Chemistry for the utterly confused

Moore, John T. 1947- (Author). Langley, Richard. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780071475297
ISBN: 007147529X
Physical Description: print
xix, 335 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Chemistry : first steps -- Do I need to read this chapter? -- Get started -- 1-1. Studying chemistry -- 1-2. Properties of matter -- 1-3. Units of measurement (SI) -- 1-4. Utterly confused about problem solving -- It's a wrap -- Test yourself -- Answer key -- 2. Atoms, ions, and molecules -- Do I need to read this chapter? -- Get started -- 2-1. Electrons, Protons, and neutrons -- 2-2. The periodic table -- 2-3. Chemical formulas : ions and molecules -- 2.4. Utterly confused about naming compounds -- It's a wrap -- Test yourself -- Answer key -- 3. Mass, moles, and equations -- Do I need to read this chapter? -- Get started -- 3-1. Balancing chemical equations -- 3-2. Avogadro's number and molar mass -- 3-3. Moles and stoichiometry -- 3-4. Limiting reagent and percent yield -- 3-5. Percent composition and empirical formulas -- 3-6. Utterly confused about mole problems -- It's a wrap -- Test yourself -- Answer key -- 4. Aqueous solutions -- Do I need to read this chapter? -- Get started -- 4-1. Molarity (M) -- 4-2. Solubility and precipitation -- 4-3. Acids, bases, and neutralization -- 4-4. Oxidation-reduction -- 4-5. Utterly confused about net ionic equations -- 4-6. Utterly confused about titrations -- It's a wrap -- Test yourself -- Answer key -- 5. Gases -- Do I need to read this chapter? -- Get started -- 5-1. Gas laws (P, V, n, and T) -- 5-2. Gas stoichiometry -- 5-3. The kinetic molecular theory of gases -- 5-4. Nonideal gases -- 5-5. Utterly confused about gas law problems -- It's a wrap -- Test yourself -- Answer key -- 6. Thermochemistry -- Do I need to read this chapter? -- Get started -- 6-1. Energy and reactions -- 6-2. Enthalpy (DH) -- 6-3. Hess's law -- 6-4. Utterly confused about calorimetry -- It's a wrap -- Test yourself -- Answer key.