The High School Chemistry Tutor

by Ogden, James R.

• ISBN13: 9780878915965
• ISBN10: 0878915966
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-06-01
• Publisher: Research & Education Assn

Summary

Specifically designed to meet the needs of high school students, REA's High School Chemistry Tutor presents hundreds of solved problems with step-by-step and detailed solutions. Almost any imaginable problem that might be assigned for homework or given on an exam is covered. Included are thorough sections on thermodynamics, electrochemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, and nuclear chemistry. Fully indexed for locating specific problems rapidly.

Table of Contents

Units of Measurement	1	(10)
Length	1	(1)
Area	2	(1)
Volume	3	(3)
Mass	6	(1)
Density	7	(2)
Temperature	9	(2)
Gases	11	(34)
Pressure	11	(6)
Boyle's Law, Charles' Law, Law of Gay-Lussac	17	(7)
Combined Gas Laws	24	(6)
Avogadro's Law-The Mole Concept	30	(1)
The Ideal Gas Law	31	(14)
Gas Mixtures and Other Physical Properties of Gases	45	(14)
Mole Fraction	45	(2)
Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures	47	(12)
Avogadro's Hypothesis, Chemical Compounds and Formulas	59	(40)
Atomic and Molecular Weights	64	(12)
Equivalent Weights	76	(4)
Chemical Composition-Weight and Volume Percent	80	(19)
Stoichiometry/Weight and Volume Calculations	99	(31)
Balancing Equations	99	(2)
Calculations Using Chemical Arithmetic	101	(1)
Weight-Weight Problems	102	(13)
Reactions with Limiting Reagents	115	(7)
Volume-Volume Problems	122	(1)
Weight-Volume Problems	123	(7)
Solids	130	(2)
Phase Diagrams	130	(2)
Properties of Liquids	132	(17)
Density	132	(2)
Freezing Point Depression and Boiling Point Elevation	134	(6)
Raoult's Law and Vapor Pressure	140	(7)
Osmotic Pressure	147	(2)
Solution Chemistry	149	(19)
Density and Formality	149	(1)
Molality	150	(1)
Molarity	151	(7)
Normality	158	(6)
Neutralization	164	(4)
Equilibrium	168	(15)
The Equilibrium Constant	168	(3)
Equilibrium Calculations	171	(8)
The Shifting of Equilibrium-Le Chatelier's Principle	179	(4)
Acid-Base Equilibria	183	(33)
Acids and Bases	183	(3)
The Autoionization of Water	186	(1)
Autoprotolysis	187	(3)
pH	190	(5)
The Ionization Constant	195	(7)
The Dissociation Constant	202	(4)
The Hydrolysis Constant	206	(4)
Neutralization	210	(6)
Thermodynamics I	216	(26)
Bond Energies	216	(4)
Heat Capacity	220	(3)
Enthalpy	223	(9)
Enthalpy Calculations Using the First Law of Thermodynamics	232	(4)
Heats of Fusion and Vaporization	236	(6)
Thermodynamics II	242	(9)
Entropy	242	(3)
Free Energy	245	(2)
Equilibrium Calculations	247	(4)
Electrochemistry	251	(14)
Redox Reactions	251	(6)
Electrode Potential	257	(4)
Electrochemical Cell Reactions	261	(4)
Atomic Theory	265	(19)
Atomic Weight	265	(2)
Valence and Electron Dot Diagrams	267	(5)
Ionic and Covalent Bonding	272	(3)
Electronegativity	275	(3)
Polarity of Bonds	278	(6)
Quantum Chemistry	284	(14)
Pauli Exclusion Principle, Hund's Rule and Electronic Configuration	284	(9)
Molecular Orbital Theory	293	(5)
Nuclear Chemistry	298	(6)
Organic Chemistry I: Nomenclature and Structure	304	(17)
Alkanes	304	(7)
Alkenes and Alkynes	311	(4)
Alcohols	315	(3)
Other Functional Groups	318	(3)
APPENDIX	321	(7)
Names, Symbols, and Atomic Number of the Elements	321	(1)
Conversion Tables - Length	322	(1)
Electronic Structure of the Elements	322	(2)
Work and Energy Conversions	324	(1)
Enthalpy Data	324	(3)
The Periodic Table	327	(1)
Index	328