Author Description

Matter, measurement, and problem solving -- Atoms and elements -- Molecules, compounds, and chemical equations -- Chemical quantities and aqueous reactions -- Gases -- Thermochemistry -- The quantum-mechanical model of the atom -- Periodic properties of the elements -- Chemical bonding I: the Lewis theory -- Chemical bonding II: molecular shapes, valence bond theory, and molecular orbital theory -- Liquids, solids, and intermolecular forces -- Solutions -- Chemical kinetics -- Chemical equilibrium -- Acids and bases -- Aqueous ionic equilibrium -- Free energy and thermodynamics -- Electrochemistry -- Radioactivity and nuclear chemistry -- Organic chemistry -- Biochemistry -- Chemistry of the nonmetals -- Metals and metallurgy -- Transition metals and coordination compounds.