Table of Contents
1 Cover
5 Preface
9 0 Fundamentals 0.1 Introduction to chemistry 0.2 Measurement in chemistry and science – SI units 0.3 Expressing large and small numbers using scientific notation 0.4 Using metric prefixes 0.5 Significant figures 0.6 Calculations using scientific notation 0.7 Writing chemical formulae and equations Quick‐check summary End‐of‐chapter questions
10 1 Atomic structure 1.1 Atomic structure 1.2 Electronic structure Quick‐check summary End‐of‐chapter questions
11 2 Chemical bonding 2.1 Bonding 2.2 Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion Theory (VSEPR) 2.3 Polar bonds and polar molecules 2.4 Intermolecular forces Quick‐check summary End‐of‐chapter questions
12 3 Amount of Substance 3.1 Masses of atoms and molecules 3.2 Amount of substance 3.3 Calculations with moles 3.4 Solutions; concentrations and dilutions 3.5 Titration calculations 3.6 Calculations with gas volumes Quick‐check summary End‐of‐chapter questions
13 4 States of matter 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Solids 4.3 Liquids 4.4 Gases Quick‐check summary End‐of‐chapter questions
14 5 Oxidation‐reduction (redox) reactions 5.1 Redox reactions 5.2 Disproportionation reactions 5.3 Redox titrations Quick‐check summary End‐of‐chapter questions
15 6 Energy, enthalpy, and entropy 6.1 Enthalpy changes 6.2 Entropy and Gibbs free energy Quick‐check summary End‐of‐chapter questions
16 7 Chemical equilibrium and acid‐base equilibrium 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Equilibrium and reversible reactions 7.3 Acid‐base equilibria Quick‐check summary End‐of‐chapter questions
17
8 Chemical kinetics – the rates of chemical reactions
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The rate of reaction
8.3 Determining the rate of a chemical reaction
8.4 The rate expression
8.5 The half‐life of a reaction
8.6 Reaction mechanisms
8.7