Chemical Principles 9th edition

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Steven S. Zumdahl and Donald J. DeCoste
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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  • Chapter 1: Chemists and Chemistry
    • 1: Digital Workbooks
    • 1: Multimedia Activities
    • 1: Thinking Like a Chemist
    • 1: A Real-World Chemistry Problem
    • 1: The Scientific Method
    • 1: Industrial Chemistry
    • 1: Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC): Real-World Chemistry
    • 1: Chemwork Tutorials
    • 1: Skill-Building Activities
    • 1: Extra Problems
    • 1: WebAssign Answer Entry Tutorials

  • Chapter 2: Atoms, Molecules, and Ions
    • 2: Digital Workbooks
    • 2: Concept Videos
    • 2: Multimedia Activities
    • 2: Discussion Questions
    • 2: Development of the Atomic Theory
    • 2: The Nature of the Atom
    • 2: Elements, Ions, and the Periodic Table
    • 2: Nomenclature
    • 2: Additional Exercises
    • 2: Chemwork Problems
    • 2: Challenge Problems
    • 2: Marathon Problem
    • 2: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 2: Extra Problems
    • 2: WebAssign Answer Entry Tutorials

  • Chapter 3: Stoichiometry
    • 3: Digital Workbooks
    • 3: Concept Videos
    • 3: Multimedia Activities
    • 3: Discussion Questions
    • 3: Atomic Masses and the Mass Spectrometer
    • 3: Moles and Molar Masses
    • 3: Percent Composition
    • 3: Empirical and Molecular Formulas
    • 3: Balancing Chemical Equations
    • 3: Reaction Stoichiometry
    • 3: Limiting Reactants and Percent Yield
    • 3: Additional Exercises
    • 3: Chemwork Problems
    • 3: Challenge Problems
    • 3: Marathon Problems
    • 3: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 3: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 4: Types of Chemical Reactions and Solution Stoichiometry
    • 4: Concept Videos
    • 4: Multimedia Activities
    • 4: Discussion Questions
    • 4: Aqueous Solutions: Strong and Weak Electrolytes
    • 4: Solution Concentration: Molarity
    • 4: Precipitation Reactions
    • 4: Acid–Base Reactions
    • 4: Oxidation–Reduction Reactions
    • 4: Additional Exercises
    • 4: Chemwork Problems
    • 4: Challenge Problems
    • 4: Marathon Problems
    • 4: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 4: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 5: Gases
    • 5: Digital Workbooks
    • 5: Concept Videos
    • 5: Multimedia Activities
    • 5: Discussion Questions
    • 5: Pressure
    • 5: Gas Laws
    • 5: Gas Density, Molar Mass, and Reaction Stoichiometry
    • 5: Kinetic Molecular Theory and Real Gases
    • 5: Atmosphere Chemistry
    • 5: Additional Exercises
    • 5: Chemwork Problems
    • 5: Challenge Problems
    • 5: Marathon Problems
    • 5: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 5: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 6: Chemical Equilibrium
    • 6: Multimedia Activities
    • 6: Discussion Questions
    • 6: Characteristics of Chemical Equilibrium
    • 6: The Equilibrium Constant
    • 6: Equilibrium Calculations
    • 6: Le Châtelier's Principle
    • 6: Additional Exercises
    • 6: Chemwork Problems
    • 6: Challenge Problems
    • 6: Marathon Problems
    • 6: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 6: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 7: Acids and Bases
    • 7: Multimedia Activities
    • 7: Discussion Questions
    • 7: Nature of Acids and Bases
    • 7: Autoionization of Water and pH Scale
    • 7: Solutions of Acids
    • 7: Solutions of Bases
    • 7: Polyprotic Acids
    • 7: Acid–Base Properties of Salts
    • 7: Solutions of Dilute Acids and Bases
    • 7: Additional Exercises
    • 7: Chemwork Problems
    • 7: Challenge Problems
    • 7: Marathon Problems
    • 7: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 7: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 8: Applications of Aqueous Equilibria
    • 8: Multimedia Activities
    • 8: Discussion Questions
    • 8: Buffers
    • 8: Acid–Base Titrations
    • 8: Indicators
    • 8: Polyprotic Acid Titrations
    • 8: Solubility Equilibria
    • 8: Complex Ion Equilibria
    • 8: Additional Exercises
    • 8: Chemwork Problems
    • 8: Challenge Problems
    • 8: Marathon Problems
    • 8: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 8: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 9: Energy, Enthalpy, and Thermochemistry
    • 9: Digital Workbooks
    • 9: Concept Videos
    • 9: Multimedia Activities
    • 9: Discussion Questions
    • 9: The Nature of Energy
    • 9: Properties of Enthalpy
    • 9: The Thermodynamics of Ideal Gases
    • 9: Calorimetry and Heat Capacity
    • 9: Hess's Law
    • 9: Standard Enthalpies of Formation
    • 9: Energy Consumption and Sources
    • 9: Additional Exercises
    • 9: Chemwork Problems
    • 9: Challenge Problems
    • 9: Marathon Problems
    • 9: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 9: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 10: Spontaneity, Entropy, and Free Energy
    • 10: Multimedia Activities
    • 10: Discussion Questions
    • 10: Spontaneity and Entropy
    • 10: Energy, Enthalpy, and Entropy Changes Involving Ideal Gases and Physical Changes
    • 10: Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Free Energy
    • 10: Free Energy and Chemical Reactions
    • 10: Free Energy: Pressure Dependence and Equilibrium
    • 10: Adiabatic Processes
    • 10: Additional Exercises
    • 10: Chemwork Problems
    • 10: Challenge Problems
    • 10: Marathon Problems
    • 10: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 10: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 11: Electrochemistry
    • 11: Multimedia Activities
    • 11: Discussion Questions
    • 11: Galvanic Cells, Cell Potentials, and Standard Reduction Potentials
    • 11: Cell Potential, Free Energy, and Equilibrium
    • 11: Galvanic Cells: Concentration Dependence
    • 11: Electrolysis
    • 11: Additional Exercises
    • 11: Chemwork Problems
    • 11: Challenge Problems
    • 11: Marathon Problems
    • 11: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 11: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 12: Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Theory
    • 12: Digital Workbooks
    • 12: Concept Videos
    • 12: Multimedia Activities
    • 12: Discussion Questions
    • 12: Light and Matter
    • 12: Hydrogen Atom: The Bohr Model
    • 12: Wave Mechanics and Particle in a Box
    • 12: Orbitals and Quantum Numbers
    • 12: Polyelectronic Atoms
    • 12: The Periodic Table and Periodic Properties
    • 12: The Alkali Metals
    • 12: Additional Exercises
    • 12: Chemwork Problems
    • 12: Challenge Problems
    • 12: Marathon Problems
    • 12: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 12: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 13: Bonding: General Concepts
    • 13: Concept Videos
    • 13: Multimedia Activities
    • 13: Discussion Questions
    • 13: Chemical Bonds and Electronegativity
    • 13: Ions and Ionic Compounds
    • 13: Bond Energies
    • 13: Lewis Structures and Resonance
    • 13: Formal Charge
    • 13: Molecular Structure and Polarity
    • 13: Additional Exercises
    • 13: Chemwork Problems
    • 13: Challenge Problems
    • 13: Marathon Problems
    • 13: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 13: Extra Problems
    • 13: WebAssign Answer Entry Tutorials

  • Chapter 14: Covalent Bonding: Orbitals
    • 14: Concept Videos
    • 14: Multimedia Activities
    • 14: Discussion Questions
    • 14: The LE Model and Hybrid Orbitals
    • 14: The MO Model
    • 14: Spectroscopy
    • 14: Additional Exercises
    • 14: Chemwork Problems
    • 14: Challenge Problems
    • 14: Marathon Problems
    • 14: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 14: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 15: Chemical Kinetics
    • 15: Digital Workbooks
    • 15: Concept Videos
    • 15: Multimedia Activities
    • 15: Discussion Questions
    • 15: Reaction Rates
    • 15: Rate Laws from Experimental Data: Initial-Rates Method
    • 15: Integrated Rate Laws
    • 15: Reaction Mechanisms
    • 15: Temperature Dependence of Rate Constants and the Collision Model
    • 15: Catalysis
    • 15: Additional Exercises
    • 15: Chemwork Problems
    • 15: Challenge Problems
    • 15: Marathon Problems
    • 15: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 15: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 16: Liquids and Solids
    • 16: Digital Workbooks
    • 16: Concept Videos
    • 16: Multimedia Activities
    • 16: Discussion Questions
    • 16: Intermolecular Forces and Physical Properties
    • 16: Properties of Liquids
    • 16: Structures and Properties of Solids
    • 16: Phase Changes and Phase Diagrams
    • 16: Additional Exercises
    • 16: Chemwork Problems
    • 16: Challenge Problems
    • 16: Marathon Problems
    • 16: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 16: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 17: Properties of Solutions
    • 17: Concept Videos
    • 17: Multimedia Activities
    • 17: Discussion Questions
    • 17: Solution Composition
    • 17: Thermodynamics of Solutions and Solubility
    • 17: Vapor Pressures of Solutions
    • 17: Colligative Properties
    • 17: Properties of Electrolyte Solutions
    • 17: Additional Exercises
    • 17: Chemwork Problems
    • 17: Challenge Problems
    • 17: Marathon Problems
    • 17: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 17: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 18: The Representative Elements
    • 18: Multimedia Activities
    • 18: Discussion Questions
    • 18: Group 1A Elements
    • 18: Group 2A Elements
    • 18: Group 3A Elements
    • 18: Group 4A Elements
    • 18: Group 5A Elements
    • 18: Group 6A Elements
    • 18: Group 7A Elements
    • 18: Group 8A Elements
    • 18: Additional Exercises
    • 18: Chemwork Problems
    • 18: Challenge Problems
    • 18: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 18: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 19: Transition Metals and Coordination Chemistry
    • 19: Multimedia Activities
    • 19: Discussion Questions
    • 19: Transition Metals
    • 19: Coordination Compounds
    • 19: Bonding, Color, and Magnetism in Coordination Compounds
    • 19: Additional Exercises
    • 19: Chemwork Problems
    • 19: Challenge Problems
    • 19: Marathon Problems
    • 19: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 19: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 20: The Nucleus: A Chemist's View
    • 20: Digital Workbooks
    • 20: Multimedia Activities
    • 20: Discussion Questions
    • 20: Radioactive Decay and Nuclear Transformations
    • 20: Kinetics of Radioactive Decay
    • 20: Energy Changes In Nuclear Reactions
    • 20: Detection, Uses, and Health Effects of Radiation
    • 20: Additional Exercises
    • 20: Chemwork Problems
    • 20: Challenge Problems
    • 20: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 20: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 21: Organic and Biochemical Molecules
    • 21: Digital Workbooks
    • 21: Multimedia Activities
    • 21: Discussion Questions
    • 21: Hydrocarbons
    • 21: Isomerism
    • 21: Functional Groups
    • 21: Reactions of Organic Compounds
    • 21: Polymers
    • 21: Natural Polymers
    • 21: Additional Exercises
    • 21: Chemwork Problems
    • 21: Challenge Problems
    • 21: Marathon Problems
    • 21: Skill-Building Exercises
    • 21: Extra Problems

  • Chapter A1: Mathematical Procedures
    • A1: Concept Videos
    • A1: Digital Workbooks

  • Chapter A2: Units of Measurement and Conversions Among Units
    • A2: Concept Videos
    • A2: Digital Workbooks

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Chapter 6: Chemical Equilibrium
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