Chemistry

by Jespersen, Neil D.; Hyslop, Alison; Brady, James E. (CON)

• ISBN13: 9781118516461
• ISBN10: 111851646X
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-01-13
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

A text for mastering the concepts of general chemistry

Students who use Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter, Seventh Edition as a text are suppled with the instruction, practice and assessment they need to progress in a general chemistry course. This text supports students' efforts to analyze, solve problems and master the concepts related to chemical phenomena. The edition features updates to key concepts and additional multi-concept problems and examples. The author also focuses on the relationship between structure at the submicroscopic molecular level and the observable macroscopic properties of matter. For readers, this textbook serves as a concise and easily understood chemistry resource.

Author Biography

Neil D. Jespersen is a Professor of Chemistry at St. John’s University in New York. He earned a B.S. with Special Attainments in Chemistry at Washington and Lee University(VA), and his Ph.D. at Pennsylvania State University, specializing in Analytical Chemistry. He has received awards for excellence in teaching and research from St. John’s University, where he chaired the Department of Chemistry for 6 years. He mentored the St. John’s student ACS chapter for over 30 years while continuing to teach Quantitative and Instrumental Analysis courses, along with General Chemistry. He has been an active contributor to the Eastern Analytical Symposium, chairing it in 1991. Neil authored the Barrons AP Chemistry Study Guide; has edited 2 books on Instrumental Analysis and Thermal Analysis; and has 4 chapters in research monographs, 50 refereed publications, and 150 abstracts and presentations. He is active at the local, regional and national levels of the American Chemical Society, and served on the ACS Board of Directors and was named a Fellow of the ACS in 2013.

Alison Hyslop received her BA degree from Macalester College in 1986 and her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania under the direction of Michael J. Therien in 1998. Alison currently chairs the Department of Chemistry at St. John’s University, New York where she is an Associate Professor. She has been teaching graduate and undergraduate courses since 2000. She was a visiting Assistant Professor at Trinity College (CT) from 1998 to 1999. She was a visiting scholar at Columbia University (NY) in 2005 and in 2007 and at Brooklyn College in 2009, where she worked on research projects in the laboratory of Brian Gibney. Her research focuses on the synthesis and study of porphyrin based light harvesting compounds. She was the Chair of the New York Section of the American Chemical Society in 2016, and currently serves as a Councilor to the American Chemical Society.

Table of Contents

Chapter 0: A Very Brief History of Chemistry

Chapter 1: Scientific Measurements

Chapter 2: Elements, Compounds, and the Periodic Table

Chapter 3: The Mole and Stoichiometry

Chapter 4: Molecular View of Reactions in Aqueous Solutions

Chapter 5: Oxidation Reduction Reactions

Chapter 6: Energy and Chemical Change

Chapter 7: The Quantum Mechanical Atom

Chapter 8: The Basics of Chemical Bonding

Chapter 9: Theories of Bonding and Structure

Chapter 10: Properties of Gases

Chapter 11: Intermolecular Attractions and the Properties of Liquids and Solids

Chapter 12: Mixtures at the Molecular Level: Properties of Solutions

Chapter 13: Chemical Kinetics

Chapter 14: Chemical Equilibrium

Chapter 15: Acids and Bases, A Molecular Look

Chapter 16: Acid–Base Equilibria in Aqueous Solutions

Chapter 17: Solubility and Simultaneous Equilibria

Chapter 18: Thermodynamics

Chapter 19: Electrochemistry

Chapter 20: Nuclear Reactions and Their Role in Chemistry

Chapter 21: Metal Complexes

Chapter 22: Organic Compounds, Polymers, and Biochemicals