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Key Facts: Sachsen-Anhalt Abitur Chemistry Exam
5 Kompetenzschwerpunkte
The Qualifikationsphase Chemie is organised into five Kompetenzschwerpunkte: Energetik, chemisches Gleichgewicht, Säure-Base, Redox/Elektrochemie and organische Chemie
Fachlehrplan Chemie Gymnasium Sachsen-Anhalt, Stand 01.08.2022
300 / 210 min
Written Bearbeitungszeit at erhöhtem and grundlegendem Anforderungsniveau, plus roughly 30 minutes Auswahlzeit; re-issued annually
RdErl. 'Vorbereitung und Durchführung der Abiturprüfung', Nummer 7.4
24.04.2026
Written Chemie date in the 2026 main session (Nachtermin 21.05.2026); mündliche Prüfungen from 11 May 2026
Ministerium für Bildung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Pressemitteilung 27/2026 (10.04.2026)
0–15 Punkte
Grading scale for each Prüfungsfach, from Note 1 (15–13 Punkte) to Note 6 (0 Punkte)
Verordnung über die gymnasiale Oberstufe, Sachsen-Anhalt
200 / 100 Punkte
Minimum Gesamtqualifikation: 200+ from Block I (§38) and 100+ from the five Prüfungselemente in Block II (§39), out of 900 maximum
Verordnung über die gymnasiale Oberstufe, Sachsen-Anhalt
~5,600 candidates
Approximate number of Abitur candidates in Sachsen-Anhalt in the 2026 session across all eligible school types
Ministerium für Bildung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Pressemitteilung 27/2026
Free 100-question English-language MCQ study bank for Sachsen-Anhalt Abitur Chemie, mapped to the five Qualifikationsphase Kompetenzschwerpunkte with over 40 genuine worked calculations. Official exam: German written Klausur with calculations and data interpretation, 300 min (eA) / 210 min (gA) plus ~30 min Auswahlzeit; written date 24.04.2026. Not an official-format simulation; no fee for regular school candidates.
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1In an exothermic chemical reaction, how does the enthalpy of the products compare to the enthalpy of the reactants, and in which direction does energy flow?
2The Fachlehrplan requires applying the 1. Hauptsatz der Thermodynamik to reaction enthalpy. What does this law state?
3What does the molare Standardbildungsenthalpie ΔfH°m of a compound represent?
4At grundlegendem Anforderungsniveau, what does the Fachlehrplan name as a driving force (Triebkraft) favoring chemical reactions proceeding spontaneously toward products?
5Using ΔfH°m(CH4,g) = -74.6 kJ/mol, ΔfH°m(CO2,g) = -393.5 kJ/mol, ΔfH°m(H2O,l) = -285.8 kJ/mol and ΔfH°m(O2,g) = 0, calculate the standard reaction enthalpy for CH4(g) + 2 O2(g) → CO2(g) + 2 H2O(l).
6Given ΔfH°m(CO,g) = -110.5 kJ/mol, ΔfH°m(H2,g) = 0 and ΔfH°m(CH3OH,g) = -201.0 kJ/mol, what is the standard reaction enthalpy of CO(g) + 2 H2(g) → CH3OH(g)?
7In a Schülerexperiment, 0.020 mol magnesium reacts completely with excess hydrochloric acid in 150 g of water, raising the temperature by 5.0 K. Using Q = cp·m·ΔT with cp(water) = 4.18 J/(g·K), calculate the molar reaction enthalpy ΔrHm.
850.0 mL of 1.0 mol/L HCl are mixed with 50.0 mL of 1.0 mol/L NaOH in a calorimeter (total mass ≈ 100 g, cp = 4.18 J/(g·K)), and the temperature rises by 6.8 K. What is the molar neutralization enthalpy?
91.215 g of magnesium (M = 24.3 g/mol) reacts completely with excess hydrochloric acid in 200 g of water, and the temperature rises by 7.5 K (cp(water) = 4.18 J/(g·K)). Calculate the molar reaction enthalpy ΔrHm.
10Using S°m(C, graphite) = 5.7 J/(mol·K), S°m(O2,g) = 205.2 J/(mol·K) and S°m(CO2,g) = 213.8 J/(mol·K), calculate the standard reaction entropy ΔrS° for C(graphite) + O2(g) → CO2(g).
About the Sachsen-Anhalt Abitur Chemistry Exam
Sachsen-Anhalt Abitur Chemie is the state Chemistry examination for the Allgemeine Hochschulreife, taken as a Leistungsfach, a written Grundfach or an oral Prüfungsfach under the Oberstufenverordnung. Its content follows the Fachlehrplan Chemie Gymnasium (Stand 01.08.2022): five Qualifikationsphase Kompetenzschwerpunkte covering the Energiekonzept and Satz von Hess, chemisches Gleichgewicht and reaction kinetics, Säure-Base-Reaktionen (pH, Ks/Kb, Titration, Puffer), Redox-Reaktionen and Elektrochemie (galvanische Elemente, Elektrolyse, Nernst- and Faraday-Gleichung at eAN), and organische Chemie (Alkanole, Ester, Kunststoffe, Reaktionsmechanismen). 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 — more than 40 questions are genuine worked numeric problems — that the Fachlehrplan explicitly requires. It is not a simulation of the official exam, which is written in German and combines calculations, data interpretation and constructed responses, with a possible practical component.
Exam sponsor: Ministerium für Bildung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt (MB), supported by the Landesinstitut für Schulqualität und Lehrerbildung (LISA) and the Landesschulamt. The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.
Assessment
Official written Sachsen-Anhalt Abitur examination in Chemie, sat either as Leistungsfach (erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau) or Grundfach (grundlegendes Anforderungsniveau); Chemie can also be taken as an oral Prüfungsfach. Tasks are drawn from the five Kompetenzschwerpunkte of the Qualifikationsphase: Energetik (Energiekonzept quantitativ verknüpfen), chemisches Gleichgewicht qualitativ und quantitativ betrachten, das Donator-Akzeptor-Prinzip auf Protonenübergänge (Säure-Base) und auf Elektronenübergänge (Redox) anwenden, and die systematisierende Betrachtung organischer Verbindungen und deren Reaktionen. At erhöhtem Anforderungsniveau, students additionally complete a Praktikum of qualitative and quantitative investigations. 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 any practical component.
Time Limit
Written: 300 minutes at erhöhtem Anforderungsniveau and 210 minutes at grundlegendem Anforderungsniveau under the 'weitere Prüfungsfächer' Bearbeitungszeit band of the annually re-issued RdErl. 'Vorbereitung und Durchführung der Abiturprüfung' (Nummer 7.4), plus roughly 30 minutes of Auswahlzeit; as a Naturwissenschaft, the Fachprüfungsausschuss may convene one hour early to prepare any experimentelle Vorbereitungen the tasks require (Nummer 7.1). Oral: 20 minutes Vorbereitungszeit (up to 40 minutes where a Schülerexperiment is included). In 2026 the written Chemie date was Friday 24 April 2026 (Nachtermin 21 May 2026); mündliche Prüfungen began 11 May 2026 and Zeugnisse were issued by 3 July 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 (§38 Oberstufenverordnung) and at least 100 of a possible 300 Punkte in Block II from the five Prüfungsfächer/-elemente in vierfacher Wertung (§39), with no element scored 0, at least 4 Punkte in each element and at least 20 Punkte in vierfacher Wertung in three or more elements including one auf erhöhtem Anforderungsniveau. 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-Anhalt. External and Nichtschüler routes are handled by the Landesschulamt and do not carry a published Chemie-specific fee.
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Organische Chemie
Alkanole, Alkanale, Alkansäuren and Ester; Reaktionsmechanismen (SR, AE, SN, SE); Kunststoffe/Polymerisation; and Veresterung and its equilibrium.
Redox und Elektrochemie
Oxidationszahlen, Redox-/Spannungsreihe, galvanische Elemente, Zellspannung, Elektrolyse, Zersetzungsspannung, Nernst- and Faraday-Gleichung, Korrosion and Spannungsquellen.
Säure-Base-Chemie
Brönsted theory, pH/pOH calculations, Ks/Kb and pKs/pKb, Säure-Base-Titration and Titrationskurven, and Puffergleichgewichte via Henderson-Hasselbalch.
Chemisches Gleichgewicht und Reaktionskinetik
Massenwirkungsgesetz and Kc, Löslichkeitsprodukt, Le Chatelier's Prinzip vom kleinsten Zwang, Stoßtheorie, and the Ammoniaksynthese/Kontaktverfahren rate-versus-yield trade-off.
Energetik und Thermodynamik
Energiekonzept, Satz von Hess, Standardbildungsenthalpien, Kalorimetrie, and (eAN) Entropie and the Gibbs-Helmholtz-Gleichung.
Preparing for the Sachsen-Anhalt 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 (§38 Oberstufenverordnung) and at least 100 of a possible 300 Punkte in Block II from the five Prüfungsfächer/-elemente in vierfacher Wertung (§39), with no element scored 0, at least 4 Punkte in each element and at least 20 Punkte in vierfacher Wertung in three or more elements including one auf erhöhtem Anforderungsniveau. The 900-point maximum is converted to the Abitur-Durchschnittsnote via the national KMK table.
- Assessment: Official written Sachsen-Anhalt Abitur examination in Chemie, sat either as Leistungsfach (erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau) or Grundfach (grundlegendes Anforderungsniveau); Chemie can also be taken as an oral Prüfungsfach. Tasks are drawn from the five Kompetenzschwerpunkte of the Qualifikationsphase: Energetik (Energiekonzept quantitativ verknüpfen), chemisches Gleichgewicht qualitativ und quantitativ betrachten, das Donator-Akzeptor-Prinzip auf Protonenübergänge (Säure-Base) und auf Elektronenübergänge (Redox) anwenden, and die systematisierende Betrachtung organischer Verbindungen und deren Reaktionen. At erhöhtem Anforderungsniveau, students additionally complete a Praktikum of qualitative and quantitative investigations. 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 any practical component.
- Time limit: Written: 300 minutes at erhöhtem Anforderungsniveau and 210 minutes at grundlegendem Anforderungsniveau under the 'weitere Prüfungsfächer' Bearbeitungszeit band of the annually re-issued RdErl. 'Vorbereitung und Durchführung der Abiturprüfung' (Nummer 7.4), plus roughly 30 minutes of Auswahlzeit; as a Naturwissenschaft, the Fachprüfungsausschuss may convene one hour early to prepare any experimentelle Vorbereitungen the tasks require (Nummer 7.1). Oral: 20 minutes Vorbereitungszeit (up to 40 minutes where a Schülerexperiment is included). In 2026 the written Chemie date was Friday 24 April 2026 (Nachtermin 21 May 2026); mündliche Prüfungen began 11 May 2026 and Zeugnisse were issued by 3 July 2026.
- Exam / certification fees: No exam fee for regular enrolled school candidates; the Abitur is a state school examination in Sachsen-Anhalt. External and Nichtschüler routes are handled by the Landesschulamt and do not carry a published Chemie-specific fee. Official sources
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is the official Sachsen-Anhalt Chemie Abitur exam multiple-choice?
No. The official written paper is a German-language Klausur combining qualitative reasoning, genuine numeric calculations (stoichiometry, equilibrium constants, pH, cell potentials) and interpretation of experimental data or graphs, with a possible practical/experimental component especially at erhöhtem Anforderungsniveau. 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 Fachlehrplan 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 Fachlehrplan Chemie Gymnasium (Stand 01.08.2022) organises the Qualifikationsphase into five Kompetenzschwerpunkte: chemische Reaktionen mit dem Energiekonzept quantitativ verknüpfen, chemische Gleichgewichte qualitativ und quantitativ betrachten, das Donator-Akzeptor-Prinzip auf Protonenübergänge (Säure-Base) und Elektronenübergänge (Redox/Elektrochemie) anwenden, and der Zusammenhang zwischen Struktur und Eigenschaften organischer Verbindungen. Students at erhöhtem Anforderungsniveau also complete a Praktikum.
How much of the exam is calculation versus theory?
Chemistry at this level is explicitly quantitative: the Fachlehrplan lists concrete calculation skills throughout — Kc from the Massenwirkungsgesetz, pH/pOH and Ks/Kb, cell voltages via the Nernst-Gleichung, amounts deposited via the Faraday-Gleichung, and reaction enthalpies via the Satz von Hess. This bank reflects that balance: more than 40 of its 100 questions are genuine worked numeric problems with the calculation shown in the explanation.
How long is the written exam?
Chemie falls under the 'weitere Prüfungsfächer' Bearbeitungszeit band of the annual RdErl. 'Vorbereitung und Durchführung der Abiturprüfung': 300 minutes at erhöhtem Anforderungsniveau and 210 minutes at grundlegendem Anforderungsniveau, plus roughly 30 minutes of Auswahlzeit. As a Naturwissenschaft, the Fachprüfungsausschuss may also convene an hour before the exam to set up any needed experimentelle Vorbereitungen. Exact times are re-issued every year, so check the current Erlass through your school or the Bildungsserver.
Is Chemie compulsory in the Sachsen-Anhalt Abitur?
Chemie is one of three Naturwissenschaften (with Biologie and Physik); in the Einführungsphase all three carry a shared Teilnahmeverpflichtung, and in the Qualifikationsphase students must continuously belegen one Naturwissenschaft as a Profilfach contributing four Kurshalbjahresergebnisse. Whether that chosen science is specifically Chemie — and whether you also sit it as one of your five Abiturprüfungsfächer — depends on your individual Fach- and Prüfungsfachwahl.
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 21 May 2026. Mündliche Prüfungen began on 11 May 2026 and Zeugnisse were issued by 3 July 2026, with roughly 5,600 candidates sitting the Abitur across Gymnasien, Gesamtschulen, Gemeinschaftsschulen mit gymnasialer Oberstufe, berufliche Gymnasien, Freie Waldorfschulen and Schulen des zweiten Bildungsweges.
Is there an exam fee?
No. The Abitur is a state school examination in Sachsen-Anhalt and regular enrolled school candidates pay no fee. Nichtschüler and second-chance routes are administered by the Landesschulamt and have no published Chemie-specific fee.