Chemistry in context
This text has been extensively updated and provides a comprehensive, full-colour course book. Attractive, clear presentation and suitable reading level in this authoritative resource ensure that students find it readable and the subject accessible. Clear diagrams, quick questions and key points throughout provide helpful reinforcement and practice.
xii, 629 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
9780174482765, 0174482760
1006314649
Atoms, atomic masses and moles; reacting quantities and equations; redox; patterns and periodicity; atomic structure; electronic structure; nuclear structure and radioacvitity; the electronic theory and chemical bonding; intermolecular forces; structure, bonding and properties -the solid state; the gaseous state; energy changes and bonding; patterns across the periodic table; competition processes; groups I and II - the alkali metals and the alkaline-earth metals; group VII - the halogens; group IV -carbon to lead, non-metal to metal; the transition metals; metals and activity series; equilibria; factors affecting equilibria; ionic equilibria in aqueous solution; entropy and free energy; reaction rates; introduction to carbon chemistry; petroleum and alkanes; unsaturated hydrocarbons; aromatic hydrocarbons; organic halogen compounds; alcohols, phenols and ethers; carbonyl compounds; carboxylic acids and their derivatives; organic nitrogen compounds; synthetic routes for organic chemicals.
Includes index