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Key Facts: Saxony Abitur Chemistry Exam

300+15 / 255+15 min

Written Gesamtarbeitszeit at Leistungskurs and Grundkurs, each zuzüglich 15 minutes for the Aufgabe mit fachpraktischem Anteil

VwV Abiturprüfung 2026; SMK-Blog Regelungen zum Abitur (Naturwissenschaften)

24.04.2026

Written Chemie date in the 2026 main session (Nachtermin 20.05.2026)

Schule Sachsen — Gymnasium Abiturtermine 2026

3 of 4 Aufgaben

Candidates work two Pflichtaufgaben plus one of two Wahlaufgaben with fachpraktischem Anteil; GK 30 BE each (90-BE scale), LK 40 BE each (120-BE scale)

SMK-Blog; Musteraufgaben Chemie Sachsen

0–15 Punkte

Grading scale for each Prüfungsfach, from Note 1 (15–13 Punkte) to Note 6 (0 Punkte)

SOGYA — Schulordnung Gymnasien Abiturprüfung

200 / 100 Punkte

Minimum Gesamtqualifikation: 200+ from Block I and 100+ from the five Prüfungsfächer in Block II, out of 900 maximum

SOGYA — Schulordnung Gymnasien Abiturprüfung

3 Basiskonzepte

Saxon Lehrplan / KMK Bildungsstandards Chemie structure content via Stoff-Teilchen, chemische Reaktion and Energiekonzept

Lehrplan Gymnasium Chemie Sachsen; KMK Bildungsstandards Chemie AHR 18.06.2020

Free 100-question English-language MCQ study bank for Sachsen Abitur Chemie, mapped to the Saxon Lehrplan Lernbereiche with extensive worked stoichiometry and equilibrium calculations. Official exam: German written Klausur (3 of 4 tasks, one fachpraktisch), LK 300+15 / GK 255+15 min; written date 24.04.2026 (Nach 20.05.2026). Not an official-format simulation; no fee for regular school candidates.

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1The Saxon Lehrplan Chemie structures content with three Basiskonzepte. Which trio matches the Lehrplan / KMK Bildungsstandards Chemie?
A.Konzept vom Aufbau und von den Eigenschaften der Stoffe und ihrer Teilchen; Konzept der chemischen Reaktion; Energiekonzept
B.Stoff-Teilchen-Konzept; Donator-Akzeptor-Konzept; Nachhaltigkeitskonzept only
C.Säure-Base-Konzept; Redox-Konzept; Polymerisationskonzept
D.Kinetikkonzept; Gleichgewichtskonzept; Analytikkonzept
Explanation: The Saxon Lehrplan Gymnasium Chemie and the KMK Bildungsstandards Chemie AHR name three Basiskonzepte: Aufbau/Eigenschaften der Stoffe und ihrer Teilchen, Konzept der chemischen Reaktion, and Energiekonzept. These organise content across all Kompetenzbereiche.
2In the Stoff-Teilchen-Konzept, what essential distinction must candidates keep clear?
A.Observable macroscopic Stoff properties versus explanations on the Teilchenebene (atoms, ions, molecules)
B.Whether a reaction is endothermic or exothermic
C.Whether a compound is organic or inorganic only
D.Whether a calculation uses moles or grams
Explanation: The Stoff-Teilchen-Konzept requires a consistent Perspektivwechsel: phenomena are described on the Stoffebene and explained by Teilchenbau, Anordnung and Wechselwirkungen. Confusing the two levels is a classic Klausur error.
3Why does the Periodensystem der Elemente (PSE) appear early in Jahrgangsstufe 11 ('Stoffe – von der Vielfalt zur Ordnung')?
A.It organises elements by electron configuration trends so structure, bonding type and typical properties can be predicted systematically
B.It lists only compounds used in everyday life
C.It replaces the need for experimental evidence in chemistry
D.It ranks elements solely by increasing melting point
Explanation: The Lernbereich uses the PSE to move from Stoffvielfalt to Ordnung: Gruppen-/Periodentrends in Elektronegativität, Atomradius and typical bonding explain property patterns and reactivity.
4A substance conducts electricity when molten but not as a solid, and has a high melting point. Which bonding model best explains this?
A.Ionic lattice (Ionengitter): mobile ions only when the lattice melts or dissolves
B.Metallic bonding with a sea of delocalised electrons in the solid
C.Simple molecular lattice held only by London forces
D.Network covalent solid like diamond with no charged particles
Explanation: Ionic solids have fixed ions in an Ionengitter, so they do not conduct as solids; melting frees ions for charge transport. High melting points reflect strong Coulomb attractions — a classic Struktur-Eigenschaft application in the Saxon Lehrplan.
5Which statement correctly links intermolecular forces to macroscopic properties?
A.Stronger intermolecular attractions generally raise boiling point for comparable molar mass
B.Boiling point depends only on molar mass, never on intermolecular forces
C.Hydrogen bonding always lowers boiling point relative to London forces alone
D.Ionic compounds boil at lower temperatures than comparable molecular compounds because ions are lighter
Explanation: Struktur-Eigenschafts-Beziehungen: stronger Zwischenmolekulare Kräfte (Dipol-Dipol, H-Brücken) require more energy to separate particles into the gas phase, raising Siedetemperatur — a recurring Saxon organic/anorganic comparison theme.
6In a komplexes Ion such as [Cu(H2O)6]2+, what are the Zentralteilchen and the Liganden?
A.Cu2+ is the Zentralteilchen; the six H2O molecules are Liganden bound via lone pairs
B.Each H2O is a Zentralteilchen; Cu2+ is a Ligand
C.The complex has no Zentralteilchen because it is electrically charged
D.Liganden are only halide ions; water cannot act as a Ligand
Explanation: Komplexverbindungen (LK / Wahlbereich in Sachsen): a Zentralteilchen (often a Übergangsmetall-Ion) is surrounded by Liganden that donate Elektronenpaare. Aquakomplexe and Ligandenaustausch are explicit Lehrplan content.
7What does a stoichiometric calculation from a balanced equation primarily determine?
A.The mole relationships between reactants and products, convertible to mass or volume via M and Vm
B.The activation energy of the reaction
C.Whether the reaction is spontaneous from entropy alone
D.The colour of the products
Explanation: Stöchiometrie uses the Molekül-/Teilchenverhältnisse from the Reaktionsgleichung: n = m/M, c = n/V, and gas-volume relationships. Saxon Abitur tasks routinely embed these conversions inside larger materialgestützte Aufgaben.
8How many moles of O2 are required for complete combustion of 2.50 mol C3H8 according to C3H8 + 5 O2 → 3 CO2 + 4 H2O?
A.12.5 mol
B.2.50 mol
C.5.00 mol
D.7.50 mol
Explanation: From the balanced equation, 1 mol C3H8 needs 5 mol O2, so 2.50 mol C3H8 needs 2.50 × 5 = 12.5 mol O2. This is direct stoichiometric scaling — a foundational Arbeitsweise before equilibrium or titration problems.
9A sample of NaCl (M = 58.44 g/mol) has mass 11.69 g. What is the amount of substance n?
A.0.200 mol
B.0.500 mol
C.1.00 mol
D.0.100 mol
Explanation: n = m/M = 11.69 / 58.44 = 0.200 mol. Accurate n ↔ m conversion is assumed throughout Saxon quantitative tasks (Titration, Elektrolyse, Gleichgewicht).
10In the Saxon written Chemie Abitur, what is distinctive about Prüfungsteil / Wahlaufgabe with fachpraktischem Anteil?
A.Candidates perform or evaluate an experimental task (Messwerte, Beobachtungen) and may request Ersatzbeobachtungen/Hilfekarten with possible BE deduction
B.It is a pure multiple-choice section with no materials
C.It must be completed without any Formelsammlung
D.It replaces the two Pflichtaufgaben entirely
Explanation: From 2025 onward, Saxon Naturwissenschaft Abitur papers include a Wahlaufgabe with fachpraktischem Anteil. Hilfekarten/Ersatzmesswerte exist; using them is the candidate's decision and can cost Bewertungseinheiten. This bank does not simulate that practical component.

About the Saxony Abitur Chemistry Exam

Saxony Abitur Chemie is the state Chemistry examination for the Allgemeine Hochschulreife, taken as a Leistungskursfach, a written Grundkursfach or an oral Prüfungsfach under SOGYA. Its content follows the Lehrplan Gymnasium Chemie and the KMK Bildungsstandards Chemie (Beschluss 18.06.2020): Qualifikationsphase Lernbereiche covering Stoffe/Ordnung (PSE), Redoxreaktionen, chemische Gleichgewichte, Säure-Base-Gleichgewichte, elektrochemische Reaktionen, Energie bei chemischen Reaktionen and organische Stoffe, with Wahlbereiche such as Pufferlösungen, Löslichkeitsgleichgewichte, Aromaten and Komplexverbindungen. This free bank of 100 original multiple-choice questions is an English-language study adaptation built to develop both the conceptual understanding and the quantitative calculation skills — stoichiometry, equilibrium constants, pH and electrochemical amounts — that Saxon Abitur tasks explicitly require. It is not a simulation of the official exam, which is written in German and combines calculations, data interpretation and a fachpraktischen Anteil.

Exam sponsor: Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Kultus (SMK), supported by the Landesamt für Schule und Bildung (LaSuB) and IQB pooled tasks. The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.

Assessment

Official written Saxon Abitur examination in Chemie, sat either as Leistungskursfach or Grundkursfach; Chemie can also be taken as an oral Prüfungsfach. Tasks follow the Saxon Lehrplan Lernbereiche and the KMK Bildungsstandards Chemie für die Allgemeine Hochschulreife (four Kompetenzbereiche, three Basiskonzepte, four Inhaltsbereiche). Two of the four presented tasks come from the IQB Abituraufgabenpool; the sächsische Abituraufgabenauswahlkommission supplies the others. This 100-question bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation only — it does not reproduce the German-language, calculation- and data-based written format or the fachpraktischen Anteil.

Time Limit

Written: LK Gesamtarbeitszeit 300 minutes (einschließlich Auswahlzeit) zuzüglich 15 minutes for the Aufgabe mit fachpraktischem Anteil; GK Gesamtarbeitszeit 255 minutes (einschließlich Auswahlzeit) zuzüglich 15 minutes for the fachpraktischen Anteil (VwV Abiturprüfung 2026 / SMK Naturwissenschaften guidance). In 2026 the written Chemie date was Friday 24 April 2026 (Nachtermin 20 May 2026).

Passing Score

Subject performance is reported on the 0–15 Punkte scale (Note 1 = 15–13 Punkte, Note 6 = 0 Punkte). The Gesamtqualifikation requires at least 200 of a possible 600 Punkte in Block I from the Kurshalbjahresergebnisse (SOGYA) and at least 100 of a possible 300 Punkte in Block II from the five Abiturprüfungsfächer in vierfacher Wertung, with no Prüfungsleistung scored 0 and at least 20 Punkte in vierfacher Wertung in three or more Fächer including one Leistungskursfach. The 900-point maximum is converted to the Abitur-Durchschnittsnote via the national KMK table.

Exam / Certification Fees

No exam fee for regular enrolled school candidates; the Abitur is a state school examination in Sachsen under SOGYA. Abendgymnasium, Kolleg and external routes are administered under SOGYA / LaSuB and do not carry a published Chemie-specific fee.

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Study emphasis ~22%

Redox und Elektrochemie

Oxidationszahlen, Redox-/Spannungsreihe, galvanische Elemente, Elektrolyse, Potenzialberechnungen and Faraday-type amounts.

Study emphasis ~18%

Säure-Base-Chemie

Brönsted theory, Autoprotolyse, pH/pOH, Ks/Kb, Titration and Puffergleichgewichte.

Study emphasis ~18%

Chemisches Gleichgewicht und Stöchiometrie

Massenwirkungsgesetz, Kc, Le Chatelier, Löslichkeitsprodukt and stoichiometric calculations.

Study emphasis ~18%

Organische Chemie

Funktionelle Gruppen, Reaktionstypen, Ester, Kunststoffe/Makromoleküle and Aromaten at LK depth.

Study emphasis ~12%

Energetik und Thermodynamik

Reaktionsenthalpie, Satz von Hess, Energiediagramme and Kalorimetrie.

Study emphasis ~12%

Stoffe, Strukturen und Arbeitsweisen

PSE/Stoffklassifikation, Struktur-Eigenschaften, Komplexverbindungen and quantitative Arbeitsweisen.

Preparing for the Saxony Abitur Chemistry Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: Subject performance is reported on the 0–15 Punkte scale (Note 1 = 15–13 Punkte, Note 6 = 0 Punkte). The Gesamtqualifikation requires at least 200 of a possible 600 Punkte in Block I from the Kurshalbjahresergebnisse (SOGYA) and at least 100 of a possible 300 Punkte in Block II from the five Abiturprüfungsfächer in vierfacher Wertung, with no Prüfungsleistung scored 0 and at least 20 Punkte in vierfacher Wertung in three or more Fächer including one Leistungskursfach. The 900-point maximum is converted to the Abitur-Durchschnittsnote via the national KMK table.
  • Assessment: Official written Saxon Abitur examination in Chemie, sat either as Leistungskursfach or Grundkursfach; Chemie can also be taken as an oral Prüfungsfach. Tasks follow the Saxon Lehrplan Lernbereiche and the KMK Bildungsstandards Chemie für die Allgemeine Hochschulreife (four Kompetenzbereiche, three Basiskonzepte, four Inhaltsbereiche). Two of the four presented tasks come from the IQB Abituraufgabenpool; the sächsische Abituraufgabenauswahlkommission supplies the others. This 100-question bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation only — it does not reproduce the German-language, calculation- and data-based written format or the fachpraktischen Anteil.
  • Time limit: Written: LK Gesamtarbeitszeit 300 minutes (einschließlich Auswahlzeit) zuzüglich 15 minutes for the Aufgabe mit fachpraktischem Anteil; GK Gesamtarbeitszeit 255 minutes (einschließlich Auswahlzeit) zuzüglich 15 minutes for the fachpraktischen Anteil (VwV Abiturprüfung 2026 / SMK Naturwissenschaften guidance). In 2026 the written Chemie date was Friday 24 April 2026 (Nachtermin 20 May 2026).
  • Exam / certification fees: No exam fee for regular enrolled school candidates; the Abitur is a state school examination in Sachsen under SOGYA. Abendgymnasium, Kolleg and external routes are administered under SOGYA / LaSuB and do not carry a published Chemie-specific fee. Official sources

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Saxony Abitur Chemistry: Suggested Study Strategy

1Practise calculations by type, not just by topic: build a one-page formula sheet covering stoichiometry (n = m/M, c = n/V), Kc/Massenwirkungsgesetz, pH/pOH, Ks/Kb and Henderson-Hasselbalch, and electrochemical amount/potential formulas — Abitur tasks reuse the same handful of relationships repeatedly.
2Always identify the reaction type before reaching for a formula: is it an equilibrium (Kc), a proton transfer (Säure-Base), an electron transfer (Redox), or an organic mechanism (Substitution/Addition/Eliminierung)? Misidentifying the reaction type is the most common source of wrong answers.
3For every organic reaction, ask which functional group is present and which Reaktionstyp it belongs to — Alkanole to Alkanale/Carbonsäuren via oxidation, alkenes via elektrophile Addition, esters via nukleophile Substitution (Additions-Eliminierung).
4Rehearse Le Chatelier's Prinzip on real industrial examples (Ammoniaksynthese, Kontaktverfahren, Veresterung) since Saxon tasks often ask you to weigh Ausbeute against Wirtschaftlichkeit and Nachhaltigkeit, not just predict a shift direction.
5Practise unit tracking on every calculation (mol/L, kJ/mol, C, V) — a large share of Klausur points are lost to unit or sign errors, not to a wrong method.
6Budget separate revision time for the fachpraktischen Anteil: reading Versuchsanleitungen, recording Beobachtungen, evaluating Messwerte, and deciding when to request Ersatzbeobachtungen / Hilfekarten without wasting Bewertungseinheiten.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the official Sachsen Chemie Abitur exam multiple-choice?

No. The official written paper is a German-language Klausur in which candidates work three of four materialgestützte Aufgaben — including one Wahlaufgabe with fachpraktischem Anteil — combining qualitative reasoning, genuine numeric calculations and interpretation of experimental data. This bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation for learning and checking the underlying content and calculation methods, not a simulation of the official format.

Why are the questions in English when the exam is in German?

This bank is a study aid for building factual and procedural command of the Lehrplan content in English. German technical terms — Massenwirkungsgesetz, Donator-Akzeptor-Prinzip, Veresterung and so on — are preserved exactly as used in the curriculum, so you can carry the vocabulary and formulas straight into German-language revision.

Which content does the exam cover?

The Lehrplan Gymnasium Chemie organises the Qualifikationsphase into Lernbereiche such as Stoffe – von der Vielfalt zur Ordnung, Redoxreaktionen, chemische Gleichgewichte, Säure-Base-Gleichgewichte, elektrochemische Reaktionen, Energie bei chemischen Reaktionen and organische Stoffe, plus Wahlbereiche (e.g. Pufferlösungen, Löslichkeitsgleichgewichte, Aromaten). Tasks also reference the KMK Bildungsstandards Chemie (four Kompetenzbereiche, three Basiskonzepte, four Inhaltsbereiche).

How much of the exam is calculation versus theory?

Chemistry at this level is explicitly quantitative: stoichiometry, Kc from the Massenwirkungsgesetz, pH/pOH and Ks/Kb, and electrochemical amount/potential calculations appear throughout Saxon Abitur tasks. This bank reflects that balance with a large set of genuine worked numeric problems, including stoichiometry and equilibrium items.

How long is the written exam?

Per VwV Abiturprüfung 2026 / SMK Naturwissenschaften guidance: LK Gesamtarbeitszeit 300 minutes (einschließlich Auswahlzeit) zuzüglich 15 minutes for the fachpraktischen Anteil; GK Gesamtarbeitszeit 255 minutes (einschließlich Auswahlzeit) zuzüglich 15 minutes for the fachpraktischen Anteil. Exact wording is in the annual VwV — check through your school or REVOSax.

Is Chemie compulsory in the Sachsen Abitur?

Chemie is one of the Naturwissenschaften that can be chosen as Leistungskursfach or Grundkursfach and as an Abiturprüfungsfach. Whether you continuously belegen Chemie and sit it as a Prüfungsfach depends on your individual Fach- and Prüfungsfachwahl under SOGYA.

When was the exam held in 2026?

In the 2026 main session the written Chemie exam was set for Friday 24 April 2026, with a Nachtermin on 20 May 2026 (official Saxon Abitur timetable published via Schule Sachsen / SMK).

Is there an exam fee?

No. The Abitur is a state school examination in Sachsen and regular enrolled school candidates pay no fee. Abendgymnasium, Kolleg and external routes are administered under SOGYA / LaSuB and have no published Chemie-specific fee.