xi, 563 pages : 23 cm

Includes index

Matter and Energy -- Measurement and the Metric System -- Metric Prefixes -- Scientific Notation -- Volume and Density -- Reporting Measured Quantities -- Solving Problems by the Factor-Label Method -- Solving Problems by Using Equations -- Solving Problems by Using Graphs -- Atoms, Molecules, and Ions -- Introduction to the Atomic Model of Matter -- Development of the Early Models of the Atom -- The Current View of Atomic Structure -- Names, Symbols, and Atomic Numbers -- Neutrons, Isotopes, and Mass Numbers -- Atomic Mass -- Introduction to the Periodic Table -- Molecules -- Ions -- Formulas and Equations -- Chemical Formulas -- Oxidation Numbers -- Writing Formulas for Binary Compounds -- Naming Binary Compounds -- Polyatomic Ions -- Chemical Equations -- Balancing a Chemical Equation -- Classifying Chemical Reactions -- The Electronic Structure of Atoms -- The Bohr Model of the Atom -- The Modern (Quantum-Mechanical) Model -- Electron Configurations of Atoms -- Valence Electrons -- Lewis Structures (Electron-Dot Diagrams) -- Chemical Periodicity -- The Periodic Table in History -- The Modern Periodic Table -- Properties Associated with Periodicity -- Variation of Periodic Properties Among the Elements -- The Chemistry of the Representative Groups -- The Chemistry of a Period -- Synthetic Elements -- Chemical Bonding and Molecular Shape -- Bonding and Stability -- Ionic Bonding -- Covalent Bonding -- Electronegativity and Bonding -- Drawing the Lewis Structures of Covalent Molecules and Ions -- Exceptions to the Octet Rule -- Molecular Shape and VSEPR -- How Covalent Bonding Occurs: Orbital Overlap -- Bond Energy and Bond Length -- Hybridized Atomic Orbitals -- Network Solids -- Metallic Substances -- Dipoles and Polar Molecules -- Polarity and Molecular Symmetry -- Intermolecular Forces -- Molecule-Ion Attraction -- Summary of Properties of Bonded Substances -- Organic Chemistry -- Comparison of Organic and Inorganic Compounds -- Hydrocarbons and Homologous Series -- Enantiomers: Mirror-Image Isomerism -- Functional Groups -- Organic Reactions -- Gases, Liquids, and Solids -- The Kinetic-Molecular Theory (KMT) of Gas Behavior -- Change of Phase -- Stoichiometry: The Mathematics of Chemistry -- The Formula Mass of a Substance -- The Mole Concept and Molar Mass -- Problems Involving a Single Substance -- Problems Involving Chemical Equations -- Solutions and Their Properties -- Suspensions and Colloidal Dispersions -- Saturated and Unsaturated Solutions -- Solubility -- Concentration of Solutions -- Effect of Solute on Solvent -- Behavior of Electrolytes in Solution -- Thermochemistry and Thermodynamics -- Energy and Its Measurement -- The Role of Energy in Chemical Reactions -- Spontaneous Reactions -- Kinetics and Equilibrium -- Chemical Kinetics -- Reversible Reactions and Dynamic Equilibrium -- Phase Equilibrium -- Solution Equilibrium -- Chemical Equilibrium -- The Equilibrium Constant (K[subscript eq]) -- Applications of Chemical Equilibrium -- Problems Involving the Equilibrium Constant -- Acids and Bases -- Operational Definitions of Acids and Bases -- Arrhenius Definitions of Acids and Bases -- Acid-Base Titration -- Bronsted-Lowry Definitions of Acids and Bases -- Ionization Constants of Acids and Bases (K[subscript a] and K[subscript b]) -- Ionization Constant of Water (K[subscript w]) -- The pH and pOH Scales -- Acid-Base Indicators -- Hydrolysis of Salts in Aqueous Solutions -- Acid-Base Properties of Oxides -- Lewis Definitions of Acids and Bases -- Reduction-Oxidation (Redox) and Electrochemistry -- What Are Oxidation and Reduction? -- Formal Definitions of Oxidation and Reduction -- Redox Equations -- Balancing Redox Equations by the Half-Reaction Method -- Balancing Redox Equations by the Ion-Electron Method -- Spontaneous Redox Reactions -- Electrochemical Cells -- Electrolysis and Electrolytic Cells -- Additional Applications of Redox and Electrochemistry -- Nuclear Chemistry -- Nuclear Particles -- Nuclear Equations -- Natural Radioactivity and Radioactive Decay -- Separation of Nuclear Particles by Electric and Magnetic Fields -- Detection of Radioactivity -- Measurement of Radioactivity -- Uses of Radioisotopes -- Induced Nuclear Reactions -- Fundamental Particles and Interactions -- The Chemistry Laboratory -- Safety Procedures -- Using Measuring Devices -- Basic Laboratory Skills -- Identification of Common Laboratory Apparatus -- Laboratory Activities -- Guidelines for Laboratory Reports -- Reference Tables for Chemistry

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