Must know high school chemistry 9781260453102, 1260453103, 9781260453096, 126045309X

Table of contents :
Cover --
Title Page --
Copyright Page --
Contents --
Introduction --
The Flashcard App --
1 Getting Started in Chemical Calculations --
How to Study Chemistry --
The Macroscopic and Microscopic Levels of Chemistry --
Units of Measurement (SI System) --
Significant Figures --
Problem Solving by the Unit Conversion Method --
2 Atoms, Ions, and Molecules --
The Subatomic Particles --
Elements --
The Periodic Table --
Chemical Formulas: Ions and Molecules --
Naming Compounds --
3 Moles, Stoichiometry, and Equations --
Balancing Chemical Equations --
Avogadro's Number and Molar Mass --
Moles and Stoichiometry --
Limiting Reactant and Percent Yield --
Percent Composition and Empirical Formulas --
Confronting Mole Problems --
4 Aqueous Solutions --
Molarity (M) --
Solubility and Precipitation --
Acids, Bases, and Neutralization --
Oxidation-Reduction --
Net Ionic Equations --
Titrations --
5 Gases and Gas Laws --
Gas Laws (P, V, n, and T) --
Gas Stoichiometry --
The Kinetic-Molecular Theory of Gases --
Nonideal Gases --
Working Gas Law Problems --
6 Thermochemistry --
Energy and Reactions --
Enthalpy (?H) --
Hess's Law --
Calorimetry --
7 Electrons and Quantum Theory --
Light and Matter --
Bohr's Model --
Quantum Mechanics --
Quantum Numbers and Orbitals --
Electron Configuration --
Working Matter and Light Problems --
8 Periodic Trends --
Periodic Table Revisited --
Ionization Energy --
Electron Affinity --
Periodic Trends --
9 Lewis Structures and Chemical Bonding --
Lewis Symbols --
Electronegativity --
Ionic Bonds and Lattice Energy --
Covalent Bonds --
Resonance --
Bond Energy and Bond Length --
More About Lewis Structures --
10 Molecular Geometry and Hybridization --
Molecular Geometry (VSEPR) --
Valence Bond Theory (Hybridization) --
Molecular Orbital (MO) Theory --
Molecular Geometry Revisited --
11 Solids, Liquids, and Intermolecular Forces --
Types of Intermolecular Forces --
Properties of Liquids --
Solids --
Phase Changes --
12 Solutions --
Concentration Units --
Temperature and Pressure Effects on Solubility --
Colligative Properties --
Colloids --
Colligative Properties Problems --
13 Kinetics --
Reaction Rates --
Rate Laws --
Integrated Rate Laws (Time and Concentration) --
Arrhenius and Activation Energy --
Catalysis --
Mechanisms --
More About Rate Law and Half-Life (t1/2) --
14 Chemical Equilibria --
Equilibrium --
Equilibrium Constants (K) --
Le Châtelier's Principle --
Additional Equilibria Problems --
15 Acids and Bases --
Brønsted-Lowry Acids and Bases --
Strength of Acids and Bases --
Kw-the Water Dissociation Constant --
pH --
Acid-Base Equilibrium (Ka and Kb) --
Acid-Base Properties of Salts and Oxides --
Lewis Acids and Bases --
Working Weak Acid and Base Problems --
16 Buffers and Additional Equilibria --
The Common Ion Effect --
Buffers and pH --
Titrations and Indicators --
Solubility Equilibria (Ksp) --
Kf-Complex Ion Equilibria --
pH and Titrations Problems --
17 Entropy and Free Energy --
The Three Laws of Thermodynamics --
Entropy --
Gibbs Free Energy --
Free Energy and Reactions --
Working Thermodynamic Problems --
18 Electrochemistry --
Redox Reactions --
Galvanic (Voltaic) Cells --
Standard Reduction Potentials (E°) --
Nernst Equation --
Electrolytic Cells --
Electrolysis --
19 Chemistry of the Elements --
Hydrogen --
General Properties of Metals --
Band Theory of Conductivity --
Periodic Trends in Metallic Properties --
General Properties of Nonmetals --
Periodic Trends of Nonmetals --
Properties of the Transition Metals --
Coordination Compounds: Crystal Field Theory --
Complex Ions --
20 Nuclear Chemistry --
Nuclear Reactions --
Nuclear Stability --
Half-Lives (t1/2) --
Mass/Energy Conversions --
Fission and Fusion --
Nuclear Decay --
21 Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Polymers --
Organic Compounds --
Hydrocarbons and Nomenclature --
Functional Groups --
Polymers --
Proteins --
Carbohydrates --
Nucleic Acids --
Organic Reactions Problems --
Answer Key --
Periodic Table of the Elements.