Chemistry: The Central Science in SI Units, 14th Edition

Theodore E. Brown / H. Eugene LeMay / Bruce E. Bursten / Catherine Murphy / Patrick Woodward / Matthew E Stoltzfus  

For courses in two-semester general chemistry. 

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Table of Contents

1.   Introduction: Matter, Energy, and Measurement

2.   Atoms, Molecules, and Ions

3.   Chemical Reactions and Reaction Stoichiometry

4.   Reactions in Aqueous Solution

5.   Thermochemistry 

6.   Electronic Structure of Atoms   

7.   Periodic Properties of the Elements

8.   Basic Concepts of Chemical Bonding 

9.   Molecular Geometry and Bonding Theories 

10.   Gases

11.   Liquids and Intermolecular Forces  

12.   Solids and Modern Materials 

13.   Properties of Solutions

14.   Chemical Kinetics 

15.   Chemical Equilibrium

16.   Acid—Base Equilibria  

17.   Additional Aspects of Aqueous Equilibria 

18.   Chemistry of the Environment   

19.   Chemical Thermodynamics

20.   Electrochemistry  

21.   Nuclear Chemistry

22.   Chemistry of the Nonmetals

23.   Transition Metals and Coordination Chemistry

24.   The Chemistry of Life: Organic and Biological Chemistry

Appendices

Mathematical Operations

Properties of Water

Thermodynamic Quantities for Selected Substances at 298.15 K (25^ο C)             

Aqueous Equilibrium Constants      

Standard Reduction Potentials at 25^ο C

Answers to Selected Exercises

Answers to Give It Some Thought

Answers to Go Figure

Answer to Selected Practice Exercises

Glossary