Chemistry, 5ed, ISV
Description
Written by Jim Brady, an author well known for his ability to communicate chemistry, and Fred Senese, the architect of the most visited general chemistry web site, this book and its media are designed to support a variety of backgrounds. It maintains its hallmark feature of accurate, lucid, and interesting explanations of the basic concepts of chemistry as well as its comprehensive coverage and aid to readers in developing problem solving skills.
Table of Contents
1. Fundamental Concepts and Units of Measurement
2. Elements, Compounds, and Chemical Reactions
3. The Mole: Relating the Microscopic World of Atoms to Laboratory Measurements
4. Reactions of Ions and Molecules in Aqueous Solutions
5. Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
6. Energy and Chemical Change
7. The Quantum Mechanical Atom
8. Chemical Bonding: General Concepts
9. Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
10. Properties of Gases
11. Intermolecular Attractions and the Properties of Liquids and Solids
12. Properties of Solutions; Mixtures of Substances at the Molecular Level
13. Kinetics: The Study of Rates of Reaction
14. Chemical Equilibrium -General Concepts
15. Acids and Bases: A Second Look
16. Equilibria in Solutions of Weak Acids and Bases
17. Solubility and Simultaneous Equilibria
18. Thermodynamics
19. Electrochemistry
20. Nuclear Reactions and Their Role in Chemistry
21. Nonmetals, Metalloids, Metals, and Metal Complexes
22. Organic Compounds, Polymers, and Biochemicals
Appendices
Glossary