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CHE 115: Instrumental Analysis Lab Manual
W. R. Fawcett, John Berg, P. B. Kelley, Carlito B. Lebrilla, Gang-yu Liu, Delmar Larsen, Paul Hrvatin, David Goodin, and Brooke McMahon · University of California, Davis
This manual is the culmination of the efforts of many individuals. While some of the experiments are "classics", and appear in various forms in many Quantitative Analysis textbooks and laboratory manuals, much effort was expended to ensure that the experiments work well here at UC Davis and thus each experiment has been extensively tailored for our laboratory program. We view this manual as one of continual modification, and often improvements arise from comments and criticisms.

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BIOSC 30: Anatomy and Physiology Labs
Staff · Los Medanos
This course is designed to cover basic anatomy and physiology. Fundamentals of body structure and function and the elegant interrelationships between body organs and how they perform will be explored. All of the systems of the body, including very basic microscopic anatomy and simple physiological chemistry will be covered in this one semester course.

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Non-Isothermal Kinetic Methods
Arhangel'skii et al. · Moscow State University
This application book is intended for senior students of natural science faculties and technical institutes, who use methods of thermal analysis for kinetic studies in their research. The book can help researchers in studies of thermal decomposition, oxidation of various substances and materials, and other similar processes. It can be used in the laboratories of industrial enterprises applying methods of thermal analysis for quality control of raw materials and final products.

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Cheminformatics
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This course is sponsored by the ACS Division of Chemical Education's Committee on Computers in Chemical Education. This course is designed for either graduate students, or upper division undergraduate students. In this course students will lean how molecules are represented on computers, and use PubChem and a variety of open source software to learn some basic coding and to access and analyze data obtained through a variety of APIs.

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Quantitative NMR
Cynthia K. Larive & Albert K. Korir · University of California, Riverside & Drury University
Quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance (Q-NMR) measurements are especially useful for analysis of complex samples where high specificity is needed or when a pure standard of the analyte is not available. This text provides a brief overview of basic NMR theory, a tutorial discussing the practical aspects of Q-NMR, a virtual experiment utilizing an NMR simulator, an exercise that makes use of real NMR data you can download and analyze, and a Q-NMR lab experiments.

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Chem 2A (Ku) Textbook
Matthew Ku · Pasadena City College
This text is designed for Chemistry 2a, the first semester of a General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (GOB) course. GOB chemistry is designed for health science majors. Topics include atomic and molecular structure, chemical bonding, nomenclature, chemical reactions and stoichiometry, gases, solutions, acids and bases, pH, buffers, nuclear chemistry, a brief introduction to organic chemistry, and an introduction to biomolecules. Cover Image: "Caffeine" by ynse is licensed under CC BY 2

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Organic Synthesis
Kevin Shea · Smith College
My goal in writing this text is to help advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students learn key topics in organic chemistry that often don't come up in your Organic I and II classes. So, you can think about this as an Organic III text. My focus is on key reaction types that enable the construction of complex organic molecules: pericyclic reactions, transition metal catalyzed reactions, rearrangements, fragmentations, radical reactions, and carbene reactions. I

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CHEM 145: FA22 Van Bramer
Scott Van Bramer · Widener University
In the contents: 01: Essential Ideas of Chemistry · 1.01: Introduction to Chemistry · 1.E: Essential Ideas of Chemistry- Homework

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High Performance Computing
Chuck Severance · University of Michigan
The purpose of this book is to teach new programmers and scientists about the basics of High Performance Computing. Too many parallel and high performance computing books focus on the architecture, theory and computer science surrounding HPC. This book speaks to the practicing chemistry student, physicist, or biologist who need to write and run their programs as part of their research.

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Nonlinear and Two-Dimensional Spectroscopy (Tokmakoff)
Andrei Tokmakoff · University of Chicago
Different spectroscopies give you different perspectives. Linear spectroscopy commonly refers to light-matter interaction with one primary incident radiation field which is weak, and can be treated as a linear response between the incident light and the matter. From a quantum mechanical view of the light field, it is often conceived as a “one photon in/one photon out” measurement. Nonlinear spectroscopy is used to refer to cases that fall outside this view.

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Science of Food
Trisha Russell · Whitworth University
Food Science is a multi-disciplinary field involving chemistry, biochemistry, nutrition, microbiology and engineering to give one the scientific knowledge to solve real problems associated with the many facets of the food system. The basis of the discipline lies in an understanding of the chemistry of food components, such as proteins, carbohydrates, fats and water and the reactions they undergo during processing and storage.

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UTSC First-Year Textbook (Winter 2025)
Marco Zimmer-De Iuliis & Anna Galang · University of Toronto Scarbo
The first-year chemistry curriculum at UTSC covers key principles in general chemistry. In CHMA10, the quantum mechanical model of the atom is examined along with how the periodic table is organized. Students enrolled in CHMA11 and CHMA12 will quantitatively examine reactions and equilibria in chemical systems with an emphasis on their thermodynamic properties and chemical kinetics.

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Statistical Thermodynamics
Gunnar Jeschke · ETH Zürich
Basics of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics of classical and quantum systems. Concept of ensembles, microcanonical and canonical ensembles, ergodic theorem. Molecular and canonical partition functions and their connection with classical thermodynamics. Quantum statistics. Translational, rotational, vibrational, electronic and nuclear spin partition functions of gases. Determination of the equilibrium constants of gas phase reactions.

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Spectroscopy
Divan Fard · Shasta College
This graduate-level spectroscopy remix provides an introduction to modern molecular and atomic spectroscopy. Topics include UV-Visible absorption, molecular luminescence, infrared, Raman, atomic spectroscopy, and NMR, with emphasis on the principles and applications of spectroscopic methods in chemistry.
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Organic Synthesis
Kevin Shea · Smith College
This text is designed to build on traditional Organic Chemistry I and II courses for an Advanced Organic Chemistry class. The focus is on key reaction types that enable the construction of complex organic molecules: pericyclic reactions, transition metal catalyzed reactions, rearrangements, fragmentations, radical reactions, and carbene reactions. It explores these reactions through both mechanism and synthesis problems with many examples from the current literature.

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Biophysics 241: Membrane Biology
Roland Faller · University of California, Davis
Advanced topics on membrane biochemistry and biophysics. Relationship of the unique properties of biomembranes to their roles in cell biology and physiology.

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Chem1 Virtual Textbook
Stephen Lower · Simon Fraser University
In the contents: 01: Fundamentals of Science and Chemistry · 1.01: Introduction to Chemistry · 04: The Basics of Chemistry

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Analytical
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This upper-division Analytical Chemistry text introduces the principles and methods used for quantitative chemical analysis. Topics include sampling, data analysis, chemical equilibria, gravimetric and titrimetric methods, spectroscopy, electrochemistry, chromatography, quality assurance, and instrumental techniques such as atomic spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, potentiometry, voltammetry, GC, and HPLC. Emphasis is placed on accurate measurement, interpretation of analytical data, method develo

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Molecular and Atomic Spectroscopy
Thomas Wenzel · Bates College
A series of collaborative learning activities and accompanying text that develop the areas of molecular and atomic spectroscopy is provided. Chapters on basics of spectrophotometry, ultraviolet/visible absorption, molecular fluorescence, infrared, Raman and atomic spectroscopy are included. These activities are intended to be done in class by students working in groups, but can be modified for use as out-of-class exercises.