General chemistry
Material type: TextPublication details: Dubuque, Iowa : Wm. C. Brown Publishers, ©1993Description: xxiv, 1000 p. : color illustrationsISBN: 0697121445 ; 9780697121448; 0071153519; 9780071153515Subject(s): ChemistryDDC classification: 540Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes index.
Part 1 Elements, compounds, reactions and energy changes: chemistry, matter and measurement; elements, compounds and chemical reactions; stoichiometry; reactions in solution; thermochemistry. Part 2 Structure and properties: atomic structure and the Periodic table; chemical bonding and structure; theories of covalent bonding; chemistry of non-metals; the gaseous state of matter; liquids, solids and phase changes; properties of solutions. Part 3 Chemical equilibria and their applications: chemical equilibrium; acids and bases; aqueous acid-base equilibria; solubility equilibria; electrochemistry; chemistry of the metals; qualitative analysis in aqueous solution. Part 4 Thermodynamics and kinetics: thermodynamics - spontaneity, entropy and free energy; reaction kinetics. Part 5 Some special branches of chemistry: co-ordination chemistry; organic chemistry; nuclear chemistry.
Integrates descriptive chemistry with chemical principles to allow students to learn difficult concepts. The chapter on qualitative analysis deals with all the major types of reactions encountered in chemistry.
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