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General Chemistry

by Steven D. Gammon

  • ISBN: 9780538497527
  • ISBN10: 0538497521

General Chemistry

by Steven D. Gammon

  • List Price: $369.95
  • Edition: 9
  • Publisher: Cengage
  • Publish date: 01/02/2010
  • ISBN: 9780538497527
  • ISBN10: 0538497521
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Description: Part I: BASICS OF CHEMISTRY.1. Chemistry and Measurement.An Introduction to Chemistry. Modern Chemistry: A Brief Glimpse. Experiment and Explanation. A Chemist Looks at The Birth of the Post-it Note. Law of Conservation of Mass. Matter: Physical State and Chemical Constitution. Physical Measurements. Measurement and Significant Figures. Instrumental Methods Separation of Mixtures by Chromatography. SI Units. Derived Units. Units and Dimensional Analysis (Factor-Label Method).2. Atoms, Molecules, and Ions.Atomic Theory and Atomic Structure. Atomic Theory of Matter. The Structure of the Atom. Nuclear Structure; Isotopes. Atomic Masses. Periodic Table of the Elements. Chemical Substances: Formulas and Names. Chemical Formulas; Molecular and Ionic Substances. A Chemist Looks at Thirty Seconds on the Island of Stability. Organic Compounds. Naming Simple Compounds. Chemical Reactions: Equations. Writing Chemical Equations. Balancing Chemical Equations.3. Calculations with Chemical Formulas and Equations.Mass and Moles of Substance. Molecular Mass and Formula Mass. The Mole Concept. Determining Chemical Formulas. Mass Percentages from the Formula. Elemental Analysis: Percentages of Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen. Determining Formulas. Instrumental Methods Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Formula. Stoichiometry: Quantitative Relations in Chemical Reactions. Molar Interpretation of a Chemical Equation. Amounts of Substances in a Chemical Reaction. Limiting Reactant; Theoretical and Percentage Yields.4. Chemical Reactions.Ions in Aqueous Solution. Ionic Theory of Solutions and Solubility Rules. Molecular and Ionic Equations. Types of Chemical Reactions. Precipitation Reactions. Acid-Base Reactions. Oxidation-Reduction Reactions. Balancing Simple Oxidation-Reduction Equations. Working with Solutions. Molar Concentration. Diluting Solutions. Quantitative Analysis. Gravimetric Analysis. Volumetric Analysis.5. The Gaseous State.Gas Laws. Gas Pressure and Its Measurement. Empirical Gas Laws. The Ideal Gas Law. A Chemist Looks at Nitrogen Monoxide Gas and Biological Signaling. Stoichiometry Problems Involving Gas Volumes. Gas Mixtures; Law of Partial Pressures. Kinetic-Molecular Theory. Kinetic Theory of an Ideal Gas. Molecular Speeds; Diffusion and Effusion. Real Gases. A Chemist Looks at Carbon Dioxide Gas and the Greenhouse Effect.6. Thermochemistry.Understanding Heats of Reaction. Energy and Its Units. Heat of Reaction. Enthalpy and Enthalpy Change. Thermochemical Equations. A Chemist Looks at Lucifers and Other Matches. Applying Stoichiometry to Heats of Reaction. Measuring Heats of ReactionUsing Heats of Reaction. Hess's Law. Standard Enthalpies of Formation. Fuels--Foods, Commercial Fuels, and Rocket Fuels. PART II: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE.7. Quantum Theory of the Atom.Light Waves, Photons, and the Bohr Theory. The Wave Nature of Light. Quantum Effects and Photons. A Chemist Looks at Zapping Hamburger with Gamma Rays. The Bohr Theory of the Hydrogen Atom. A Chemist Looks at Lasers and Compact Disc Players. Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Numbers. Quantum Mechanics. Instrumental Methods Scanning Tunneling Microscopy. Quantum Numbers and Atomic Orbitals. 8. Electron Configurations and Periodicity.Electronic Structure of Atoms. Electron Spin and the Pauli Exclusion Principle. Instrumental Methods Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). Building-Up Principle and the Periodic Table. Instrumental Methods X Rays, Atomic Numbers, and Orbital Structure (Photoelectron. Spectroscopy). Writing Electron Configurations Using the Periodic Table. Orbital Diagrams of Atoms; Hund's Rule. A Chemist Looks at Levitating Frogs and People. Periodicity of the Elements. Mendeleev's Predictions from the Periodic Table. Some Periodic Properties. Periodicity in the Main-Group Elements.9. Ionic and Covalent Bonding.Ionic Bonds. Describing Ionic Bonds. A Chemist Looks at Ionic Liquids and Green Chemistry. Electron Configurations of Ions. Ionic Radii.
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