0620 IGCSE Chemistry: past papers
65 papers from 2016 to 2025, with 24 questions sorted by syllabus topic.
Atoms, elements and compounds Papers 2, 4 · 8 questions
Atomic structure and isotopes3
Isotopes of sulfur and relative atomic mass, magnesium sulfide, sulfurous acid and its salts, and a redox reaction.
Using electronic configurations to identify noble gases, group numbers, conductors and ions.
Isotopes of copper and cobalt, relative atomic mass, transition metal properties, and hydrated cobalt(II) chloride as a test for water.
Ions and ionic bonding1
Trends in the alkali metals, and ionic bonding in sodium sulfide.
Simple molecules and covalent bonds4
Covalent bonding: what a covalent bond is, a dot-and-cross diagram for chlorine(I) oxide, and why simple molecules have low boiling points.
Identifying molecules: elements, fuels, unsaturated compounds, the composition of air and Haber process reactants.
Sulfur chlorides: bonding and melting points, a dot-and-cross diagram, shifting an equilibrium, and collision theory.
Glucose in photosynthesis and fermentation, making ethanol from ethene and steam, and a dot-and-cross diagram of ethanol.
Stoichiometry Papers 2, 4 · 3 questions
Relative masses and the mole1
Isotopes of sulfur and relative atomic mass, magnesium sulfide, sulfurous acid and its salts, and a redox reaction.
Mole calculations2
Making insoluble silver bromide by precipitation: ionic equation, concentration, moles and mass of product.
The Haber process: conditions and catalyst, bond energies and ΔH, and making ammonia in the lab with a gas volume calculation.
Electrochemistry Papers 2, 4 · 3 questions
Electrolysis3
Electrolysis of copper(II) sulfate solution with inert electrodes: electrode changes, products and half-equations.
Extracting aluminium by electrolysis: the ore, cryolite, conduction in the melt and the electrode half-equations.
Making insoluble lead(II) chloride by precipitation, and electrolysis of molten lead(II) chloride.
Chemical energetics Papers 2, 4 · 2 questions
Exothermic and endothermic reactions2
The Haber process: conditions and catalyst, bond energies and ΔH, and making ammonia in the lab with a gas volume calculation.
Energy changes: a reaction pathway diagram, bond energies, and changing a reversible reaction's equilibrium.
Chemical reactions Papers 2, 4 · 7 questions
Rate of reaction1
Sulfur chlorides: bonding and melting points, a dot-and-cross diagram, shifting an equilibrium, and collision theory.
Reversible reactions and equilibrium4
Sulfur chlorides: bonding and melting points, a dot-and-cross diagram, shifting an equilibrium, and collision theory.
The Haber process: conditions and catalyst, bond energies and ΔH, and making ammonia in the lab with a gas volume calculation.
Ester hydrolysis as an equilibrium: naming the acid and alcohol, effects of changing conditions, and pH change.
Energy changes: a reaction pathway diagram, bond energies, and changing a reversible reaction's equilibrium.
Redox3
Covalent bonding: what a covalent bond is, a dot-and-cross diagram for chlorine(I) oxide, and why simple molecules have low boiling points.
Metals forming positive ions, the reactivity series and displacement, and iron reacting with steam.
Isotopes of sulfur and relative atomic mass, magnesium sulfide, sulfurous acid and its salts, and a redox reaction.
Acids, bases and salts Papers 2, 4 · 2 questions
Preparation of salts2
Making insoluble silver bromide by precipitation: ionic equation, concentration, moles and mass of product.
Making insoluble lead(II) chloride by precipitation, and electrolysis of molten lead(II) chloride.
The Periodic Table Papers 2, 4 · 5 questions
Arrangement and periodic trends2
Short facts as numbers: composition of air, Contact process temperature, metals and halogens in the Periodic Table, fermentation, and isomers of an alkene.
Using electronic configurations to identify noble gases, group numbers, conductors and ions.
Group I and group VII1
Trends in the alkali metals, and ionic bonding in sodium sulfide.
Transition elements and noble gases2
Extracting chromium from its ore with carbon, stainless steel as an alloy, and transition metal properties.
Isotopes of copper and cobalt, relative atomic mass, transition metal properties, and hydrated cobalt(II) chloride as a test for water.
Metals Papers 2, 4 · 4 questions
Properties, uses and alloys2
Extracting chromium from its ore with carbon, stainless steel as an alloy, and transition metal properties.
The blast furnace: reduction of iron(III) oxide, removing silica with limestone, steel, and preventing rusting by galvanising.
Reactivity series1
Metals forming positive ions, the reactivity series and displacement, and iron reacting with steam.
Corrosion of metals1
The blast furnace: reduction of iron(III) oxide, removing silica with limestone, steel, and preventing rusting by galvanising.
Extraction of metals3
Extracting chromium from its ore with carbon, stainless steel as an alloy, and transition metal properties.
Extracting aluminium by electrolysis: the ore, cryolite, conduction in the melt and the electrode half-equations.
The blast furnace: reduction of iron(III) oxide, removing silica with limestone, steel, and preventing rusting by galvanising.
Chemistry of the environment Papers 2, 4 · 4 questions
Water1
Isotopes of copper and cobalt, relative atomic mass, transition metal properties, and hydrated cobalt(II) chloride as a test for water.
Air quality and climate3
Short facts as numbers: composition of air, Contact process temperature, metals and halogens in the Periodic Table, fermentation, and isomers of an alkene.
Identifying molecules: elements, fuels, unsaturated compounds, the composition of air and Haber process reactants.
Choosing gases from a list (natural gas, smog and acid rain, unsaturated, monatomic, reducing agent), and the catalytic converter equation.
Organic chemistry Papers 2, 4 · 9 questions
Formulae and homologous series2
Ethene and the alkenes: homologous series, combustion, hydration to ethanol, and addition reactions.
Homologous series and general formulae, naming carboxylic acids, and amino acids in proteins.
Fuels and alkanes2
Cracking alkanes to make alkenes, and addition polymerisation of propene.
Choosing gases from a list (natural gas, smog and acid rain, unsaturated, monatomic, reducing agent), and the catalytic converter equation.
Alkenes3
Short facts as numbers: composition of air, Contact process temperature, metals and halogens in the Periodic Table, fermentation, and isomers of an alkene.
Ethene and the alkenes: homologous series, combustion, hydration to ethanol, and addition reactions.
Identifying molecules: elements, fuels, unsaturated compounds, the composition of air and Haber process reactants.
Alcohols and carboxylic acids4
Ethene and the alkenes: homologous series, combustion, hydration to ethanol, and addition reactions.
Ester hydrolysis as an equilibrium: naming the acid and alcohol, effects of changing conditions, and pH change.
Glucose in photosynthesis and fermentation, making ethanol from ethene and steam, and a dot-and-cross diagram of ethanol.
Homologous series and general formulae, naming carboxylic acids, and amino acids in proteins.
Polymers3
Cracking alkanes to make alkenes, and addition polymerisation of propene.
Polyamides and polyesters: linkages, monomers and condensation polymerisation.
Homologous series and general formulae, naming carboxylic acids, and amino acids in proteins.
Experimental techniques and chemical analysis Papers 2, 4 · 1 question
Tests for ions and gases1
Making insoluble lead(II) chloride by precipitation, and electrolysis of molten lead(II) chloride.