Chemistry Essentials For Dummies (eBook)

John T. Moore (Autor)

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2010 | 1. Auflage
192 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-64451-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Whether studying chemistry as part of a degree requirement or aspart of a core curriculum, students will find ChemistryEssentials For Dummies to be an invaluable quick referenceguide to the fundamentals of this often challenging course.Chemistry Essentials For Dummies contains content focused onkey topics only, with discrete explanations of critical conceptstaught in a typical two-semester high school chemistry class or acollege level Chemistry I course, from bonds and reactions toacids, bases, and the mole. This guide is also a perfect referencefor parents who need to review critical chemistry concepts as theyhelp high school students with homework assignments, as well as foradult learners headed back into the classroom who just need to arefresher of the core concepts.

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Autor

John T. Moore, EdD, is Regents Professor of Chemistry at Stephen F. Austin State University. He is the author of Chemistry For Dummies and coauthor of Biochemistry For Dummies.

Inhalt

Introduction 1

Chapter 1: Matter and Energy: Exploring the Stuff of Chemistry5

Chapter 2: What's In an Atom? 17

Chapter 3: The Periodic Table 35

Chapter 4: Nuclear Chemistry 43

Chapter 5: Ionic Bonding 55

Chapter 6: Covalent Bonding 69

Chapter 7: Chemical Reactions 87

Chapter 8: Electrochemistry: Using Electrons 111

Chapter 9: Measuring Substances with the Mole 125

Chapter 10: A Salute to Solutions 135

Chapter 11: Acids and Bases 145

Chapter 12: Clearing the Air on Gases 159

Chapter 13: Ten Serendipitous Discoveries in Chemistry 171

Index 175

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.5.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Chemie • Chemistry • Naturwissenschaften
• ISBN-10: 0-470-64451-6 / 0470644516
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-64451-5 / 9780470644515