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9780130418425

Fundamentals of General, Organic and Biological Chemistry

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  • ISBN13:

    9780130418425

  • ISBN10:

    0130418420

  • Edition: 4th
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-01-01
  • Publisher: PRENTICE HALL
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Summary

For two-semester/three-quarter courses in General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, primarily for majors in Allied Health, and occasionally in Environmental Technology, Agriculture, and other majors.Having secured the loyalty of both instructors and students, this best-selling, highly student-oriented text offers clear and concise use of language, thoughtful attention to problem-solving, and engaging discussions of relevant applications. Readable without sacrificing depth of content, it effectively covers the essentials of allied health chemistry without becoming bogged down in excessive and unnecessary detail, and puts chemistry in the context of everyday life. Maintaining interest and promoting student confidence, it offers a relaxed and friendly writing style that is highly accessible to the student with no scientific background and encourages analytic skill-building throughout with numerous problems, worked-out examples, and conceptual exercises.

Table of Contents

1. Matter and Life.
2. Measurements in Chemistry.
3. Atoms and the Periodic Table.
4. Ionic Compounds.
5. Molecular Compounds.
6. Chemical Reactions: Classification and Mass Relationships.
7. Chemical Reactions: Energy, Rates and Equilibrium.
8. Gases, Liquids, and Solids.
9. Solutions.
10. Acids and Bases.
11. Nuclear Chemistry.
12. Introduction to Organic Chemistry: Alkanes.
13. Alkenes, Alkynes, and Aromatic Compounds.
14. Some Compounds with Oxygen, Sulfur, or a Halogen.
15. Amines.
16. Aldehydes and Ketones.
17. Carboxylic Acids and their Derivatives.
18. Amino Acids and Proteins.
19. Enzymes and Vitamins.
20. Chemical Messengers: Hormones, Neurotransmitters, and Drugs.
21. The Generation of Biochemical Energy.
22. Carbohydrates.
23. Carbohydrate Metabolism.
24. Lipids.
25. Lipid Metabolism.
26. Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis.
27. Genomics.
28. Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism.
29. Body Fluids.

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