Chemistry: The Study of Matter and Its Changes, Student Study Guide, 5th Edition

by James E. Brady (St. John's University ); Fred Senese (Frostburg State University )

• ISBN13: 9780470184646
• ISBN10: 0470184647
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

The image on the front cover depicts a carbon nanotube emerging from a glowing plasma of hydrogen and carbon, as it forms around particles of a metal catalyst. Carbon nanotubes are a recently discovered allotrope of carbon. Three other allotropes of carbon-buckyballs, graphite, and diamond-are illustrated at the left, as is the molecule methane, CH4, from which nanotubes and buckyballs can be made. The element carbon forms an amazing number of compounds with structures that follow from simple methane, found in natural gas, to the complex macromolecules that serve as the basis of life on our planet. The study of chemistry also follows from the simple to the more complex, and the strength of this text is that it enables students with varied backgrounds to proceed together to significant levels of achievement.

Table of Contents

Before You Begin..

Fundamental Concepts and Units of Measurement

Elements, Compounds, and Chemical Reactions

The Mole: Relating the Microscopic World of Atoms to Laboratory Measurements

Reactions of Ions and Molecules in Aqueous Solutions

Oxidation-Reduction Reactions

Energy and Chemical Change

The Quantum Mechanical Atom

Chemical Bonding: General Concepts

Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Properties of Gases

Intermolecular Attractions and the Properties of Liquids and Solids

Properties of Solutions; Mixtures of Substances at the Molecular Level

Kinetics: The Study of Rates of Reactions

Chemical Equilibrium: general Concepts

Acids and Bases: A Second Look

Equilibrium in Solutions of Weak Acids and Bases

Solubility and Simultaneous Equilibria

Thermodynamics

Electrochemistry

Nuclear Reactions and Their Role in Chemistry

Nonmetals, Metalloids, Metals and Metal Complexes

Organic compounds, Polymers and Biochemicals

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