General Chemistry : Atoms First

by McMurry, John E.; Fay, Robert C.

• ISBN13: 9780321571632
• ISBN10: 0321571630
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-02-12
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

KEY BENEFIT: This is the first mainstream general chemistry text to be written with an atoms-first approach, offering the same lucid character and conceptual emphasis that readers have come to expect from these authors. Chemistry: Matter and Measurement; The Structure and Stability of Atoms; Periodicity and the Electronic Structure of Atoms; Ionic Bonds and Some Main-Group Chemistry; Covalent Bonds and Molecular Structure; Mass Relationships in Chemical Reactions; Reactions in Aqueous Solution; Thermochemistry: Chemical Energy; Gases: Their Properties and Behavior; Liquids, Solids, and Phase Changes; Solutions and Their Properties; Chemical Kinetics; Chemical Equilibrium; Aqueous Equilibria: Acids and Bases; Applications of Aqueous Equilibria; Thermodynamics: Entropy, Free Energy, and Equilibrium; Electrochemistry; Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Water; The Main- Group Elements; Transition Elements and Coordination Chemistry; Metals and Solid State Materials; Organic Chemistry. MARKET: A comprehensive reference for anyone who needs to learn more about general chemistry.

Author Biography

Educated at Harvard and Columbia, John McMurry has taught approximately 17,000 students in general and organic chemistry over a 30-year period. A Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University since 1980, Dr. McMurry previously spent 13 years on the faculty at the University of California at Santa Cruz. He has received numerous awards, including the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship (1969–71), the National Institute of Health Career Development Award (1975–80), the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award (1986–87), and the Max Planck Research Award (1991).

Professor of Chemistry Robert C. Fay has been teaching general and inorganic chemistry at Cornell University since 1962. Known for his clear, well-organized lectures, Dr. Fay was the 1980 recipient of the Clark Distinguished Teaching Award. He has also taught as a visiting professor at Harvard University and the University of Bologna, Italy. He has been an NSF Science Faculty Fellow at the University of East Anglia and the University of Sussex, England, and a NATO/Heineman Senior Fellow at Oxford University.

Table of Contents

Brief table of contents

Chemistry: Matter and Measurement

The Structure and Stability of Atoms

Periodicity and the Electronic Structure of Atoms

Ionic Bonds and Some Main-Group Chemistry

Covalent Bonds and Molecular Structure

Mass Relationships in Chemical Reactions

Reactions in Aqueous Solution Chapter 8-Thermochemistry: Chemical Energy

Gases: Their Properties and Behavior

Liquids, Solids, and Phase Changes

Solutions and Their Properties

Chemical Kinetics

Chemical Equilibrium

Aqueous Equilibria: Acids and Bases

Applications of Aqueous Equilibria

Thermodynamics: Entropy, Free Energy, and Equilibrium

Electrochemistry

Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Water

The Main- Group Elements

Transition Elements and Coordination Chemistr?

Comprehensive Table of Contents

Chemistry: Matter and Measurement

Approaching Chemistry: Experimentation

Chemistry and the Elements

Elements and the Periodic Table

Some Chemical Properties of the Elements

Experimentation and Measurement

Mass and Its Measurement

Length and Its Measurement

Temperature and Its Measurement

Derived Units: Volume and Its Measurement

Derived Units: Density and Its Measurement

Derived Units: Energy and Its Measurement

Accuracy, Precision, and Significant Figures in Measurement

Rounding Numbers

Calculations: Converting from One Unit to Another

Interlude - Chemicals, Toxicity, and Risk

- The Structure and Stability of Atoms

Conservation of Mass and the Law of Definite Proportions

The Law of Multiple Proportions and Dalton's Atomic Theory

Atomic Structure: Electrons

Atomic Structure: Protons and Neutrons

Atomic Numbers

Atomic Masses and the Mole

Nuclear Chemistry: The Change of One Element into Another

Radioactivity

Nuclear Stability

Interlude -The Origin of Chemical Elements

- Periodicity and the Electronic Structure of Atoms

Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum

Electromagnetic Energy and Atomic Line Spectra

Particlelike Properties of Electromagnetic Energy

Wavelike Properties of Matter

Quantum Mechanics and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

Wave Functions and Quantum Numbers

The Shapes of Orbitals

Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Line Spectra

Electron Spin and the Pauli Exclusion Principle

Orbital Energy Levels in Multielectron Atoms

Electron Configurations of Multielectron Atoms

Some Anomalous Electron Configurations

Electron Configurations and the Periodic Table

Electron Configurations and Periodic Properties: Atomic Radii Interlude -Compact Fluorescent Lights: Saving Energy Through Atomic Line Spectra Cha

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