The complete idiot's guide to chemistry
Guch, Ian2011
Book
This guide follows a standard chemistry curriculum, walking you through all of the topics you need to know and none of the ones you don't. You'll see the difference on your test results.
Main title:
The complete idiot's guide to chemistry / by Ian Guch.
Author:
Guch, Ian, author
Edition:
Third edition.
Imprint:
New York : Alpha Books, [2011]©2011
Collation:
xviii, 396 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Firing up the Bunsen burner. Measuring up ; The history of the atom ; The modern atom -- A matter of organization. Elements, compounds, and mixtures ; Ionic compounds ; Getting to know covalent compounds ; Bonding and structure in covalent compounds ; The mole -- Solids, liquids, and gases. Solids ; Liquids and intermolecular forces ; Solutions ; The kinetic molecular theory of gases ; Gas laws ; Phase diagrams and changes of state -- How reactions occur. Chemical equations ; Stoichiometry ; Qualitative chemical kinetics ; Quantitative chemical kinetics ; The world of chemical equilibria -- Practical chemistry. Acids and bases ; Electrochemistry ; Transition metals and coordination compounds ; Organic chemistry ; Biochemistry ; Nuclear chemistry -- Thermodynamics 101. Cranking up the heat: basic thermodynamics ; Thermodynamics and spontaneity.
ISBN:
9781615641260 (paperback)1615641262 (paperback)
Dewey class:
540
Language:
English
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Subject:
BRN:
79634
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | -Science and Nature | SCIENCE 540 GUCH | Available |