Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 The Chemical World
• Chapter 2 Measurement and Problem Solving
• Chapter 3 Matter and Energy
• Chapter 4 Atoms and Elements
• Chapter 5 Molecules and Compounds
• Chapter 6 Chemical Composition
• Chapter 7 Chemical Reactions
• Chapter 8 Quantities in Chemical Reactions
• Chapter 9 Electrons in Atoms and the Periodic Table
• Chapter 10 Chemical Bonding
• Chapter 11 Gases
• Chapter 12 Liquids, Solids, and Intermolecular Forces
• Chapter 13 Solutions
• Chapter 14 Acids and Bases
• Chapter 15 Chemical Equilibrium
• Chapter 16 Oxidation and Reduction
• Chapter 17 Radioactive and Nuclear Chemistry
• Chapter 18 Organic Chemistry
• Chapter 19 Biochemistry
• Appendix: Mathematics Review
• Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises
• Glossary
• Credits
• Index

About the Author

Nivaldo Tro has been teaching college chemistry since 1990 and is currently teaching at Santa Barbara City 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, from the Research Corporation, and from 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. In his leisure time, Professor Tro enjoys cycling, surfing, and being outdoors.