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IB Chemistry Data Booklet
RevisionDojo's IB Chemistry SL and HL Data Booklet is designed to provide IB students with a clear, exam-ready reference to every essential formula, constant, and equation required for the IB Chemistry syllabus. Unlike generic chemistry resources, our booklet is directly aligned with the official IB Chemistry data booklet, ensuring that you revise with the exact information allowed in your exams.
Whether you're reviewing stoichiometry, energetics, kinetics, equilibrium, or organic chemistry, our clean layout and topic-by-topic structure make it quick and simple to locate the right data under exam pressure. For students aiming to study smarter, this resource works seamlessly with our IB Chemistry notes, question bank, and practice papers, giving you a complete toolkit for IB Chemistry success.
Data Booklet
1. Some relevant equations
2. Physical constants
| Quantity | Symbol | Approximate value |
|---|---|---|
3. Metric (SI) multipliers
| Prefix | Abbreviation | Value |
|---|---|---|
4. Unit conversions and standard conditions
5. The electromagnetic spectrum

6. Names of the elements
| Element | Symbol | Atomic number |
|---|---|---|
| Element | Symbol | Atomic number |
|---|---|---|
| Element | Symbol | Atomic number |
|---|---|---|
| Element | Symbol | Atomic number |
|---|---|---|
7. The periodic table

8. Melting points and boiling points of the elements at 101.325 kPa

9. First ionization energy, electron affinity and electronegativity of the elements

10. Atomic and ionic radii of the elements

11. Covalent or average covalent bond lengths
Single bonds
Multiple bonds
12. Bond enthalpies or average bond enthalpies at 298.15 K
Single bonds
Multiple bonds
13. Thermodynamic data (selected compounds)
| Substance | Formula | State | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14. Enthalpies of combustion
The values of the molar enthalpy of combustion in the following table refer to a temperature of 298.15 K and a pressure of 100 kPa .
| Substance | Formula | State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | |||
| C | |||
| CO | |||
| Substance | Formula | State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCHO | |||
| HCOOH | |||
15. Colour wheel with wavelengths of the visible spectrum

16. Lattice enthalpies at 298.15 K (experimental values)
The lattice enthalpy values () in the following tables relate to the endothermic process:
in which the gaseous ions of a crystal are separated to an infinite distance from each other.
The data in these tables are experimental values obtained by means of a suitable Born-Haber cycle.
17. Triangular bonding diagram (van Arkel-Ketelaar triangle)

18. Acid-base indicators
| Colour change | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
19. Standard reduction potentials at 298.15 K
20. Infrared data
Characteristic ranges for infrared absorption due to stretching vibrations in organic molecules
21. H NMR data
Typical proton chemical shift values ( ) relative to tetramethylsilane (TMS) R represents an alkyl group, and Hal represents or I . These values may vary for different solvents and conditions.
