General Chemistry 12th edition

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Darrell D. Ebbing, Steven D. Gammon, Christopher Koenigsmann, and Nancy Wu
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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  • Chapter 1: Chemistry and Measurement
    • 1: Math Review
    • 1: Digital Workbooks
    • 1: Concept Video Questions
    • 1: Multimedia Activities
    • 1: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 1: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 1: Concept Explorations
    • 1: Conceptual Problems
    • 1: Conservation of Mass
    • 1: Solids, Liquids, and Gases
    • 1: Chemical and Physical Changes; Properties of Substances
    • 1: Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures
    • 1: Significant Figures
    • 1: SI Units
    • 1: Temperature Conversion
    • 1: Density
    • 1: Unit Conversions
    • 1: General Problems
    • 1: Strategy Problems
    • 1: Capstone Problems

  • Chapter 2: Atoms, Molecules, and Ions
    • 2: Digital Workbooks
    • 2: Concept Video Questions
    • 2: Multimedia Activities
    • 2: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 2: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 2: Concept Explorations
    • 2: Conceptual Problems
    • 2: Elements and Symbols
    • 2: Electrons, Protons, and Neutrons
    • 2: Atomic Mass
    • 2: Periodic Table
    • 2: Molecular and Ionic Substances
    • 2: Chemical Nomenclature
    • 2: Chemical Equations
    • 2: General Problems
    • 2: Strategy Problems
    • 2: Capstone Problems

  • Chapter 3: Calculations with Chemical Formulas and Equations
    • 3: Math Review
    • 3: Digital Workbooks
    • 3: Concept Video Questions
    • 3: Multimedia Activities
    • 3: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 3: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 3: Concept Explorations
    • 3: Conceptual Problems
    • 3: Formula Masses and Mole Calculations
    • 3: Mass Percentage
    • 3: Stoichiometry: Quantitative Relations in Reactions
    • 3: Limiting Reactant; Theoretical and Percentage Yields
    • 3: General Problems
    • 3: Strategy Problems
    • 3: Capstone Problems

  • Chapter 4: Chemical Reactions
    • 4: Math Review
    • 4: Digital Workbooks
    • 4: Concept Video Questions
    • 4: Multimedia Activities
    • 4: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 4: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 4: Concept Explorations
    • 4: Conceptual Problems
    • 4: Solubility Rules
    • 4: Ionic Equations
    • 4: Precipitation
    • 4: Strong and Weak Acids and Bases
    • 4: Neutralization Reactions
    • 4: Reactions Evolving a Gas
    • 4: Oxidation Numbers
    • 4: Describing Oxidation–Reduction Reactions
    • 4: Balancing Oxidation–Reduction Reactions
    • 4: Molarity
    • 4: Gravimetric Analysis
    • 4: Volumetric Analysis
    • 4: General Problems
    • 4: Strategy Problems
    • 4: Capstone Problems

  • Chapter 5: The Gaseous State
    • 5: Math Review
    • 5: Digital Workbooks
    • 5: Concept Video Questions
    • 5: Multimedia Activities
    • 5: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 5: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 5: Concept Explorations
    • 5: Conceptual Problems
    • 5: Units of Pressure
    • 5: Empirical Gas Laws
    • 5: Ideal Gas Law
    • 5: Stoichiometry with Gas Volumes
    • 5: Gas Mixtures
    • 5: Molecular Speeds; Effusion
    • 5: van der Waals Equation
    • 5: General Problems
    • 5: Strategy Problems
    • 5: Capstone Problems

  • Chapter 6: Thermochemistry
    • 6: Math Review
    • 6: Digital Workbooks
    • 6: Concept Video Questions
    • 6: Multimedia Activities
    • 6: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 6: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 6: Concept Explorations
    • 6: Conceptual Problems
    • 6: Energy and Its Units
    • 6: First Law of Thermodynamics
    • 6: Heat of Reaction
    • 6: Thermochemical Equations
    • 6: Stoichiometry of Reaction Heats
    • 6: Heat Capacity and Calorimetry
    • 6: Hess's Law
    • 6: Standard Enthalpies of Formation
    • 6: General Problems
    • 6: Strategy Problems
    • 6: Capstone Problems

  • Chapter 7: Quantum Theory of the Atom
    • 7: Math Review
    • 7: Digital Workbooks
    • 7: Concept Video Questions
    • 7: Multimedia Activities
    • 7: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 7: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 7: Concept Explorations
    • 7: Conceptual Problems
    • 7: Electromagnetic Waves
    • 7: Photons
    • 7: Bohr Theory
    • 7: de Broglie Waves
    • 7: Atomic Orbitals
    • 7: General Problems
    • 7: Strategy Problems
    • 7: Capstone Problems

  • Chapter 8: Electron Configurations and Periodicity
    • 8: Digital Workbooks
    • 8: Concept Video Questions
    • 8: Multimedia Activities
    • 8: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 8: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 8: Concept Explorations
    • 8: Conceptual Problems
    • 8: Pauli Exclusion Principle
    • 8: Building-Up Principle and Hund's Rule
    • 8: Periodic Trends
    • 8: General Problems
    • 8: Strategy Problems
    • 8: Capstone Problems

  • Chapter 9: Ionic and Covalent Bonding
    • 9: Digital Workbooks
    • 9: Concept Video Questions
    • 9: Multimedia Activities
    • 9: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 9: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 9: Concept Explorations
    • 9: Conceptual Problems
    • 9: Ionic Bonding
    • 9: Ionic Radii
    • 9: Covalent Bonding
    • 9: Polar Covalent Bonds; Electronegativity
    • 9: Drawing Lewis Structures
    • 9: Resonance
    • 9: Exceptions to the Octet Rule
    • 9: Formal Charge
    • 9: Bond Length, Bond Order, and Bond Enthalpy
    • 9: General Problems
    • 9: Strategy Problems
    • 9: Capstone Problems

  • Chapter 10: Molecular Geometry and Chemical Bonding Theory
    • 10: Digital Workbooks
    • 10: Concept Video Questions
    • 10: Multimedia Activities
    • 10: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 10: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 10: Concept Explorations
    • 10: Conceptual Problems
    • 10: The VSEPR Model
    • 10: Dipole Moment and Molecular Geometry
    • 10: Valence Bond Theory
    • 10: Molecular Orbital Theory
    • 10: General Problems
    • 10: Strategy Problems
    • 10: Capstone Problems

  • Chapter 11: States of Matter; Liquids and Solids
    • 11: Math Review
    • 11: Digital Workbooks
    • 11: Concept Video Questions
    • 11: Multimedia Activities
    • 11: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 11: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 11: Concept Explorations
    • 11: Conceptual Problems
    • 11: Phase Transitions
    • 11: Phase Diagrams
    • 11: Intermolecular Forces and Properties of Liquids
    • 11: Types of Solids
    • 11: Crystal Structure
    • 11: General Problems
    • 11: Strategy Problems
    • 11: Capstone Problems

  • Chapter 12: Solutions
    • 12: Math Review
    • 12: Digital Workbooks
    • 12: Concept Video Questions
    • 12: Multimedia Activities
    • 12: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 12: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 12: Concept Explorations
    • 12: Conceptual Problems
    • 12: Types of Solutions
    • 12: Solubility
    • 12: Solution Concentration
    • 12: Colligative Properties
    • 12: Colloids
    • 12: General Problems
    • 12: Strategy Problems
    • 12: Capstone Problems

  • Chapter 13: Rates of Reaction
    • 13: Math Review
    • 13: Digital Workbooks
    • 13: Concept Video Questions
    • 13: Multimedia Activities
    • 13: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 13: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 13: Concept Explorations
    • 13: Conceptual Problems
    • 13: Reaction Rates
    • 13: Rate Laws
    • 13: Integrated Rate Laws (Change of Concentration with Time); Half-Life
    • 13: Rate and Temperature
    • 13: Reaction Mechanisms; Catalysis
    • 13: General Problems
    • 13: Strategy Problems
    • 13: Capstone Problems

  • Chapter 14: Chemical Equilibrium
    • 14: Math Review
    • 14: Digital Workbooks
    • 14: Concept Video Questions
    • 14: Multimedia Activities
    • 14: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 14: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 14: Concept Explorations
    • 14: Conceptual Problems
    • 14: Reaction Stoichiometry
    • 14: The Equilibrium Constant and Its Evaluation
    • 14: Using the Equilibrium Constant
    • 14: Le Châtelier's Principle
    • 14: General Problems
    • 14: Strategy Problems
    • 14: Capstone Problems

  • Chapter 15: Acids and Bases
    • 15: Math Review
    • 15: Digital Workbooks
    • 15: Concept Video Questions
    • 15: Multimedia Activities
    • 15: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 15: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 15: Concept Explorations
    • 15: Conceptual Problems
    • 15: Brønsted–Lowry Concept
    • 15: Lewis Acid–Base Concept
    • 15: Acid and Base Strengths
    • 15: Solutions of a Strong Acid or Base
    • 15: Calculations Involving pH
    • 15: General Problems
    • 15: Strategy Problems
    • 15: Capstone Problems

  • Chapter 16: Acid–Base Equilibria
    • 16: Math Review
    • 16: Digital Workbooks
    • 16: Concept Video Questions
    • 16: Multimedia Activities
    • 16: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 16: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 16: Concept Explorations
    • 16: Conceptual Problems
    • 16: Acid Ionization
    • 16: Base Ionization
    • 16: Acid–Base Properties of Salt Solutions; Hydrolysis
    • 16: Common-Ion Effect
    • 16: Buffers
    • 16: Titration Curves
    • 16: General Problems
    • 16: Strategy Problems
    • 16: Capstone Problems

  • Chapter 17: Solubility and Complex-Ion Equilibria
    • 17: Digital Workbooks
    • 17: Concept Video Questions
    • 17: Multimedia Activities
    • 17: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 17: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 17: Concept Explorations
    • 17: Conceptual Problems
    • 17: Solubility and Ksp
    • 17: Common-Ion Effect
    • 17: Precipitation
    • 17: Effect of pH on Solubility
    • 17: Complex Ions
    • 17: General Problems
    • 17: Strategy Problems
    • 17: Capstone Problems

  • Chapter 18: Thermodynamics and Equilibrium
    • 18: Math Review
    • 18: Digital Workbooks
    • 18: Concept Video Questions
    • 18: Multimedia Activities
    • 18: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 18: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 18: Concept Explorations
    • 18: Conceptual Problems
    • 18: Entropy Changes
    • 18: Gibbs Energy Change and Spontaneity
    • 18: Maximum Work
    • 18: Gibbs Energy and Temperature Change
    • 18: General Problems
    • 18: Strategy Problems
    • 18: Capstone Problems

  • Chapter 19: Electrochemistry
    • 19: Math Review
    • 19: Digital Workbooks
    • 19: Concept Video Questions
    • 19: Multimedia Activities
    • 19: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 19: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 19: Concept Explorations
    • 19: Conceptual Problems
    • 19: Balancing Oxidation–Reduction Equations
    • 19: Electrochemical Cells
    • 19: Voltaic Cell Notation
    • 19: Electrode Potentials and Cell Potentials
    • 19: Relationship Between Cell Potential, Spontaneity, and the Equilibrium Constant
    • 19: Nernst Equation
    • 19: Electrolysis
    • 19: General Problems
    • 19: Strategy Problems
    • 19: Capstone Problems

  • Chapter 20: Nuclear Chemistry
    • 20: Digital Workbooks
    • 20: Concept Video Questions
    • 20: Multimedia Activities
    • 20: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 20: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 20: Conceptual Problems
    • 20: Radioactivity
    • 20: Nuclear Bombardment Reactions
    • 20: Rate of Radioactive Decay
    • 20: Mass–Energy Equivalence
    • 20: General Problems
    • 20: Strategy Problems
    • 20: Capstone Problems

  • Chapter 21: Chemistry of the Main-Group Elements
    • 21: Digital Workbooks
    • 21: Concept Video Questions
    • 21: Multimedia Activities
    • 21: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 21: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 21: Conceptual Problems
    • 21: Metallurgy
    • 21: Bonding in Metals
    • 21: Group 1A: The Alkali Metals
    • 21: Group 2A: The Alkaline Earth Metals
    • 21: Group 3A and Group 4A Metals
    • 21: Bonding in Nonmetals
    • 21: Hydrogen
    • 21: Group 4A: The Carbon Family
    • 21: Group 5A: Nitrogen and the Phosphorus Family
    • 21: Group 6A: Oxygen and the Sulfur Family
    • 21: Group 7A: The Halogens
    • 21: Group 8A: The Noble Gases
    • 21: General Problems
    • 21: Strategy Problems

  • Chapter 22: The Transition Elements and Coordination Compounds
    • 22: Digital Workbooks
    • 22: Concept Video Questions
    • 22: Multimedia Activities
    • 22: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 22: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 22: Conceptual Problems
    • 22: Properties of the Transition Elements
    • 22: Structural Formulas and Naming of Complexes
    • 22: Isomerism
    • 22: Crystal Field Theory
    • 22: Color
    • 22: General Problems
    • 22: Strategy Problems

  • Chapter 23: Organic Chemistry
    • 23: Digital Workbooks
    • 23: Concept Video Questions
    • 23: Multimedia Activities
    • 23: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 23: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 23: Conceptual Problems
    • 23: Condensed Structural Formulas
    • 23: Geometric Isomers
    • 23: Reactions of Hydrocarbons
    • 23: Naming Hydrocarbons
    • 23: Naming Oxygen-Containing Organic Compounds
    • 23: Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen
    • 23: General Problems
    • 23: Strategy Problems

  • Chapter 24: Polymer Materials: Synthetic and Biological
    • 24: Digital Workbooks
    • 24: Concept Video Questions
    • 24: Multimedia Activities
    • 24: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 24: Self-Assessment and Review Questions
    • 24: Conceptual Problems
    • 24: Synthetic Polymers
    • 24: Conducting Polymers
    • 24: Amino Acids and Primary Structure
    • 24: Nucleotides and Polynucleotides
    • 24: DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesis
    • 24: General Problems
    • 24: Strategy Problems

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Chapter 5: The Gaseous State
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Chapter 6: Thermochemistry
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Chapter 8: Electron Configurations and Periodicity
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