Table of Contents 1 KEYS TO THE STUDY OF CHEMISTRY 2 THE COMPONENTS OF MATTER 3 STOICHIOMETRY OF FORMULAS AND EQUATIONS 4 THREE MAJOR CLASSES OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS 5 GASES AND THE KINETIC-MOLECULAR THEORY 6 THERMOCHEMISTRY: ENERGY FLOW AND CHEMICAL CHANGE 7 QUANTUM THEORY AND ATOMIC STRUCTURE 8 ELECTRON CONFIGURATION AND CHEMICAL PERIODICITY 9 MODELS OF CHEMICAL BONDING 10 THE SHAPES OF MOLECULES 11 THEORIES OF COVALENT BONDING 12 INTERMOLECULAR FORCES: LIQUIDS, SOLIDS, AND PHASE CHANGES 13 THE PROPERTIES OF MIXTURES: SOLUTIONS AND COLLOIDS 14 THE MAIN-GROUP ELEMENTS: APPLYING PRINCIPLES OF BONDING AND STRUCTURE 15 ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND THE ATOMIC PROPERTIES OF CARBON 16 KINETICS: RATES AND MECHANISMS OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS 17 EQUILIBRIUM: THE EXTENT OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS 18 ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIA 19 IONIC EQUILIBRIA IN AQUEOUS SYSTEMS 20 THERMODYNAMICS: ENTROPY, FREE ENERGY, AND THE DIRECTION OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS 21 ELECTROCHEMISTRY: CHEMICAL CHANGE AND ELECTRICAL WORK 22 THE TRANSITION ELEMENTS AND THEIR COORDINATION COMPOUNDS 23 NUCLEAR REACTIONS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS Appendix A COMMON MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS IN CHEMISTRY Appendix B STANDARD THERMODYNAMIC VALUES FOR SELECTED SUBSTANCES AT 298 K Appendix C EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS AT 298 K Appendix D STANDARD ELECTRODE (HALF-CELL) POTENTIALS AT 298 K Appendix E ANSWERS TO SELECTED PROBLEMS