TY - BOOK AU - Brown,Theodore L. TI - Chemistry: the central science SN - 9780136006176 (hbk.) U1 - 540 PY - 2009/// CY - Upper Saddle River, NJ PB - Pearson / Prentice Hall KW - Chemistry KW - Textbooks N1 - Includes index; 1. Introduction: Matter and measurement. - 2. Atoms, molecules and ions. - 3. Stoichiometry: calculations with chemical formulas and equations. - 4. Aqueous reactions and solution stoichiometry. - 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. Intermolecular forces, liquids, and solids. - 12. 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. Metals and metallurgy. - 24. Chemistry of coordination compounds. - 25. The chemistry of life: organic and biological chemistry ER -