Note: Each chapter begins with "Contents and Applications." | |
The World of Chemistry | |
What Do Chemists Do? | |
The Chemist's Shorthand | |
The Scientific Method | |
Units and Measurement | |
Conversions and Dimensional Analysis | |
Uncertainty, Precision, Accuracy and Significant Figures | |
The Chemical Challenges of the Future | |
Atoms--A Quest for Understanding | |
Early Attempts to Explain Matter | |
Dalton's Atomic Theory and Beyond | |
The Structure of the Atom | |
Atoms and Isotopes | |
Atomic Mass | |
The Periodic Table | |
Ionic Compounds | |
Molecules | |
Naming Compounds | |
Introducing Quantitative Chemistry | |
Formula Masses | |
Counting by Weighing | |
Working with Moles | |
Percentages by Mass | |
Finding the Formula | |
Chemical Equations | |
Working with Equations | |
Solution Stoichiometry and Types of Reactions | |
Water--a most versatile solvent | |
The Concentration of Solutions | |
Stoichiometric Analysis of Solutions | |
Types of Chemical Reactions | |
Precipitation Reactions | |
Acid-Base Reactions | |
Oxidation-Reduction Reactions | |
Fresh Water--Issues of Quantitative Chemistry | |
Energy | |
The Concept of Energy | |
Energy Flows Between a System and Its Surroundings | |
Keeping Track of Energy | |
Specific Heat Capacity and Heat Capacity | |
Enthalpy | |
Hess's Law | |
Energy Choices | |
Quantum Chemistry--The Strange World of Atoms | |
Introducing Quantum Chemistry | |
Electromagnetic Radiation | |
Atomic Emission Spectroscopy | |
The Bohr Model of Atomic Structure | |
Wave-Particle Duality | |
Why Treating Things as "Waves" Allows Us to Quantize Their Behavior | |
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle | |
More About the Photon--The deBroglie and Heisenberg Discussions | |
The Mathematical Language of Quantum Chemistry | |
Atomic Orbitals | |
Electron Spin and Pauli's Exclusion Principle | |
Orbitals and Energy Levels in Multi-electron Atoms | |
Electron Configurations and the Aufbau Principle | |
Periodic Properties of the Elements | |
Building the Periodic Table | |
Metals, Non-Metals and Metalloids | |
Groups in the Periodic Table | |
The Concept of Periodicity | |
Atomic Size | |
Ionization Energies | |
Electron Affinity | |
Electronegativity | |
Reactivity | |
The Elements and the Environment | |
Bonding Basics | |
Modeling Bonds | |
Ionic Bonding | |
Covalent Bonding | |
VSEPR Theory--A Better Model | |
Properties of Ionic Compounds and Molecules | |
Advanced Models of Bonding | |
Valence Bond Theory | |
Hybridization | |
Molecular Orbital Theory | |
Putting it all together | |
The Behavior and Applications of Gases | |
The Nature of Gases | |
Production of Hydrogen and the Meaning of Pressure | |
Mixtures of Gases--Dalton's Law and Food Packaging | |
The Gas Laws--Relating the Behavior of Gases to Key Properties | |
The Ideal gas equation | |
Applications of the Ideal gas equation | |
Kinetic Molecular Theory | |
Effusion and Diffusion | |
Industrialization--A Wonderful Yet Cautionary Tale | |
Chemistry of Water and the Nature of Liquids | |
The Structure of Water: An Introduction to Intermolecular Forces | |
A Closer Look at Intermolecular Forces | |
Impact of Intermolecular Forces on the Physical Properties of Water | |
Phase Diagrams | |
Water: The Universal Solvent | |
Measures of Solution Concentration | |
The Effect of Temperature and Pressure on Solubility | |
Colligative Properties | |
Carbon | |
Elemental Carbon | |
Crude Oil--The Basic Resource | |
Hydrocarbons | |
Separating the Hydrocarbons by Fractional Distillation | |
Processing Hydrocarbons | |
Typical Reactions of the Alkanes | |
The Functional Group Concept | |
Ethene and the C=C bond | |
Alcohols | |
From Alcohols to Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids | |
From Alcohols and Carboxylic Acids to Esters | |
Condensation Polymers | |
Polyethers | |
The Carbon Cycle | |
Organic Chemistry and Modern Drug Discovery | |
Modern Materials | |
The Structure of Crystals | |
Metals | |
Ceramics | |
Plastics | |
Thin Films and Surface Analysis | |
On the Horizon--What does the future hold? | |
Thermodynamics--A Look at Why Reactions Happen | |
Probability as a Predictor of Chemical Behavior | |
Why Do Chemical Reactions Happen? Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics | |
Temperature and Spontaneous Processes | |
Calculating Entropy Changes in Chemical Reactions | |
Free Energy | |
When ?G = 0--A Taste of Equilibrium | |
Chemical Kinetics | |
Reaction Rates | |
An Introduction to Rate Laws | |
Changes in Time--The Integrated Rate Law | |
Methods of determining Rate Laws | |
Looking Back at Rate Laws | |
Reaction Mechanisms | |
Applications of Catalysts | |
Chemical Equilibrium | |
The Concept of Chemical Equilibrium | |
Why Is Chemical Equilibrium a Useful Concept? | |
The Meaning of the Equilibrium Constant | |
Working With Equilibrium Constants | |
Solving Equilibrium Problems--A Different Way of Thinking | |
Le Ch?telier's Principle | |
Acids and Bases | |
What Are Acids and Bases? | |
Acid Strength | |
The pH Scale | |
Determining the pH of Acid Solutions | |
Determining the pH of Basic Solutions | |
Polyprotic Acids | |
Assessing the Acid-Base Behavior of Salts in Aqueous Solution | |
Anhydrides in Aqueous Solution | |
Applications of Aqueous Equilibria | |
Buffers and Review of Common-Ion Effect | |
Acid-Base Titrations | |
Solubility Equilibria | |
Complex-Ion Equilibria | |
Electrochemistry | |
What is Electrochemistry? | |
Oxidation States--Electronic Bookkeeping | |
Redox Equations | |
Electrochemical Cells | |
Chemical Reactivity Series | |
Not-So-Standard Conditions: The Nernst Equation | |
Electrolytic Reactions | |
Coordination Complexes | |
Bonding in Coordination Complexes | |
Ligands | |
Coordination Number | |
Structure | |
Isomers | |
Formulas and Names | |
Color and Coordination Compounds | |
Chemical Reactions | |
Nuclear Chemistry | |
Isotopes and more isotopes | |
Types of Radioactive Decay | |
Interaction of Radiation with Matter | |
The Kinetics of Radioactive Decay | |
Mass and Binding Energy | |
Nuclear stability and human-made radioactive nuclides | |
Splitting the atom: Nuclear fission | |
Medical uses of radioisotopes | |
The Chemistry of Life | |
DNA--The basic structure | |
Proteins | |
How Genes Code for Proteins | |
Enzymes | |
The Diversity of Protein Functions | |
Carbohydrates | |
Lipids | |
The Maelstrom of Metabolism | |
Biochemistry and Chirality | |
A Look to the Future | |
Mathematical Operations | |
Working with Exponents | |
Working with Logarithms | |
Solving the Quadratic Equation | |
Graphing | |
Calculating Uncertainties in Measurements | |
Thermodynamic Data for Selected Compounds at 298 K | |
Colligative Property Constants for Selected Compounds | |
Selected Equilibrium Constants at 298 K | |
Water Vapor Pressure Table | |
Standard Reduction Potentials at 298 K | |
Common Radioactive Nuclei Answers to Practice Exercises and Selected Exercises Credits | |
Index/Glossary | |
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