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The basics of chemistry
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The basics of chemistry

Author: Richard L Myers
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.
Series: Basics of the hard sciences
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Written for students beginning a formal study of chemistry, this volume encompasses many different topics in and approaches to introductory chemistry. Chapters are devoted to topics such as the atom, elements and the periodic table, bonding, equilibrium and kinetics, solutions, acids and bases, and chemical reactions. Several chapters discuss broad areas of chemistry including organic chemistry, biochemistry, environ Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Richard L Myers
ISBN: 0313316643 9780313316647
OCLC Number: 50164580
Description: xiv, 373 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Contents: Introduction: Chemistry and Its Divisions -- A Brief History of Chemistry -- The Birth of Modern Chemistry -- The Atom -- Atoms Combined -- Elements and the Periodic Table -- Chemical Bonding -- Intermolecular Forces and the Solid and Liquid States -- Gases -- Phase Changes and Thermochemistry -- Solutions -- Kinetics and Equilibrium -- Acids and Bases -- Electrochemistry -- Organic Chemistry -- Biochemistry -- Nuclear Chemistry -- Environmental Chemistry -- The Chemical Industry -- Chemistry Experiments -- A Future in Chemistry.
Series Title: Basics of the hard sciences
Responsibility: Richard Myers.
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Abstract:

Written for students beginning a formal study of chemistry, this volume encompasses many different topics in and approaches to introductory chemistry. Chapters are devoted to topics such as the atom, elements and the periodic table, bonding, equilibrium and kinetics, solutions, acids and bases, and chemical reactions. Several chapters discuss broad areas of chemistry including organic chemistry, biochemistry, environmental chemistry, and industrial chemistry. Annotation. Written for high school and college students enrolled in their first chemistry course, this textbook overviews the historical development of chemistry, introduces the principles that govern nomenclature, chemical bonding, acids and bases, equilibrium, kinetics, solutions, and gases, and explores several subdivisions of chemistry.

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