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Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction 1Part I GettIng Started with Chemistry 5chapter 1: Looking at Numbers Scientifically 7chapter 2: Using and Converting Units 23chapter 3: Breaking Down Atoms into Their Subatomic Particles 41chapter 4: Surveying the Periodic Table of the Elements 55Part II Making and Breaking Bonds through Reactions 83chapter 5: Building Bonds 85chapter 6: Naming Compounds and Writing Formulas 123chapter 7: Understanding the Many Uses of the Mole 145chapter 8: Getting a Grip on Chemical Equations 161chapter 9: Putting Stoichiometry to Work 183Part III Examining Changes In Energy and SolutIons 201chapter 10: Understanding States of Matter in Terms of Energy 203chapter 11: Warming Up to Thermochemistry 221chapter 12: Obeying Gas Laws 239chapter 13: Dissolving into Solutions 265chapter 14: Playing Hot and Cold: Colligative Properties 283chapter 15: Working with Acids and Bases 297chapter 16: Achieving Neutrality with Titrations and Buffers 315Part IV Reaching Equilibrium 327chapter 17: Exploring Rates and Equilibrium 329chapter 18: Accounting for Electrons in Redox 341chapter 19: Galvanizing Yourself to Do Electrochemistry 353chapter 20: Doing Chemistry with Atomic Nuclei 367Part V The Part of Tens 381chapter 21: Ten Tips for Acing a Chemistry Test 383chapter 22: Ten Chemistry Formulas You Should Remember 387chapter 23: Ten Annoying Exceptions to Chemistry Rules 393chapter 24: Ten (Or So) Great Chemists 399chapter 25: Ten Serendipitous Discoveries in Chemistry 403Glossary 407Index 419
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John T. Moore unterrichtet seit 30 Jahren Chemie und bildet Chemielehrer aus.
Zusammenfassung
Now you can score higher in chemistry Every high school requires a course in chemistry for graduation, and many universities require the course for majors in medicine, engineering, biology, and various other sciences.
