The Basics of Chemistry

Author Richard Myers

Publisher Greenwood Publishing Group

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Author

Richard Myers

Publisher

Greenwood Publishing Group

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Copyright

2003

ISBN13

9780313058189

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Format

eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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Overview

Encompasses many different topics in and approaches to introductory chemistry. Discusses broad areas of chemistry including organic chemistry, biochemistry, environmental chemistry, and industrial chemistry. Historical developments of chemical concepts are covered, and biographical information is provided on key individuals responsible for the development of modern chemistry.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Contents.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1: Introduction: Chemistry and Its Divisions.
2: Introduction.
3: The Scientific Enterprise.
4: What Is Chemistry?.
5: Divisions of Chemistry.
6: A Brief History of Chemistry.
7: Introduction.
8: Early History.
9: Greek Science.
10: Alchemy.
11: Chemistry in the Middle Ages.
12: The Birth of Modern Chemistry.
13: Introduction.
14: The Beginnings of Modern Chemistry.
15: The Phlogiston Theory.
16: Pneumatic Chemistry.
17: Lavoisier.
18: The Atom.
19: Introduction.
20: The Law of Definite Proportions.
21: Dalton and the Birth of the Atomic Theory.
22: Gay-Lussac and Avogadro's Hypothesis.
23: The Divisible Atom.
24: Atomic Structure.
25: Quantum Mechanics.
26: A Modern View of the Atom.
27: Atomic Mass, Atomic Numbers, and Isotopes.
28: Ions.
Summary.
29: Atoms Combined.
30: Introduction.
31: Mixtures, Compounds, and Molecules.
32: Naming Elements.
33: Naming Compounds.
34: Writing Chemical Formulas.
35: Chemical Reactions.
36: Types of Reactions.
37: From Molecules to Moles.
38: Elements and the Periodic Table.
39: Introduction.
40: Discovery of the Elements.
41: The Modern Periodic Table.
42: The Main Group Elements.
43: d and f Block Elements.
44: Metals, Metalloids, and Nonmetals.
45: Periodic Problems.
Summary.
46: Chemical Bonding.
47: Introduction and History.
48: Dot Formulas, the Octet Rule, and Ionic Bonds.
49: Covalent Bonds.
50: Electronegativity and the Polar Covalent Bond.
51: Polar Molecules and Hydrogen Bonds.
52: Bond Energies.
53: The Metallic Bond.
54: Bonding and Molecular Geometry.
55: Modern Bonding Theory.
56: Intermolecular Forces and the Solid and Liquid States.
57: Introduction.
58: Characteristics of Solids, Liquids, and Gases.
59: Intermolecular Forces.
60: Crystalline Solids.
61: Amorphous Solids.
62: Liquids.
63: Material Science.
64: Gases.
65: In
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