How to get your chemistry right?

This subject test literally finds out if you have got the GRE chemistry right. One of the unique features of this test is that the questions are framed in such a way that you would not need the use of a calculator or a logarithm table to get to your answers. This is because the questions aim to simplify mathematical manipulations. Moreover, if the solution to a problem necessitates the need for logarithm, the required values are included in the question itself. Mind you, you will have to answer about 130 multiple-choice questions. A classical feature of this test is that it has a periodic table printed in the test booklet. There is also a table of information presenting various physical constants and a few conversion factors among SI units. Additional values of physical constants are printed with the text of the question, wherever necessary.


What is the content classification of this test?

The contents of this test stresses upon the four traditional fields into which chemistry is divided. The end result is that because of this interface, individual questions may test more than one field of chemistry. Some of you may associate a particular question with one field, while others may have encountered the same material in yet another sub-field. For instance, some of you may have acquired the knowledge needed to answer some questions classified as testing organic chemistry while some others may have studied it in analytical chemistry. Consequently, the emphases of the four fields indicated in the following outline of material covered by the test should not be considered as final.

Analytical Chemistry - 15%

A. Data Acquisition and Use of Statistics
B. Solutions and Standardization
C. Homogeneous Equilibria
D. Heterogeneous Equilibria
E. Instrumental Methods
F. Environmental Applications
G. Radiochemical Methods

Inorganic Chemistry - 25%

A. General Chemistry
B. Ionic Substances
C. Covalent Molecular Substances
D. Metals and Semiconductors
E. Concepts of Acids and Bases
F. Chemistry of the Main Group Elements
G. Chemistry of the Transition Elements
H. Special Topics

• Organic Chemistry - 30%

A. Structure, Bonding, and Nomenclature
B. Functional Groups
C. Reaction Mechanisms
D. Reactive Intermediates
E. Organometallics
F. Special Topics

• Physical Chemistry - 30%

A. Thermodynamics
B. Quantum Chemistry and Applications to Spectroscopy
C. Dynamics