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-Title: Chemistry. Matter and Its Changes.
-Authors:
James E. Brady, Joel W. Russell, John R. Holum.
-Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
-Pages:
24+1086+98
-Illustrations:
Colour graphics and photos.
-Language:
English.
-Publication Date:
March 28, 2000.
-ISBN: 0471184764

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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

This course offers your the opportunity to learn what makes our world "tick" and to gain insight into the roles that natural and synthetic chemicals play in nature and in our society. This knowledge will not come without some effort, however, and this book has been carefully designed and written with an awaresness of the kinds of difficulties you may face. Some of the key features of the book that will aid you in your studies are: Chemical Vocabulary, Problem Solving, The Chemical Toolkit Approach to Problem Solving, and LearningWare (an easy-to-use software on a CDROM).

(Extracted from To The Student section).

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GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Preface.
-Acknowledgments.
-To the Student.
-Facets of Chemistry.
-Brief Contents.
-Table of Contents.
-1. Fundamentals of Chemical.
-2. The Periodic Table and Some Properties of the Elements.
-3. Stoichiometry: Quantitative Chemical Relationships.
-4. Reactions Between Ions in Aqueous Solutions.
-5. Oxidation-Reduction Reactions.
-6. Energy and Termochemistry.
-7. Atomic and Electronic Structure.
-8. Chemical Bonding: General Concepts.
-9. Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure.
-10. Properties of Gases.
-11. Intermolecular Atractions and the Properties of Liquids and Solids.
-12. Solutions.
-13. Kinetics: The Study of Rates of Reaction.
-14. Chemical Equilibrium-General Concepts.
-15. Acids and Bases: A Second Look.
-16. Equilibria in Solutions of Weak Acids and Bases.
-17. Solubility and Simultaneous Equilibria.
-18. Thermodynamics.
-19. Electrochemistry.
-20. Properties of Metals and Metal Complexes.
-21. Some Chemical Properties of the Nonmetals and Metalloids.
-22. Nuclear Reactions and Their Role in Chemistry.
-23. Organic Compounds and Biochemicals.
-Appendices.
-A. Review of Mathematics.
-B. Electron Configurations of the Elements.
-C. Equivalent Weights and Normality.
-D. Answers to Practice Exercises and Selected Review Problems.
-E. Tables of Selected Data.
-Glossary.
-Index.

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