Table of Contents

Brief Contents E. Measurement, Problem Solving, and the Mole Concept

Atoms

The Quantum-Mechanical Model of the Atom

Periodic Properties of the Elements

Molecules and Compounds

Chemical Bonding I: Drawing Lewis Structures and Determining Molecular Shapes

Chemical Bonding II: Valence Bond Theory and Molecular Orbital Theory

Chemical Reactions and Chemical Quantities

Introduction to Solutions and Aqueous Reactions

Thermochemistry

Gases

Liquids, Solids, Intermolecular Forces, and Phase Diagrams

Crystalline Solids and Modern Materials

Solutions

Chemical Kinetics

Chemical Equilibrium

Acids and Bases

Aqueous Ionic Equilibrium

Free Energy and Thermodynamics

Electrochemistry

Radioactivity and Nuclear Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

Transition Metals and Coordination Compounds

Appendix I: Common Mathematical Operations in Chemistry Appendix II: Useful Data Appendix III: Answers to Selected Exercises Appendix IV: Answers to In-Chapter Practice Problems Glossary Credits Index

About the Author

About our author

Nivaldo Tro has been teaching college Chemistry since 1990 and is currently teaching at Santa Barbara Community College. He received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Stanford University for work on developing and using optical techniques to study the adsorption and desorption of molecules to and from surfaces in ultrahigh vacuum. He then went on to the University of California at Berkeley, where he did postdoctoral research on ultrafast reaction dynamics in solution. Professor Tro has been awarded grants from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, the Research Corporation, and the National Science Foundation to study the dynamics of various processes occurring in thin adlayer films adsorbed on dielectric surfaces. Professor Tro lives in Santa Barbara with his wife, Ann, and their four children, Michael, Ali, Kyle, and Kaden. In his leisure time, Professor Tro enjoys mountain biking, surfing, and being outdoors with his family.