General Chemistry, 9th Edition
E-Book Overview
The Ninth Edition of this market-leading text has been substantially revised to meet the rapidly changing instructional demands of General Chemistry professors. Known for its carefully developed, thoroughly integrated, step-by-step approach to problem solving, General Chemistry helps students master quantitative skills and build a lasting conceptual understanding of key chemical concepts. The Ninth Edition retains this hallmark approach and builds upon the conceptual focus through key new features and revisions.
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Year: 2,007
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Edition: 9
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Pages: 1,157
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Pages In File: 1,157
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Language: English
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Topic: 299
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Issue: 2011 12 30
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Identifier: 0618857486,9780618857487,9780538497527,0538497521
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Химия и химическая промышленность
Общая, теоретическая и неорганическая химия
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Toc: Front Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 2 Copyright......Page 3 Contents......Page 7 Essays......Page 18 Preface......Page 19 A Note to Students......Page 29 About the Authors......Page 38 About the Cover......Page 39 1 Chemistry and Measurement......Page 42 1.1 Modern Chemistry: A Brief Glimpse......Page 43 1.2 Experiment and Explanation......Page 45 A Chemist Looks at. . . The Birth of the Post-it Note®......Page 46 1.3 Law of Conservation of Mass......Page 47 1.4 Matter: Physical State and Chemical Constitution......Page 49 1.5 Measurement and Significant Figures......Page 54 Instrumental Methods Separation of Mixtures by Chromatography......Page 55 1.6 SI Units......Page 60 1.7 Derived Units......Page 63 1.8 Units and Dimensional Analysis (Factor-Label Method)......Page 66 A Checklist for Review......Page 70 Learning Objectives......Page 71 Self-Assessment and Review Questions......Page 72 Conceptual Problems......Page 73 Practice Problems......Page 74 General Problems......Page 77 Cumulative-Skills Problems......Page 80 2 Atoms, Molecules, and Ions......Page 82 2.1 Atomic Theory of Matter......Page 83 2.2 The Structure of the Atom......Page 85 2.3 Nuclear Structure; Isotopes......Page 88 2.4 Atomic Masses......Page 90 2.5 Periodic Table of the Elements......Page 92 A Chemist Looks at Thirty Seconds on the Island of Stability......Page 95 2.7 Organic Compounds......Page 100 2.8 Naming Simple Compounds......Page 101 Chemical Reactions: Equations......Page 111 2.10 Balancing Chemical Equations......Page 112 A Checklist for Review......Page 115 Learning Objectives......Page 116 Self-Assessment and Review Questions......Page 117 Concept Explorations......Page 118 Conceptual Problems......Page 119 Practice Problems......Page 120 General Problems......Page 124 Cumulative-Skills Problems......Page 125 3 Calculations with Chemical Formulas and Equations......Page 127 3.1 Molecular Mass and Formula Mass......Page 128 3.2 The Mole Concept......Page 130 3.3 Mass Percentages from the Formula......Page 13