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Chemistry · AQA 8462 · Paper 2 · Higher · June 2025

AQA GCSE Chemistry Paper 2 Higher June 2025 examiner report (8462/2H)

1h 45m 100 marks

Materials
Periodic table

Examiner report

  1. Q1 - 11 marks - Potable water
  2. Q2 - 9 marks - Crude oil, hydrocarbons and alkanes, Fractional distillation and petrochemicals, Properties of hydrocarbons
  3. Q3 - 9 marks - Ceramics, polymers and composites, Corrosion and its prevention, Formulations
  4. Q4 - 9 marks - The composition and evolution of the atmosphere
  5. Q5 - 12 marks - Alkenes, Properties of hydrocarbons, Tests for gases
  6. Q6 - 11 marks - Collision theory and activation energy, Identification of ions, Tests for gases
  7. Q7 - 12 marks - Addition polymerisation, Ceramics, polymers and composites, Condensation polymerisation
  8. Q8 - 13 marks - Catalysts, Collision theory and activation energy, Rate of reaction
  9. Q9 - 14 marks - Catalysts, Fractional distillation and petrochemicals, The composition and evolution of the atmosphere, The effect of changing conditions on equilibrium, The Haber process, Using the Earth's resources and sustainable development