electronegativity, and ionic-size trends.

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14

Chemical Bonding & Lewis Structures

Valence counting, the octet rule, drawing structures, formal charge, exceptions, and resonance.

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15

Molecular Geometry & Bonding Theories

VSEPR shapes, bond angles, polarity, hybridization, sigma/pi bonds, and molecular-orbital basics.

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16

Thermochemistry

Enthalpy, formation reactions, Hess's law, calorimetry, and bond energies.

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17

Gases & Gas Laws

Pressure units, the gas laws, PV=nRT, partial pressures, molecular speeds, and gas stoichiometry.

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18

Intermolecular Forces & Phase Changes

Identifying IMFs, their trends, phase transitions and diagrams, heating curves, and crystalline solids.

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19

Colligative Properties

Van 't Hoff factor, freezing/boiling shifts, Raoult's law, osmotic pressure, and molar-mass back-calculation.

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20

Chemical Kinetics

Rate laws, integrated rate laws, half-lives, Arrhenius, mechanisms, and energy diagrams.

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21

Chemical Equilibrium

K expressions, Kp/Kc, the reaction quotient, ICE tables, and Le Chatelier's principle.

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22

Acids, Bases & pH

Acid-base models, pH/pOH, conjugate pairs, strong vs weak, Ka/Kb, salt hydrolysis, and polyprotic acids.

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23

Buffers & Titration Curves

Buffer action, Henderson-Hasselbalch, effective range, the four titration regions, and indicators.

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24

Solubility & Complex-Ion Equilibria

Ksp, molar solubility, the common-ion effect, Q vs Ksp, selective precipitation, and coupled equilibria.

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25

Entropy & Free Energy

Entropy trends, ΔS°, ΔG°, spontaneity, the free-energy/K link, and crossover temperature.

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26

Electrochemistry

Galvanic cells, E°cell, the Nernst equation, electrolysis, and the E-ΔG-K triangle.

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27

Coordination Chemistry

Complex-ion charge, naming, coordination number, crystal-field theory, magnetism, and Beer's law.

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28

Nuclear Chemistry

Balancing nuclear equations, decay modes, decay kinetics, binding energy, and fission/fusion.

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29

Main-Group Chemistry

Periodic trends, group reactivity, allotropes, hydrogen, and the key industrial processes.

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30

Final Exam Review

A roadmap to the general-chemistry final: the problem families to recognize, method cues, a readiness checklist, cross-topic traps, and a few topics beyond the assessed strands. Pointers are to the numbered ChemWhiz topic sheets.

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