Contents:

Part 1 The Basic Tools of Chemistry
Ch 1 Basic Concepts of Chemistry
Let’s Review: The Tools of Quantitative Chemistry
Ch 2 Atoms, Molecules, and Ions
Ch 3 Chemical Reactions
Ch 4 Stoichiometry: Quantitative Information about chemical
Reactions
Ch 5 Principles of Chemical Reactivity: Energy and Chemical
Reactions

Interchapter: The Chemistry of Fuels and Energy Resources

Part 2 The Structure of Atoms and Molecules
Ch 6 The Structure of Atoms
Ch 7 The Structure of Atoms and Periodic Trends

Interchapter: Milestones in the Development of Chemistry and the
Modern View of Atoms and Molecules

Ch 8 Bonding and Molecular Structure
Ch 9 Bonding and Molecular Structure: orbital Hybridization and
Molecular Orbitals
Ch10 Carbon: Not Just Another Element

Interchapter: The Chemistry of Life: Biochemistry

Part 3 States of Matter
Ch11 Gases and Their Properties
Ch12 Intermolecular Forces and Liquids
Ch13 The Chemistry of Solids
Ch14 Solutions and Their Behavior

Interchapter: The chemistry of Modern Materials

Part 4 The Control of Chemical Reactions
Ch15 Chemical Kinetics: The Rates of Chemical Reactions
Ch16 Principles of Chemical Reactivity: Equilibria
Ch17 Principles of Chemical Reactivity: The Chemistry of Acids
and Bases
Ch18 Principles of Chemical Reactivity: Other Aspects of
Aqueous Equilibria
Ch19 Principles of Chemical Reactivity: Entropy and Free Energy
Ch20 Principles of Chemical Reactivity: Electron Transfer
Reactions

Interchapter: The Chemistry of the Environment

Part 5 The Chemistry of the Elements and Their Compounds
Ch21 The Chemistry of the Main Group Elements
Ch22 The Chemistry of the Transition Elements
Ch23 Nuclear Chemistry

Appendices