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  • Chapter 0: The Basics of Chemistry
    • 0.0: Introduction to Chemistry
    • 0.1: Matter, Force, and Energy
    • 0.2: Atoms, Isotopes, and the Periodic Table
    • 0.3: Molecular and Ionic Compounds
    • 0.4: Chemical Nomenclature
    • 0.5: Converting Between Mass and Moles
    • 0.6: Determination of Empirical and Molecular Formulas
    • 0.7: Solutions
    • 0.8: Writing and Balancing Chemical Equations
    • 0.9: Chemical Reactions in Aqueous Solution
    • 0.10: Acids, Bases, and Neutralization
    • 0.11: Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
    • 0.12: Stoichiometry
    • 0.13: Limiting and Excess Reagents
    • 0: Concept Mastery
    • 0: Exercises
    • 0: Stand Alone Tutorials

  • Chapter 1: Atoms
    • 1.1: Development of the Nuclear Atom Model
    • 1.2: Light
    • 1.3: Line Spectra
    • 1.4: Radiation and Photons
    • 1.5: The Wave and Particle Nature of Matter
    • 1.6: The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
    • 1.7: Wave Functions and Quantized Energy
    • 1: Concept Master
    • 1: Exercises
    • 1: Stand Alone Tutorials
    • 0.10: Acids, Bases, and Neutralization
    • 0.11: Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
    • 0.12: Stoichiometry
    • 0.13: Limiting and Excess Reagents
    • 0: Concept Mastery
    • 0: Exercises

  • Chapter 2: Quantum Mechanics
    • 2.1: The Principal Quantum Number
    • 2.2: Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Orbitals
    • 2.3: The Spin Magnetic Quantum Number
    • 2.4: Hydrogen Atom Electron
    • 2.5: Effect of Penetration and Shielding on Orbital Energies
    • 2.6: The Pauli Exclusion Principle and Hund's Rule
    • 2.7: The Periodic Table
    • 2.8: Periodic Trends of Atomic Radii
    • 2.9: Periodic Trends of Ionic Radii
    • 2.10: Periodic Trends of Ionization Energies
    • 2.11: Periodic Trends of Electron Affinities
    • 2.12: The Inert-Pair Effect
    • 2.13: Diagonal Trends
    • 2.14: Characteristics of Metals, Nonmetals, and Metalloids
    • 2: Concept Mastery
    • 2: Exercises
    • 2: Stand Alone Tutorials

  • Chapter 3: Covalent and Ionic Bonding
    • 3.1: Common Ions
    • 3.2: Lewis Dot Symbols
    • 3.3: Energy of Forming Ionic Bonds
    • 3.4: The Energetics of Ionic Solids
    • 3.5: Lewis Structures and the Octet Rule
    • 3.6: Drawing Polyatomic Lewis Structures
    • 3.7: Resonance Structures
    • 3.8: Formal Charge
    • 3.9: Radicals and Biradicals
    • 3.10: Expanded Octets
    • 3.11: Boron and Aluminum Compounds with Unusual Structures
    • 3.12: Electronegativity
    • 3.13: Polarizability
    • 3.14: Bond Dissociation Energies
    • 3.15: Trends in Bond Strength
    • 3.16: Bond Lengths
    • 3: Concept Mastery
    • 3: Exercises
    • 3: Stand Alone Tutorials

  • Chapter 4: Molecular Geometry, Hybridization, and Bonding
    • 4.1: VSEPR Theory
    • 4.2: Predicting the Geometry of Molecules with Lone Pairs on the Central Atom
    • 4.3: Polar Diatomic and Polyatomic Molecules
    • 4.4: Orbital Overlap
    • 4.5: Promotion of Electrons and Hybrid Orbitals
    • 4.6: Other Hybridization Schemes
    • 4.7: Properties of Multiple Bonds
    • 4.8: Shortcomings of Lewis's Theory
    • 4.9: Molecular Orbital Theory
    • 4.10: Electron Configurations and Bond Order of Diatomic Molecules
    • 4.11: Molecular Orbital Diagrams of Heteronuclear Diatomic Molecules
    • 4.12: Molecular Orbital Theory of Polyatomic Molecules
    • 4: Concept Mastery
    • 4: Exercises
    • 4: Stand Alone Tutorials
    • 3.16: Bond Lengths
    • 3: Concept Mastery
    • 3: Exercises

  • Chapter 5: Gases
    • 5.1: Simple Observations of Gases
    • 5.2: Gas Pressure
    • 5.3: Units of Pressure
    • 5.4: Development of the Ideal Gas Law
    • 5.5: Using the Ideal Gas Law
    • 5.6: Molar Concentration and Density of a Gas
    • 5.7: Gas Stoichiometry
    • 5.8: Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures
    • 5.9: Diffusion and Effusion
    • 5.10: The Kinetic Molecular Theory
    • 5.11: The Maxwell Distribution
    • 5.12: Real Gases
    • 5.13: The Joule-Thomson Effect
    • 5.14: Equations for Real Gases
    • 5: Concept Mastery
    • 5: Exercises
    • 5: Stand Alone Tutorials

  • Chapter 6: Liquids and Solids
    • 6.1: Intermolecular Interactions
    • 6.2: Ion-Dipole Interactions
    • 6.3: Dipole-Dipole Interactions
    • 6.4: London Dispersion Forces
    • 6.5: Hydrogen Bonding
    • 6.6: Intermolecular Repulsions
    • 6.7: Ordering of Liquids
    • 6.8: Viscosity, Surface Tension, and Capillary Action
    • 6.9: Types of Solids
    • 6.10: Characteristics of Molecular Solids
    • 6.11: Characteristics of Network Solids
    • 6.12: Characteristics of Metallic Solids
    • 6.13: Unit Cells
    • 6.14: Ionic Structures and the Radius Ratio
    • 6.15: Classification of Liquid Crystals
    • 6.16: Characteristics of Ionic Liquids
    • 6: Concept Mastery
    • 6: Exercises
    • 6: Stand Alone Tutorials

  • Chapter 7: Materials Science
    • 7.1: Characteristics of Metals
    • 7.2: Properties of Alloys
    • 7.3: Steel
    • 7.4: Nonferrous Alloys
    • 7.5: Properties of Diamond and Graphite
    • 7.6: Forms of Calcium Carbonate
    • 7.7: Silicates
    • 7.8: Cement
    • 7.9: Borides, Carbides, and Nitrides
    • 7.10: Types of Glass
    • 7.11: Ceramics
    • 7.12: Bonding in Solids
    • 7.13: Types of Semiconductors
    • 7.14: Properties of Superconductors
    • 7.15: Luminescence
    • 7.16: Magnetism
    • 7.17: Composite Materials
    • 7.18: Nanomaterials
    • 7.19: Nanotubes
    • 7.20: Synthesis of Nanomaterials
    • 7: Concept Mastery
    • 7: Exercises
    • 7: Stand Alone Tutorials

  • Chapter 8: The First Law of Thermodynamics
    • 8.1: Systems and Surroundings
    • 8.2: Work and Internal Energy
    • 8.3: Expansion and Nonexpansion Work
    • 8.4: Heat
    • 8.5: Heat Capacity and Calorimetry
    • 8.6: The First Law of Thermodynamics
    • 8.7: The Origins of Internal Energy
    • 8.8: Changes in Enthalpy
    • 8.9: Heat Capacities at Constant Volume and Constant Pressure
    • 8.10: The Origins of Heat Capacities of Gases
    • 8.11: Enthalpy of Phase Transitions
    • 8.12: Heating Curves
    • 8.13: Thermochemical Equations
    • 8.14: Enthalpy Change and Internal Energy Change
    • 8.15: Standard Reaction Enthalpies
    • 8.16: Hess's Law
    • 8.17: Standard Enthalpies of Formation
    • 8.18: Lattice Enthalpy
    • 8.19: Mean Bond Enthalpy
    • 8.20: Effect of Temperature on Reaction Enthalpy
    • 8.21: Heat Absorbed or Released by a Reaction
    • 8: Concept Mastery
    • 8: Exercises
    • 8: Stand Alone Tutorials

  • Chapter 9: The Second and Third Laws of Thermodynamics
    • 9.1: Spontaneous Processes
    • 9.2: Entropy
    • 9.3: Effects of Temperature and Volume on Entropy
    • 9.4: Entropy of Phase Transitions
    • 9.5: Entropy on the Molecular Level
    • 9.6: The Relation Between Statistical Entropy and the Thermodynamic Entropy
    • 9.7: Standard Molar Entropies
    • 9.8: Standard Reaction Entropies
    • 9.9: Entropy Changes of Surroundings
    • 9.10: Total Changes in Entropy
    • 9.11: Types of Equilibrium
    • 9.12: Predicting Spontaneity
    • 9.13: Gibbs Free Energy of Formation and Reaction
    • 9.14: Relation Between Gibbs Free Energy and Nonexpansion Work
    • 9.15: Effect of Temperature on Gibbs Free Energy
    • 9.16: Coupling of Spontaneous and Nonspontaneous Reactions in Biological Systems
    • 9: Concept Mastery
    • 9: Exercises
    • 9: Stand Alone Tutorials
    • 8.20: Effect of Temperature on Reaction Enthalpy
    • 8.21: Heat Absorbed or Released by a Reaction
    • 8: Concept Mastery
    • 8: Exercises

  • Chapter 10: Solution Chemistry
    • 10.1: Vapor Pressure
    • 10.2: Effect of Intermolecular Forces on Volatility
    • 10.3: Effect of Temperature on Vapor Pressure of a Liquid
    • 10.4: Boiling and Normal Boiling Points
    • 10.5: Normal Freezing and Melting Points
    • 10.6: Phase Diagrams
    • 10.7: The Critical Point
    • 10.8: Molar Solubility and Saturated Solutions
    • 10.9: General Rule for Selecting Solvents
    • 10.10: Henry's Law
    • 10.11: Effect of Temperature on the Rate of Dissolving
    • 10.12: The Enthalpy of Solution
    • 10.13: The Gibbs Free Energy of Dissolving
    • 10.14: Concentration Units
    • 10.15: Effect of a Nonvolatile Solute on the Vapor Pressure of a Solvent
    • 10.16: Boiling-Point Elevation and Freezing-Point Depression
    • 10.17: Osmometry
    • 10.18: The Vapor Pressure of a Binary Liquid Mixture
    • 10.19: Fractional Distillation
    • 10.20: Azeotropes
    • 10.21: Classification of Colloids
    • 10.22: Bio-based and Biomimetic Materials
    • 10: Concept Mastery
    • 10: Exercises
    • 10: Stand Alone Tutorials

  • Chapter 11: Equilibrium
    • 11.1: Reversible Reactions
    • 11.2: The Equilibrium Constant
    • 11.3: The Reaction Quotient
    • 11.4: Determining the Completion of a Reaction
    • 11.5: Using the Reaction Quotient and Constant to Determine the Direction of the Reaction
    • 11.6: Gas Phase Equilibria Expressed in Terms of Molar Concentrations
    • 11.7: Alternative Equilibrium Constants for the Same Reaction
    • 11.8: Solving Equilibrium Problems
    • 11.9: Effect of Adding or Removing Reagents on Equilibrium
    • 11.10: Effect of Compression of a Reaction Mixture on Equilibrium
    • 11.11: Effect of Temperature on Equilibrium
    • 11.12: Catalysts
    • 11.13: Homeostasis
    • 11: Concept Mastery
    • 11: Exercises
    • 11: Stand Alone Tutorials
    • 10.17: Osmometry
    • 10.18: The Vapor Pressure of a Binary Liquid Mixture
    • 10.19: Fractional Distillation
    • 10.20: Azeotropes
    • 10.21: Classification of Colloids
    • 10.22: Bio-based and Biomimetic Materials
    • 10: Concept Mastery
    • 10: Exercises

  • Chapter 12: Acids and Bases
    • 12.1: BrønstedÐLowry Acids and Bases
    • 12.2: Lewis Acids and Bases
    • 12.3: Acidic, Basic, and Amphoteric Oxides
    • 12.4: Autoionization of Water
    • 12.5: pH
    • 12.6: pOH
    • 12.7: Acid and Base Dissociation Constants
    • 12.8: Conjugate Acid-Base Pairs
    • 12.9: Strength of Binary Acids
    • 12.10: The Strengths of Oxoacids and Carboxylic Acids
    • 12.11: Weak Acids
    • 12.12: Weak Bases
    • 12.13: Acidic and Basic Salt Solutions
    • 12.14: Polyprotic Acids
    • 12.15: Salts of Polyprotic Acids
    • 12.16: The Concentrations of Solute Species in a Polyprotic Acid Solution
    • 12.17: Effect of pH on Fractional Composition
    • 12.18: Strong Acid Solutions Where Water Contributes to the Concentration of H+
    • 12.19: Weak Acid Solutions Where Water Contributes to the Concentration of H+
    • 12: Concept Mastery
    • 12: Exercises
    • 12: Stand Alone Tutorials

  • Chapter 13: Aqueous Equilibria
    • 13.1: Buffers
    • 13.2: Calculating the pH of a Buffered Solution
    • 13.3: Determining the Capacity of a Buffer
    • 13.4: Strong AcidÐStrong Base Titrations and Curves
    • 13.5: Strong AcidÐWeak Base and Weak AcidÐStrong Base Titrations and Curves
    • 13.6: Acid-Base Indicators
    • 13.7: Polyprotic Acid Titrations
    • 13.8: The Solubility Product Constant
    • 13.9: The Common-Ion Effect
    • 13.10: Predicting Precipitation
    • 13.11: Separating Ions with Precipitation
    • 13.12: Factors that Affect Solubility
    • 13.13: Complex Ion Equilibria
    • 13.14: Qualitative Analysis of Ions Present in Aqueous Solutions
    • 13: Concept Mastery
    • 13: Exercises
    • 13: Stand Alone Tutorials
    • 12.18: Strong Acid Solutions Where Water Contributes to the Concentration of H+
    • 12.19: Weak Acid Solutions Where Water Contributes to the Concentration of H+
    • 12: Concept Mastery
    • 12: Exercises

  • Chapter 14: Electrochemistry
    • 14.1: Oxidation and Reduction Half-Reactions
    • 14.2: Balancing Redox Reactions in Acidic and Basic Solutions
    • 14.3: Voltaic Cells
    • 14.4: Relation Between Cell Potential and Reaction Gibbs Free Energy
    • 14.5: Cell Diagrams
    • 14.6: Standard Electrode Potentials
    • 14.7: Activity Series
    • 14.8: Relation Between Standard Electrode Potentials and Equilibrium Constants
    • 14.9: Concentration Cells
    • 14.10: Ion-Selective Electrodes
    • 14.11: Electrolytic Cells
    • 14.12: The Results of Electrolysis
    • 14.13: Industrial Uses for Electrolysis
    • 14.14: Corrosion
    • 14.15: Batteries
    • 14: Concept Mastery
    • 14: Exercises
    • 14: Stand Alone Tutorials

  • Chapter 15: Kinetics
    • 15.1: Reaction Rates
    • 15.2: Instantaneous Reaction Rates
    • 15.3: Rate Laws, Rate Constants, and Reaction Orders
    • 15.4: Integrated Rate Laws for First-Order Reactions
    • 15.5: Half-Lives for First-Order Reactions
    • 15.6: Integrated Rate Laws for Second-Order Reactions
    • 15.7: Elementary Reactions and Their Molecularity
    • 15.8: The Rate Laws of Elementary Reactions
    • 15.9: Chain Reactions
    • 15.1: Relation Between Rate Constants of Elementary Reactions and Overall Equilibrium Constant
    • 15.11: Effect of Temperature on Reaction Rate
    • 15.12: Collision Theory of Gas-Phase Reactions
    • 15.13: Transition State Theory
    • 15.14: Catalysts
    • 15.15: Industrial Applications of Catalysts
    • 15.16: Enzymes
    • 15: Concept Mastery
    • 15: Exercises
    • 15: Stand Alone Tutorials

  • Chapter 16: Main Group Elements
    • 16.1: Periodic Trends of Atomic Properties
    • 16.2: Periodic Trends in Bonding
    • 16.3: Hydrogen Chemistry
    • 16.4: Compounds and Properties of Hydrogen
    • 16.5: The Alkali Metals in Group 1
    • 16.6: Compounds and Properties of Lithium, Sodium, and Potassium
    • 16.7: The Alkaline Earth Metals in Group 2
    • 16.8: Compounds and Properties of Beryllium, Magnesium, and Calcium
    • 16.9: The Boron Family in Group 13
    • 16.10: Oxides and Halides of Boron and Aluminum
    • 16.11: Boranes and Borohydrides
    • 16.12: The Carbon Family in Group 14
    • 16.13: Oxides of Carbon and Silicon
    • 16.14: Other Important Carbon and Silicon Compounds
    • 16.15: The Nitrogen Family in Group 15
    • 16.16: Compounds of Group 15 Elements with Hydrogen and the Halogens
    • 16.17: The Oxides and Oxoacids of Nitrogen
    • 16.18: The Oxides and Oxoacids of Phosphorus
    • 16.19: The Oxygen Family in Group 16
    • 16.20: Compounds of Group 16 Elements with Hydrogen and the Halogens
    • 16.21: The Oxides and Oxoacids of Sulfur
    • 16.22: The Halogens in Group 17
    • 16.23: Compounds and Properties of the Halogens
    • 16.24: The Noble Gases in Group 18
    • 16.25: Compounds and Properties of the Noble Gases
    • 16: Concept Mastery
    • 16: Exercises
    • 16: Stand Alone Tutorials

  • Chapter 17: Transition Metals
    • 17.1: Periodic Trends of Physical Properties
    • 17.2: Periodic Trends of Chemical Properties
    • 17.3: Physical Properties of the Elements from Scandium Through Nickel
    • 17.4: The Elements in Groups 11 and 12
    • 17.5: Coordination Chemistry
    • 17.6: Geometry of Coordination Complexes
    • 17.7: Classification of Isomers
    • 17.8: Crystal Field Theory
    • 17.9: The Spectrochemical Series
    • 17.10: Beer's Law
    • 17.11: Predicting Magnetic Properties of Complexes
    • 17.12: Ligand Field Theory
    • 17: Concept Mastery
    • 17: Exercises
    • 17: Stand Alone Tutorials
    • 16.16: Compounds of Group 15 Elements with Hydrogen and the Halogens
    • 16.17: The Oxides and Oxoacids of Nitrogen
    • 16.18: The Oxides and Oxoacids of Phosphorus
    • 16.19: The Oxygen Family in Group 16
    • 16.20: Compounds of Group 16 Elements with Hydrogen and the Halogens
    • 16.21: The Oxides and Oxoacids of Sulfur
    • 16.22: The Halogens in Group 17
    • 16.23: Compounds and Properties of the Halogens
    • 16.24: The Noble Gases in Group 18
    • 16.25: Compounds and Properties of the Noble Gases
    • 16: Concept Mastery
    • 16: Exercises

  • Chapter 18: Nuclear Chemistry
    • 18.1: Radioactivity
    • 18.2: Writing Nuclear Equations
    • 18.3: Nuclear Stability
    • 18.4: Predicting the Mode of Radioactive Decay
    • 18.5: Nucleosynthesis and Transmutation
    • 18.6: Effects of Radiation
    • 18.7: Measuring Radioactive Decay
    • 18.8: Applications of Radioisotopes
    • 18.9: Nuclear Binding Energy
    • 18.10: Nuclear Fission
    • 18.11: Nuclear Fusion
    • 18.12: Nuclear Power
    • 18: Concept Mastery
    • 18: Exercises
    • 18: Stand Alone Tutorials

  • Chapter 19: Hydrocarbons
    • 19.1: Aliphatic Hydrocarbons
    • 19.2: Isomerism
    • 19.3: Alkanes
    • 19.4: Alkane Substitution
    • 19.5: Alkenes
    • 19.6: Alkene Addition Reactions
    • 19.7: Nomenclature of Aromatic Hydrocarbons
    • 19.8: Arene Substitution Reactions
    • 19.9: Petroleum: A Major Source of Aliphatic and Aromatic Hydrocarbons
    • 19.10: Coal: A Major Source of Aromatic Hydrocarbons
    • 19: Concept Mastery
    • 19: Exercises
    • 19: Stand Alone Tutorials
    • 18: Exercises

  • Chapter 20: Polymers and Biological Compounds
    • 20.1: Preparation and Properties of Alkyl Halides
    • 20.2: Nomenclature and Preparation of Alcohols
    • 20.3: Properties of Ethers
    • 20.4: Properties and Preparation of Phenols
    • 20.5: Properties and Nomenclature of Aldehydes and Ketones
    • 20.6: Preparation and Nomenclature of Carboxylic Acids
    • 20.7: Preparation and Properties of Esters
    • 20.8: Nomenclature and Preparation of Amines, Amino Acids, and Amides
    • 20.9: Addition Polymers
    • 20.10: Condensation Polymers
    • 20.11: Copolymers
    • 20.12: Physical Properties of Polymers
    • 20.13: Proteins and Amino Acids
    • 20.14: Carbohydrates
    • 20.15: Nucleic Acids
    • 20: Concept Mastery
    • 20: Exercises
    • 20: Stand Alone Tutorials

  • Chapter FE: Final Exam Questions
    • FE: Final Exam Questions
    • FE: Stand Alone Tutorials
    • 20.3: Properties of Ethers
    • 20.4: Properties and Preparation of Phenols
    • 20.5: Properties and Nomenclature of Aldehydes and Ketones
    • 20.6: Preparation and Nomenclature of Carboxylic Acids
    • 20.7: Preparation and Properties of Esters
    • 20.8: Nomenclature and Preparation of Amines, Amino Acids, and Amides
    • 20.9: Addition Polymers
    • 20.10: Condensation Polymers
    • 20.11: Copolymers
    • 20.12: Physical Properties of Polymers
    • 20.13: Proteins and Amino Acids
    • 20.14: Carbohydrates
    • 20.15: Nucleic Acids
    • 20: Concept Mastery
    • 20: Exercises

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