Chang, Raymond

General chemistry : the essential concepts / Raymond Chang - 3rd ed. - Boston, Mass. : McGraw-Hill, c2003 - xxxvi, 764 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Rev. ed. of: Essential chemistry. 2nd ed. c2000.

List of Animations. - Preface. - Guided Tour: Text and Media. A Note to the Student. - Ch. 1. Introduction. - Ch. 2. Atoms, Molecules, and Ions. - Ch. 3. Stoichiometry. - Ch. 4. Reactions in Aqueous Solutions. - Ch. 5. Gases. - Ch. 6. Energy Relationships in Chemical Reactions. - Ch. 7. The Electronic Structure of Atoms. - Ch. 8. The Periodic Table. - Ch. 9. Chemical Bonding I: The Covalent Bond. - Ch. 10. Chemical Bonding II: Molecular Geometry and Hybridization of Atomic Orbitals. - Ch. 11. Introduction to Organic Chemistry. - Ch. 12. Intermolecular Forces and Liquids and Solids. - Ch. 13. Physical Properities of Solutions. - Ch. 14. Chemical Kinetics. - Ch. 15. Chemical Equilibrium. - Ch. 16. Acids and Bases. - Ch. 17. Acid-Base Equilibria and Solubility Equilibria. - Ch. 18. Thermodynamics. - Ch. 19. Redox Reactions and Electrochemistry. - Ch. 20. The Chemistry of Coordination Compounds. - Ch. 21. Nuclear Chemistry. - Ch. 22. Organic Polymers - Synthetic and Natural. - Appendix 1. Unit for the Gas Constant. - Appendix 2. Selected Thermodynamic Data at 1 atm and 25 C. - Appendix 3. Mathematical Operations. - Appendix 4. The Elements and the Derivation of Their Names and Symbols. - Glossary. - Answers to Even-Numbered Problems. - Photograph Credits. - Index.

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