Key term for AQA GCSE Chemistry, used in Hydrocarbons and Crude Oil.
The breakdown of a chemical substance into two or more substances by the action of heat.
Thermal decomposition appears in AQA GCSE Chemistry revision content for Organic chemistry, especially Hydrocarbons and Crude Oil and Cracking and Alkenes.
Organic chemistry
Cracking and Alkenes
The rate and extent of chemical change
Reversible Reactions
Quantitative chemistry
Mass Changes in Gas Reactions
Atomic structure and the periodic table
Mixtures and Separation Techniques
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Quantitative chemistry
Conservation of Mass and Measurement • Mass Changes in Gas Reactions