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Beginning Chemistry
This textmap is an introductory chemistry text aimed for a single semester or quarter beginning experience to the field. The textmaps survey some of the basic topics of chemistry. This survey should give student enough knowledge to appreciate the impact of chemistry in everyday life and, if necessary, prepare student for additional instruction in chemistry.
- Author
- Ball
- Publisher
- LibreTexts
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 107 sections
- 01: What Is Chemistry
- 1.1: Prelude to Chemistry
- 1.2: Basic Definitions
- 1.3: Chemistry as a Science
- 1.4: What Is Chemistry? (Exercises)
- 02: Measurements
- 2.1: Prelude to Measurements
- 2.2: Expressing Numbers - Scientific Notation
- 2.3: Expressing Units
- 2.4: Significant Figures
- 2.5: Converting Units
- 2.6: Other Units - Temperature and Density
- 2.7: Measurements (Exercises)
- 03: Atoms Molecules and Ions
- 3.1: Prelude to Atoms, Molecules, and Ions
- 3.2: Atomic Theory
- 3.3: Molecules and Chemical Nomenclature
- 3.4: Masses of Atoms and Molecules
- 3.5: Ions and Ionic Compounds
- 3.6: Acids
- 3.7: Atoms, Molecules, and Ions (Exercises)
- 04: Chemical Reactions and Equations
- 4.1: Prelude to Chemical Reactions
- 4.2: The Chemical Equation
- 4.3: Types of Chemical Reactions - Single and Double Displacement Reactions
- 4.4: Ionic Equations - A Closer Look
- 4.5: Composition, Decomposition, and Combustion Reactions
- 4.6: Neutralization Reactions
- 4.7: Chemical Reactions and Equations (Exercises)
- 05: Stoichiometry and the Mole
- 5.1: Introduction
- 5.2: Stoichiometry
- 5.3: The Mole
- 5.4 Percent Composition, Empirical and Molecular Formulas
- 5.5: The Mole in Chemical Reactions
- 5.6: Mole-Mass and Mass-Mass Calculations
- 5.7: Yields
- 5.8: Limiting Reagents
- 5.9: Stoichiometry and the Mole (Exercises)
- 06: Gases
- 6.1: Prelude to Gases
- 6.2: Kinetic Theory of Gases
- 6.3: Gas Pressure
- 6.4: Gas Laws - Boyle's and Charle's Laws
- 6.5: Other Gas Laws - Gay-Lussac, Avogadro and Combined
- 6.6: The Ideal Gas Law and Some Applications
- 6.7: Gas Mixtures
- 6.8: Gases (Exercises)
- 07: Energy and Chemistry
- 7.1: Introduction
- 7.2: Energy
- 7.3: Work and Heat
- 7.4: Enthalpy and Chemical Reactions
- 7.5 Internal Energy
- 7.6: Energy and Chemistry (Exercises)
- 08: Electronic Structure
- 8.1: Prelude to Electronic Structure
- 8.2: Light
- 8.3: Quantum Numbers for Electrons
- 8.4: Organization of Electrons in Atoms
- 8.5: Electronic Structure and the Periodic Table
- 8.6: Periodic Trends
- 8.7: Electronic Structure (Exercises)
- 09: Chemical Bonds
- 9.1: Prelude to Chemical Bonds
- 9.2: Lewis Electron Dot Diagrams
- 9.3: Electron Transfer - Ionic Bonds
- 9.4: Covalent Bonds
- 9.5: Violations of the Octet Rule
- 9.6: Bond Polarity
- 9.7: Molecular Shapes
- 9.8: Polar Molecules
- 9.9: Chemical Bonds (Exercises)
- 10: Solutions
- 10.1: Prelude to Solutions
- 10.2: Definitions
- 10.3: Quantitative Units of Concentration
- 10.4: Dilutions and Concentrations
- 10.5: Concentrations as Conversion Factors
- 10.6: Solutions (Exercises)
- 11: Acids and Bases
- 11.1: Introduction
- 11.2: Arrhenius Acids and Bases
- 11.3: Brønsted-Lowry Acids and Bases
- 11.4: Acid-Base Titrations
- 11.5: Strong and Weak Electrolytes
- 11.6: Strong and Weak Acids and Bases and their Salts
- 11.7: Autoionization of Water
- 11.8: The pH Scale
- 11.9: Acids and Bases (Exercises)
- 12: Oxidation and Reduction
- 12.1: Introduction to Oxidation and Reduction
- 12.2: Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
- 12.3: Balancing Redox Reactions
- 12.4: Oxidation-Reduction Reaction (Exercises)
- 13: Nuclear Chemistry
- 13.1: Prelude to Nuclear Chemistry
- 13.2: Radioactivity
- 13.3: Uses of Radioactive Isotopes
- 13.4: Nuclear Chemistry (Exercises)
- 14: Chemistry of Life: Organic and Biological Chemistry
- 14.1: General Characteristics of Organic Molecules
- 14.2: Introduction to Hydrocarbons
- 14.3: Alkanes
- 14.4: Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
- 14.5: Functional Groups
- 14.6: Organic and Biological Chemistry (Summary)